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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2397: Creating a state sales tax rebate to the owner or operator of a newly constructed baseball and softball park project

Became HF 2582 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill creates a state sales tax rebate to the owner or operator of a newly constructed baseball and softball park and makes the rebate subject to an award by the enhance Iowa board (board). 2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1117, modified the sales tax rebate program by eliminating the rebate for movie sites and modified the rebate program for baseball and softball facilities, and applied the rebate program to baseball and softball complexes completed after July 1, 2016, and that had a cost of construction upon completion that was at least $10 million.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

0 million. The actual timing and specific rebate amounts by fiscal year are currently unknown. Based on the assumptions noted above, the following table provides an estimate through FY 2028 of the annual diversion and rebate of State General Fund revenues that…

House subcommittee · named February 23, 2022

  • Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 23, 2022House subcommittee named: Nordman, Kaufmann and Kurth
  3. March 1, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. March 30, 2022Approved by the House committee
  5. March 30, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2582
  6. April 5, 2022Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2397