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

HF 2563: Modifying the sales tax holiday

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill modifies the sales tax holiday. The bill adds the purchase of emergency preparedness supplies to the existing sales tax holiday for clothing. As with an article of clothing, an emergency preparedness supply item must be under $100 to qualify for the sales tax holiday, except for generators and other specified items which qualify if the sales price does not exceed $5,000. The bill limits the purchase of a portable or permanent generator to one such item per household per sales tax holiday period.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 2563 would reduce revenues to the General Fund, Secure an Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) Fund, and LOST by the estimated amounts listed below.

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO); Iowa Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); Iowa Emergency Management Association; Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA); Iowa Fraternal Order of Police; Iowa Retail Federation; Iowa State Association of Counties

In plain words

  1. March 16, 2022Filed in the House
  2. March 22, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF2563