Relating to eligibility for a property tax exemption for certain property of veterans associations

Sponsored by the House Veterans Affairs Committee

Topics:Taxes Property taxes

Same legislation: HSB 42

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2021
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2021
Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2021
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Currently, property tax breaks are only available to veteran organizations where every single member is a veteran. This change would allow organizations made up of veterans to receive the same tax exemption, even if not every member is a veteran.¹

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This bill concerns the property tax exemption for certain property of an organization composed of veterans. The bill strikes the requirement that the exemption is limited only to those organizations wholly composed of veterans of any war and instead allows the exemption for organizations composed of veterans.

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House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2022. On February 3, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§427.1

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Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HF 2637Cleared committee88th GA HF 2422Cleared committee88th GA

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HSB 42Renumbered

89th General Assembly

HF 325Cleared committeefrom HSB 42

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 2422 Relating to eligibility for a property tax exemption for certain property of veterans asso…
88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
Cleared committee
HF 2637 Relating to eligibility for a property tax exemption for certain property of veterans asso…
88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.