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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 817: Relating to the exclusion of certain unemployment compensation from the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

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 it does

This bill relates to the exclusion of certain unemployment compensation from the individual income tax. Under the bill, the first $10,200 of state or federal unemployment compensation, including pandemic-related unemployment compensation, shall be excluded from the calculation of a taxpayer’s Iowa net income for purposes of the state individual income tax. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2020, for tax years beginning on or after that date but before January 1, 2021.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

0 million in FY 2022. 2 million in FY 2022. Since TY 2020 tax returns are currently being accepted by the Department of Revenue, the new exemption for TY 2022 will increase the Department’s administrative expenses related to tax forms, instructions, and progra…

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. March 10, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF817