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SF 213Died when the session ended · February 2, 2021

Exempting the sale of feminine hygiene products and diapers from the sales tax

Topics:Taxes

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 People in Iowa would no longer have to pay sales or use tax when buying feminine hygiene products. This change also removes the tax on both cloth and disposable diapers for children and adults.1

Read the official explanation

This bill exempts the sale of feminine hygiene products, as defined in the bill, from the sales tax. The bill also exempts the sale of child and adult diapers, whether cloth or disposable. The bill makes a conforming amendment in Code section 423.3(68)(c)(1)(a) by striking a reference to child and adult diapers that relate to the tax free holiday. By operation of Code section 423.6, an item exempt from the imposition of the sales tax is also exempt from the use tax imposed in Code section 423.5.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 8, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§423.3

How the Code works3

Lobbying

4 for · 0 against · 1 undecided · Who →

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89th General Assembly

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

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

  • SF 173 Exempting the sale of feminine hygiene products and diapers from the sales tax
    88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee

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