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

SF 352: Relating to the property tax exemption for forest reservations and fruit-tree reservations and including effective date, applicability, 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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

The proposed limits on the existing forest and fruit tree reserve property tax exemption are projected to reduce the State General Fund appropriation to school aid by the amounts presented in the final column of Figure 2. 0 million level in years beyond FY 202…

Senate subcommittee · named February 16, 2021

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D)
  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 10 against

Against: City of Cedar Rapids; Coalition for Iowa Woodlands and Trees; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Wood Industry Association; Izaak Walton League of America; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Midwestern Trading, Inc.; The Nature Conservancy

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2021Filed in the Senate
  2. February 11, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 15, 2021Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  4. February 16, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Bolkcom and Dawson
  5. February 16, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. March 15, 2021Subcommittee recommended against it

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/SF352