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

SF 591: Authorizing the abatement of property taxes owed on the homestead of a disabled veteran and including effective date and 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 provides that if the owner of a homestead meets the requirements of and has filed a claim for the homestead credit for certain disabled veterans and is liable for the payment of taxes levied on the homestead as the result of an assessment year prior to the assessment year for which the homestead credit is applicable, the owner may file a petition with the board of supervisors requesting abatement of all such taxes. The board of supervisors may, if in the board’s judgment it is for the best interests of the public and the petitioner, order the county treasurer to abate the taxes levied for any such assessment year for which the owner is liable.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 19, 2022

  • Sen. R. Smith
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. April 5, 2021Filed in the Senate
  2. April 5, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  3. June 22, 2021Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  4. January 19, 2022Senate subcommittee named: R. Smith, Dotzler and Green

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF591