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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 163: Relating to the disabled veteran homestead tax credit and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

15 provides a homestead credit to the owner of a homestead for the full amount of property tax levied if the owner is any of the following: (1) a veteran of any of the military forces of the United States who acquired the homestead under specified federal programs; (2) a veteran with a permanent service-connected disability rating of 100 percent or a permanent and total disability rating based on individual unemployability that is compensated at the 100 percent disability rate; (3) a former member of the national guard of any state who meets specified service requirements with a permanent service-connected disability rating of 100 percent or a permanent and total disability rating based on individual unemployability that is compensated at the 100 percent disability rate; or (4) an individual who is a surviving spouse or a child and who is receiving federal dependency and indemnity compensation.

Sponsors

Veterans Affairs committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

The expansion of the Disabled Veteran Tax Credit is projected to result in State General Fund appropriation net increases as shown in Table 2. 9% each year.

House subcommittee · named March 12, 2024

  • Rep. Phil Thompson (R)
  • Rep. Brooke Boden (R) · brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charles Isenhart (D)

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: City of Des Moines; DAV-Iowa; Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity; Habitat for Humanity of Iowa; Veterans National Recovery Center; Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., State Council

In plain words

  1. January 31, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 20, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. February 21, 2023House subcommittee named: Wills, J., Isenhart and Wulf
  4. March 12, 2024House subcommittee named: Thompson, P., Boden and Isenhart
  5. March 28, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing 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/90/HF163