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

HF 2657: Repealing the excise tax on the handling of grain

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

What it does

This bill repeals the grain handling excise tax of one-fourth mill per bushel upon all grain handled. For purposes of the tax, “handling or handled” means the receiving of grain at or in each elevator, warehouse, mill, processing plant, or other facility in this state in which it is received for storage, accumulation, sale, processing, or any other purpose. In addition, “grain” means wheat, corn, barley, oats, rye, flaxseed, field peas, soybeans, grain sorghums, spelts, and such other products as are usually stored in grain elevators other than seeds after being processed.

Cost

See the fiscal note

2 million beginning with FY 2027. Source Iowa Department of Revenue /s/ Jennifer Acton March 27, 2024 Doc ID 1448419 The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this fiscal note is available f…

House subcommittee · named March 6, 2024

Rep. Dave Deyoe (R)
Rep. Megan Jones (R) · megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D) · elizabeth.wilson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Iowa Institute for Cooperatives; Landus Cooperative; Norman Rice

In plain words

March 6, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee · as HSB 734
March 6, 2024House subcommittee named: Deyoe, Jones and Wilson · as HSB 734
March 11, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 734
March 13, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 734
March 14, 2024Filed in the House
March 14, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2657 · as HSB 734
March 27, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted