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HSB 717
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2024
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, every city, county, and school district in Iowa must hold a special public meeting just to talk about their proposed property tax. This new law would allow cities with fewer than 1,000 people to skip that specific requirement. This change would start affecting budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, each school district, county, and city (political subdivision) of the state must set a time and place for a public hearing on the political subdivision’s proposed property tax amount for a budget year. This public hearing must be separate from any other meeting of the governing body of the political subdivision, including any other meeting or public hearing relating to the political subdivision’s budget, and other business of the political subdivision that is not related to the proposed property tax shall not be conducted at the public hearing. This bill exempts each city with a population of less than 1,000 from the requirement to hold a hearing relating to a proposed property tax for a budget year. The bill applies to budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
House subcommittee
Named February 20, 2024. On February 22, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 22, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site