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

SF 281: Exempting from the state sales and use tax the sales price of elk, game birds, preserve whitetail, and ungulates sold to a hunting preserve

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 exempts from the state sales and use tax the sales price of elk, game birds, ungulates, and preserve whitetail sold to a hunting preserve. The bill also defines elk, game bird, preserve whitetail, ungulate, and hunting preserve. By operation of Code section 423.6, an item exempt from the imposition of the sales tax is also exempt from the use tax imposed in Code section 423.5.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 15, 2023

  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 14, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Brown and Dotzler
  3. March 22, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/90/SF281