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

SF 289: Modifying the sales tax holiday by extending the holiday and including emergency preparedness supplies

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

What it does

This bill modifies the sales tax holiday. The bill adds the purchase of emergency preparedness supplies to the existing sales tax holiday for clothing. As with an article of clothing, an emergency preparedness supply item must be under $100 to qualify for the sales tax holiday, except for generators and other specified items which qualify if the sales price does not exceed $5,000. The bill limits the purchase of a portable or permanent generator to one such item per household per sales tax holiday period.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 702 would reduce revenues to the General Fund, SAVE Fund, and LOST by the estimated amounts listed below.

Senate subcommittee · named February 15, 2023

  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 6 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); Iowa Emergency Management Association; Iowa Nebraska Farm Equipment Dealers Association; Iowa Propane Gas Association; Iowa Retail Federation; Iowa State Association of Counties

Against: Iowans for Tax Relief

In plain words

  1. February 15, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Dawson and T. Taylor
  3. March 29, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/SF289