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

SF 356: Relating to local government property taxes, financial authority, operations, and budgets, and including effective date and applicability provisions

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 relates to local government property taxes, financial authority, and budgets. DIVISION I —— COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES AND BUDGETS.301(10) governs a county’s authority to enter into leases and lease-purchase contracts and, in part, subjects leases and lease-purchase agreements for real property to procedures for approval at an election following a petition if the principal amount of the contract exceeds specified thresholds categorized by county population. The bill reduces the thresholds for each category by percent.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 2, 2023

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Pam Jochum (D)
  • Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 12 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Fareway Stores, Inc.; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Realtors; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Taxpayers Association; Iowans for Tax Relief; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)

Against: American Planning Association Iowa Chapter; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Marion County Board of Supervisors; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 2, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee · as SSB 1124
  2. February 2, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Jochum, Klimesh, Koelker and Petersen · as SSB 1124
  3. February 15, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 1124
  4. February 21, 2023Filed in the Senate
  5. February 21, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  6. February 21, 2023Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 356 · as SSB 1124
  7. March 13, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee

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/SF356