Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to property assessment standards and litigation
Sponsored by Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R), Rep. Tom Determann (R), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Thomas M. Jeneary (R), Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R), Rep. Norlin G. Mommsen (R), Rep. Thomas Jay Moore (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. David Sieck (R), Rep. Brent Siegrist (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Mike Vondran (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R)
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to property assessment standards and litigation. The international association of assessing officers (IAAO) is a nonprofit professional membership organization of government assessment officials and others interested in the administration of the property tax. The IAAO regularly publishes standards related to property assessments with the goal of advancing more equitable property appraisals, assessment administration, and property tax policies. Current law requires the director of the department of revenue (director) to prepare and issue a state appraisal manual which each county and city assessor must use to assess and value all classes of property.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires the director to adopt real estate property assessment standards for the state appraisal manual in conformance with the standards developed and published by the IAAO. Such standards must include the use of the coefficient of dispersion (COD) and price-related differentials (PRD). COD is the measure of the spread of values about the median value of a class of properties. When the difference between the median value of a class of properties and the actual value to sales value ratio of a property increases, the COD will increase as well. CODs above a certain percentage are seen as inequitable.99 percent unless there is good cause for a variance. PRD, or analysis of assessment bias, is used in order to determine whether higher-valued properties are overvalued or undervalued in relation to lower-valued properties.03 unless there is good cause for a variance. The bill requires the COD and PRD of a class of property to be calculated based on comparisons of the actual value of property in the same class. The bill defines, for the purposes of protesting an assessment, “like property” as all property within a given class of property. The bill limits the employment of special counsel to assist a city legal department or county attorney in litigation dealing with assessments to cases where the opposing party is a legal business entity, including a nonprofit entity. Under current law, a city legal department or county attorney may employ special counsel to assist the city legal department or county attorney in any litigation dealing with assessments. The bill allows a property owner to appeal the assessment of any other property provided that the property with the assessment to be appealed is located in a taxing district to which the property owner appealing the assessment owns property of the same class.37 (protest of assessment —— grounds).
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named February 27, 2025. Meeting: Monday, March 3 · 11:45 AM · House Lounge.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§421.17§441.21§441.37§441.41§441.42
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2162 Relating to property assessment standards and litigation90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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- HF 2224 Relating to property assessment standards and litigation91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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