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HF 634Died when the session ended · February 28, 2025

Relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee

Sponsored by Rep. Austin Harris (R)

Topics:Taxes

Same legislation: SF 219, SF 633

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Also covers SF 219 and SF 633.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 31, 2026
  3. Done: House committeeApril 21, 2025
  4. Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
  5. Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the SenateMay 13, 202531–14
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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

Currently, a person who establishes a forest or fruit-tree reservation (reservation) is entitled to a property tax exemption on the tract of land selected to be a reservation, subject to certain conditions. Beginning January 1, 2026, this bill establishes a fee structure for reservations dependent upon where the reservation is located. For a reservation located in a county where the owner of the reservation maintains a homestead, the fee is $2 per acre per year. For a reservation located in a county contiguous to the county where the owner of the reservation maintains a homestead, the fee is $3 per acre per year.

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For all other reservations, including a reservation located inside the corporate limits of a city, the fee shall be a rate per acre equal to a formula calculated by the department of management. Fees collected under the bill are to be paid no later than September of each year to the county treasurer of the county where the forest or fruit-tree reservation is located to be deposited into the county general fund.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment S-3164; see Amendments. Full bill text

2 written public comments to its subcommittee: April 8, 2026 (2) · on the Legislature’s site

Fiscal note

The fiscal impact of SF 633 is unknown. It is not possible to estimate the total number of acres that will be assigned to each of the three fee classes. 7 million would be generated for local governments. The Department of Management may incur minimal administrative costs to compute and distribute the annual calculated rate.

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§427C.14

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Lobbying

3 for · 8 against · 20 undecided · Who →

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

91st General Assembly

SF 219RenumberedSenate companionHF 634Cleared committeeHouse companionSF 633Passed a chamberfrom SF 219

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