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SF 348Died when the session ended · March 25, 2025

Exempting certain structures from inclusion in property assessments, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Sponsored by Sen. Dan Zumbach (R)

Topics:Taxes

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 3, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary If a structure is held in place only by its own weight and does not have a permanent foundation, it cannot be taxed as real property. This change would affect how certain buildings or structures are assessed for taxes starting in 2025.1

Read the official explanation

This bill prohibits a structure from being assessed and taxed as real property if it is not anchored to a permanent foundation except by the structure’s own weight. The bill is effective upon enactment and applies retroactively to assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. On March 25, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§427A.1

How the Code works3

Lobbying

0 for · 1 against · 6 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

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