91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 439: Allowing cities to certify taxes for a general fund levy for libraries
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
2023 Iowa Acts, chapter (HF 718), amended Code section 384.12 (additional taxes) to eliminate several taxes a city may levy subject to voter approval at an election. In lieu thereof, HF 718 allowed cities to levy the same amounts the eliminated taxes could have levied as a part of the general fund levy under Code section 384.1. This bill reestablishes the tax levy for a public library eliminated by HF 718 in an amount not to exceed cents per $1,000. The tax imposed under the bill is subject to the same voter approval and notice requirements that existed prior to the enactment of HF 718.
Sponsors
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 3, 2025
- Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Library Association (ILA); League of Women Voters of Iowa
In plain words
- February 25, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
- March 3, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Bisignano and Rowley
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/91/SF439