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HSB 228Died when the session ended · March 4, 2025

Modifying individual property tax statements mailed to owners and taxpayers

Topics:Cities & countiesTaxesProperty taxes

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2025
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  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 Starting in 2026, property tax statements sent to owners will show a comparison between what they owe this year and what they are expected to owe next year. These statements will also include the percentage change between those two amounts. If certain state growth numbers are released late, local governments and county auditors will get extra time to file reports and mail out these tax statements.1

Read the official explanation

2A. For budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the individual property tax statements mailed to owners and taxpayers shall contain a comparison of the amount of property taxes due on the owner’s or taxpayer’s property for the current fiscal year and the estimate of the proposed amount of property taxes due on the owner’s or taxpayer’s property for the budget year, including the percentage change in such amounts. _____ information for the individual property tax statements and the deadline for the county auditor to mail such statements are extended by days after the enactment of the state percentage of growth.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named February 20, 2025. On March 4, 2025 it recommended passage.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§24.2A

How the Code works3

Lobbying

8 for · 1 against · 10 undecided · Who →