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SF 439Died when the session ended · February 25, 2025

Allowing cities to certify taxes for a general fund levy for libraries

Sponsored by 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)

Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes

Same legislation: HF 196

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Also covers HF 196.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 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 Cities can now collect a specific tax to fund public libraries, up to 27 cents for every $1,000 of property value. Before this change, certain taxes that required voter approval were removed. Now, voters must still approve this library tax through the same process used in the past.1

Read the official explanation

2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71 (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 27 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.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§384.12

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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91st General Assembly

HF 196Cleared committeeHouse companionSF 439Cleared committeeSenate companion