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A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
Rereferred to Ways and Means. H.J. 1222 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Iowa Legislature

    Rereferred to Ways and Means. H.J. 1222 .

  2. 2025-05-13 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  3. 2025-05-13 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. H.J. 1150 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to fuel taxation by extending tax credits for E-15 gasoline, and modifying the sales tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HSB 237 .)

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House

File

1053

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

1053

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

237)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

fuel

taxation

by

extending

tax

credits

1

for

E-15

gasoline,

and

modifying

the

sales

tax

refund

for

2

biodiesel

production.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

1053

Section

1.

Section

422.11O,

subsection

5,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

This

subsection

is

repealed

January

1,

2026

2029

.

3

Sec.

2.

Section

422.11Y,

subsection

4,

paragraph

b,

Code

4

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

5

b.

The

designated

rate

of

the

tax

credit

is

nine

cents

,

6

except

that

for

calendar

year

2028

the

designated

rate

is

four

7

and

one-half

cents

.

8

Sec.

3.

Section

422.11Y,

subsections

7

and

9,

Code

2025,

are

9

amended

to

read

as

follows:

10

7.

Any

credit

in

excess

of

the

retail

dealer’s

tax

liability

11

shall

be

refunded

,

except

any

credit

in

excess

of

the

retail

12

dealer’s

tax

liability

for

calendar

year

2028

shall

not

be

13

refunded

.

In

lieu

of

claiming

a

refund,

if

available,

the

14

retail

dealer

may

elect

to

have

the

overpayment

shown

on

the

15

retail

dealer’s

final,

completed

return

credited

to

the

tax

16

liability

for

the

following

tax

year.

17

9.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

2026

2029

.

18

Sec.

4.

Section

422.33,

subsection

11D,

paragraphs

b

and

c,

19

Code

2025,

are

amended

to

read

as

follows:

20

b.

Any

E-15

plus

gasoline

promotion

tax

credit

which

is

in

21

excess

of

the

taxpayer’s

tax

liability

shall

be

refunded

as

22

provided

in

section

422.11Y,

or

may

be

shown

on

the

taxpayer’s

23

final,

completed

return

credited

to

the

tax

liability

for

the

24

following

tax

year

in

the

same

manner

as

provided

in

section

25

422.11Y

.

26

c.

This

subsection

is

repealed

January

1,

2026

2029

.

27

Sec.

5.

Section

423.4,

subsection

9,

paragraph

b,

Code

2025,

28

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

29

b.

The

amount

of

the

refund

shall

be

calculated

by

30

multiplying

a

designated

rate

by

the

total

number

of

gallons

31

of

biodiesel

produced

by

the

biodiesel

producer

in

this

state

32

during

each

quarter

of

a

calendar

year.

The

designated

rate

33

shall

be

four

and

one-half

cents.

34

Sec.

6.

2011

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

113,

section

37,

as

amended

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by

2016

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

1106,

section

3,

and

2022

Iowa

Acts,

1

chapter

1067,

section

57,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

SEC.

37.

TAX

CREDIT

AVAILABILITY.

For

a

retail

dealer

who

3

may

claim

an

E-15

plus

gasoline

promotion

tax

credit

under

4

section

422.11Y

or

422.33,

subsection

11D

,

as

enacted

in

this

5

Act

and

amended

in

subsequent

Acts,

in

calendar

year

2025

6

2028

,

and

whose

tax

year

ends

prior

to

December

31,

2025

2028

,

7

the

retail

dealer

may

continue

to

claim

the

tax

credit

in

the

8

retail

dealer’s

following

tax

year.

In

that

case,

the

tax

9

credit

shall

be

calculated

in

the

same

manner

as

provided

in

10

section

422.11Y

or

422.33,

subsection

11D

,

as

enacted

in

this

11

Act

and

amended

in

subsequent

Acts,

for

the

remaining

period

12

beginning

on

the

first

day

of

the

retail

dealer’s

new

tax

year

13

until

December

31,

2025

2028

.

For

that

remaining

period,

the

14

tax

credit

shall

be

calculated

in

the

same

manner

as

a

retail

15

dealer

whose

tax

year

began

on

the

previous

January

1

and

who

16

is

calculating

the

tax

credit

on

December

31,

2025

2028

.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

relates

to

fuel

taxation

by

extending

the

tax

21

credit

for

E-15

gasoline

and

modifying

the

sales

tax

refund

for

22

biodiesel

production.

23

The

bill

modifies

the

E-15

gasoline

tax

credit

by

extending

24

the

repeal

of

the

credit

from

January

1,

2026,

to

January

1,

25

2029.

The

bill

reduces

the

tax

credit

from

9

cents

per

gallon

26

to

4.5

cents

per

gallon

in

calendar

year

2028,

and

makes

the

27

tax

credit

nonrefundable

in

calendar

year

2028.

28

The

bill

amends

the

Iowa

Acts

to

ensure

the

availability

of

29

the

E-15

gasoline

tax

credit

for

those

retail

dealers

whose

tax

30

year

does

not

align

with

the

repeal

date

of

the

E-15

gasoline

31

tax

credit

repeal

date

in

the

bill.

32

The

bill

increases

the

refund

available

to

the

producers

of

33

biodiesel

from

4

cents

per

gallon

produced

to

4.5

cents

per

34

gallon

produced.

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