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HF2152 • 2026

A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

Education Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
MATSON, RAMIREZ, EHLERT, MADISON, KURTH, LEVIN, WICHTENDAHL, AMOS JR., WILSON, B. MEYER, KONFRST, KRESSIG, WILBURN, McBURNEY, SCHOLTEN, R. JOHNSON, WESSEL-KROESCHELL and BAGNIEWSKI
Last action
2026-01-26
Official status
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 150 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 150 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.

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House

File

2152

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2152

BY

MATSON

,

RAMIREZ

,

EHLERT

,

MADISON

,

KURTH

,

LEVIN

,

WICHTENDAHL

,

AMOS

JR.

,

WILSON

,

B.

MEYER

,

KONFRST

,

KRESSIG

,

WILBURN

,

McBURNEY

,

SCHOLTEN

,

R.

JOHNSON

,

WESSEL-KROESCHELL

,

and

BAGNIEWSKI

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

repealing

the

school

tuition

organization

tax

credit

1

available

against

the

individual

and

corporate

income

taxes

2

and

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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DIVISION

I

1

SCHOOL

TUITION

ORGANIZATION

TAX

CREDITS

——

REPEAL

2

Section

1.

Section

422.11S,

subsection

1,

Code

2026,

is

3

amended

to

read

as

follows:

4

1.

The

taxes

imposed

under

this

subchapter

,

less

the

credits

5

allowed

under

section

422.12

,

shall

be

reduced

by

a

school

6

tuition

organization

tax

credit

equal

to

seventy-five

percent

7

of

the

amount

of

the

voluntary

cash

or

noncash

contributions

8

made

by

the

taxpayer

during

the

tax

year

to

a

school

tuition

9

organization

before

July

1,

2026

,

subject

to

the

total

dollar

10

value

of

the

organization’s

tax

credit

certificates

as

computed

11

in

subsection

8

.

The

tax

credit

shall

be

claimed

by

use

of

a

12

tax

credit

certificate

as

provided

in

subsection

7

.

13

Sec.

2.

Section

422.11S,

subsection

7,

paragraph

b,

Code

14

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

15

b.

The

department

shall

authorize

a

school

tuition

16

organization

to

issue

tax

credit

certificates

for

contributions

17

made

to

the

school

tuition

organization

before

July

1,

18

2026

.

The

aggregate

amount

of

tax

credit

certificates

19

that

the

department

shall

authorize

for

a

school

tuition

20

organization

for

a

calendar

year

shall

be

determined

for

that

21

organization

pursuant

to

subsection

8

.

However,

a

school

22

tuition

organization

shall

not

be

authorized

to

issue

tax

23

credit

certificates

unless

the

organization

is

controlled

by

a

24

board

of

directors

consisting

of

at

least

seven

members.

The

25

names

and

addresses

of

the

members

shall

be

provided

to

the

26

department

and

shall

be

made

available

by

the

department

to

the

27

public,

notwithstanding

any

state

confidentiality

restrictions.

28

Sec.

3.

Section

422.11S,

subsection

8,

paragraph

a,

29

subparagraph

(2),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

30

(2)

“Total

approved

tax

credits”

means

for

the

2006

calendar

31

year,

two

million

five

hundred

thousand

dollars,

for

the

32

2007

calendar

year,

five

million

dollars,

for

calendar

years

33

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2008,

but

before

January

1,

34

2012,

seven

million

five

hundred

thousand

dollars,

for

calendar

35

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years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2012,

but

before

January

1

1,

2014,

eight

million

seven

hundred

fifty

thousand

dollars,

2

for

calendar

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2014,

but

3

before

January

1,

2019,

twelve

million

dollars,

for

calendar

4

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2019,

but

before

January

5

1,

2020,

thirteen

million

dollars,

for

calendar

years

beginning

6

on

or

after

January

1,

2020,

but

before

January

1,

2022,

7

fifteen

million

dollars,

and

for

calendar

years

beginning

on

8

or

after

January

1,

2022,

but

before

January

1,

2026,

twenty

9

million

dollars

,

and

for

calendar

years

beginning

on

or

after

10

January

1,

2026,

but

before

January

1,

2027,

ten

million

11

dollars

.

12

Sec.

4.

Section

422.11S,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

13

following

new

subsection:

14

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

10.

This

section

is

repealed

July

1,

2032.

15

DIVISION

II

16

REPEAL

OF

SCHOOL

TUITION

ORGANIZATION

TAX

CREDIT

——

FUTURE

17

CHANGES

18

Sec.

5.

Section

2.48,

subsection

3,

paragraph

b,

19

subparagraph

(3),

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

striking

the

20

subparagraph.

21

Sec.

6.

Section

22A.6,

subsection

1,

paragraph

d,

Code

2026,

22

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph.

23

Sec.

7.

Section

422.33,

subsection

28,

Code

2026,

is

amended

24

by

striking

the

subsection.

25

Sec.

8.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

division

of

this

Act

takes

26

effect

July

1,

2032.

27

EXPLANATION

28

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

29

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

30

This

bill

repeals

the

school

tuition

organization

(STO)

tax

31

credit

available

against

the

individual

and

corporate

income

32

taxes.

33

DIVISION

I.

Under

the

bill,

a

contribution

made

by

a

34

taxpayer

to

an

STO

on

or

after

July

1,

2026,

shall

not

be

used

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by

the

taxpayer

as

a

tax

credit

to

reduce

the

individual

or

1

corporate

income

tax.

The

bill

prohibits

an

STO

from

issuing

2

tax

credit

certificates

for

contributions

made

to

the

STO

on

3

or

after

July

1,

2026.

4

The

bill

reduces

the

total

amount

of

approved

STO

tax

credits

5

that

may

be

issued

in

calendar

year

2026

from

$20

million

to

6

$10

million

due

to

the

repeal

occurring

at

the

midpoint

of

the

7

calendar

year.

The

bill

strikes

the

credit

occurring

each

8

calendar

year

after

calendar

year

2026.

9

The

bill

repeals

Code

section

422.11S

(STO

tax

credit)

on

10

July

1,

2032,

due

to

the

carryforward

capability

of

the

tax

11

credit

in

Code

section

422.11S(3).

12

DIVISION

II.

The

bill

strikes

internal

references

to

Code

13

section

422.11S

on

the

date

that

the

Code

section

is

repealed.

14

This

division

takes

effect

on

July

1,

2032.

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