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HF2390 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

Housing Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
BOSSMAN
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 245 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 245 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to workforce housing project tax incentives issued by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.

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House

File

2390

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2390

BY

BOSSMAN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

workforce

housing

project

tax

incentives

1

issued

by

the

economic

development

authority,

and

including

2

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2390

Section

1.

Section

15.354,

subsection

4,

paragraph

g,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph

and

inserting

in

2

lieu

thereof

the

following:

3

g.

The

authority

shall

issue

tax

incentives

under

the

4

program

as

the

authority

determines

the

workforce

housing

5

project

is

complete

and

all

of

the

requirements

have

been

6

met

until

the

maximum

amount

of

tax

incentives

allowed

under

7

paragraph

“a”

is

reached.

8

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

9

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

relates

to

workforce

housing

tax

incentives

issued

14

by

the

economic

development

authority

(authority).

15

The

bill

strikes

a

provision

requiring

the

authority

16

to

issue

workforce

housing

tax

incentives

on

a

first-come,

17

first-served

basis

until

the

maximum

amount

allowable

for

the

18

fiscal

year

has

been

achieved

under

Code

section

15.354(4)(a).

19

The

bill

specifies

the

authority

shall

issue

the

tax

incentives

20

as

the

authority

determines

the

workforce

housing

project

is

21

complete

and

the

requirements

have

been

met

until

the

maximum

22

amount

allowable

has

been

achieved.

23

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

24

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