HF247 • 2026

A bill for an act exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax.(See HF 1004 .)

Taxes

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: VONDRAN, ANDREWS, JENEARY, LAWLER, SIECK, C. JOHNSON, SITZMANN, HENDERSON, WULF, HARRIS, WOOD, SORENSEN, WILZ, STONE, GUSTOFF, RINKER, GEHLBACH, SMITH, WELDON and GERHOLD
Last action: 2025-04-10
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1004 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax.(See HF 1004 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax.(See HF 1004 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1004 .
2025-04-09 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 922 .
2025-04-09 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 922 .
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 8:00AM House Lounge.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Vondran, James and Jones. H.J. 406 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 259 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax.(See HF 1004 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

247

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

247

BY

VONDRAN

,

ANDREWS

,

JENEARY

,

LAWLER

,

SIECK

,

C.

JOHNSON

,

SITZMANN

,

HENDERSON

,

WULF

,

HARRIS

,

WOOD

,

SORENSEN

,

WILZ

,

STONE

,

GUSTOFF

,

RINKER

,

GEHLBACH

,

SMITH

,

WELDON

,

and

GERHOLD

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

exempting

the

sales

price

of

honeybees

from

the

state

1

sales

and

use

tax.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

2449YH

(3)

91

jm/jh

H.F.

247

Section

1.

Section

423.3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

111.

The

sales

price

of

honeybees.

3

EXPLANATION

4

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

5

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

6

This

bill

exempts

the

sales

price

of

honeybees

from

the

state

7

sales

and

use

tax.

8

By

operation

of

Code

section

423.6,

an

item

exempt

from

the

9

imposition

of

the

sales

tax

is

also

exempt

from

the

use

tax

10

imposed

in

Code

section

423.5.

11

-1-

LSB

2449YH

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