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HF358 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

Healthcare Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
JACOBY
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 305 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 305 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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House

File

358

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

358

BY

JACOBY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

individual

income

tax

credits

for

1

volunteer

fire

fighters,

volunteer

emergency

medical

2

services

personnel

members,

and

reserve

peace

officers

3

by

increasing

the

amounts

of

the

credits,

and

including

4

retroactive

applicability

provisions.

5

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

6

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358

Section

1.

Section

422.12,

subsection

2,

paragraph

c,

1

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

(1)

A

volunteer

fire

fighter

and

volunteer

emergency

3

medical

services

personnel

member

credit

equal

to

two

hundred

4

fifty

one

thousand

dollars

to

compensate

the

taxpayer

for

the

5

voluntary

services

if

the

volunteer

served

for

the

entire

6

tax

year.

A

taxpayer

who

is

a

paid

employee

of

an

emergency

7

medical

services

program

or

a

fire

department

and

who

is

also

8

a

volunteer

emergency

medical

services

personnel

member

or

9

volunteer

fire

fighter

in

a

city,

county,

or

area

governed

10

by

an

agreement

pursuant

to

chapter

28E

where

the

emergency

11

medical

services

program

or

fire

department

performs

services,

12

shall

qualify

for

the

credit

provided

under

this

paragraph

“c”

.

13

Sec.

2.

Section

422.12,

subsection

2,

paragraph

d,

14

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

15

(1)

A

reserve

peace

officer

credit

equal

to

two

hundred

16

fifty

one

thousand

dollars

to

compensate

the

taxpayer

for

17

services

as

a

reserve

peace

officer

if

the

reserve

peace

18

officer

served

for

the

entire

tax

year.

19

Sec.

3.

RETROACTIVE

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

20

retroactively

to

January

1,

2025,

for

tax

years

beginning

on

21

or

after

that

date.

22

EXPLANATION

23

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

24

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

25

This

bill

relates

to

the

individual

income

tax

credits

26

available

to

volunteer

fire

fighters,

volunteer

emergency

27

medical

services

personnel

members,

and

reserve

peace

officers.

28

For

services

performed

by

such

individuals,

the

bill

29

increases

the

maximum

amount

of

the

individual

income

tax

30

credit

available

against

the

state

individual

income

tax

from

31

$250

to

$1,000

per

tax

year.

The

tax

credit

increase

applies

32

retroactively

to

tax

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

33

2025.

34

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