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HF682 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

Children Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COOLING, WILBURN, JAMES, LEVIN, B. MEYER, KONFRST, MATSON, KRESSIG, BAGNIEWSKI, MADISON, CROKEN, R. JOHNSON, AMOS JR., SRINIVAS, EHLERT, OLSON, SCHOLTEN, WESSEL-KROESCHELL and NIELSEN
Last action
2025-02-28
Official status
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 479 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-28 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 479 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws.

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House

File

682

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

682

BY

COOLING

,

WILBURN

,

JAMES

,

LEVIN

,

B.

MEYER

,

KONFRST

,

MATSON

,

KRESSIG

,

BAGNIEWSKI

,

MADISON

,

CROKEN

,

R.

JOHNSON

,

AMOS

JR.

,

SRINIVAS

,

EHLERT

,

OLSON

,

SCHOLTEN

,

WESSEL-KROESCHELL

,

and

NIELSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

recapture

of

tax

expenditures

and

1

disbursed

by

departments

of

the

state

to

businesses

that

2

violate

child

labor

laws.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

15K.1

Recapture

of

tax

expenditures

1

for

child

labor

violations.

2

1.

As

used

in

this

chapter:

3

a.

“Business”

means

the

same

as

a

person

as

defined

in

4

section

4.1.

5

b.

“Proceeds”

means

the

same

as

noncash

and

cash

proceeds

6

as

defined

in

section

554.9102.

7

c.

“Tax

expenditure”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

8

2.48,

subsection

1.

9

2.

Notwithstanding

any

other

provision

of

law

to

the

10

contrary,

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025,

as

a

condition

11

of

authorizing

tax

expenditures

to

a

business

under

any

of

the

12

programs

administered

by

a

department

of

the

state,

the

value

13

of

the

tax

expenditures

authorized

by

the

department

shall

be

14

subject

to

recapture

by

the

department

administering

the

tax

15

expenditure

if

the

business,

or

a

contractor,

subcontractor,

16

or

other

third

party

of

the

business

providing

services

to

the

17

business

in

the

business’s

facility,

has

violated

state

or

18

federal

child

labor

laws

under

chapter

92

or

the

federal

Fair

19

Labor

Standards

Act

of

1938.

20

3.

The

business

shall

notify

the

administering

department

21

of

the

violation

within

thirty

days

of

the

ending

of

the

time

22

period

to

contest

or

appeal

the

violation.

23

4.

The

repayment

or

recapture

of

tax

expenditures

pursuant

24

to

this

chapter

shall

be

accomplished

in

the

same

manner

as

25

provided

in

section

15.330,

subsection

2.

26

EXPLANATION

27

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

28

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

29

This

bill

relates

to

the

recapture

of

tax

expenditures

30

disbursed

by

departments

of

the

state

to

businesses

that

31

violate

child

labor

laws.

The

bill

defines

“tax

expenditure”

32

to

mean

the

same

as

defined

in

Code

section

2.48,

which

33

includes

tax

credits,

exemptions,

deductions,

and

rebates

as

34

well

as

sales

tax

refunds.

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Beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025,

as

a

condition

of

1

authorizing

tax

incentives

to

a

business

under

any

of

the

2

programs

administered

by

a

department

of

the

state,

the

3

value

of

the

tax

expenditure

authorized

shall

be

subject

to

4

recapture

by

the

department

if

the

business,

or

a

contractor,

5

subcontractor,

or

other

third

party

of

the

business

providing

6

services

to

the

business

in

the

business’s

facility,

violated

7

state

or

federal

child

labor

laws

under

Code

chapter

92

or

the

8

federal

Fair

Labor

Standards

Act

of

1938.

9

The

bill

requires

the

business

to

notify

the

administering

10

department

of

the

violation

within

30

days

of

the

ending

of

the

11

time

period

to

contest

or

appeal

the

violation.

12

The

bill

specifies

the

repayment

or

recapture

of

tax

13

expenditures

pursuant

to

the

bill

shall

be

accomplished

in

14

the

same

manner

as

provided

in

Code

section

15.330(2).

The

15

repayment

of

incentives

pursuant

to

that

Code

section

is

16

considered

a

tax

payment

due

and

payable

to

the

department

17

of

revenue,

and

the

failure

to

make

such

a

repayment

may

be

18

treated

by

the

department

of

revenue

in

the

same

manner

as

a

19

failure

to

pay

the

tax

shown

due

or

required

to

be

shown

due.

20

In

addition,

a

county

may

take

action

to

recover

the

value

of

21

property

taxes

not

collected

as

a

result

of

a

tax

exemption

22

provided

to

the

business.

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