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SF2495 • 2026

A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
Fiscal note .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  2. 2026-04-15 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 808 .

  3. 2026-04-15 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. S.J. 804 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and credits taxes, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2279 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2495

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2495

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

2279)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

creating

a

maternity

group

home

tax

credit

available

1

against

the

individual,

corporate,

franchise,

insurance

2

premium,

and

moneys

and

credits

taxes,

and

including

3

applicability

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

135E.1

Maternity

group

home

tax

1

credit.

2

1.

As

used

in

this

section

unless

the

context

otherwise

3

requires:

4

a.

“Department”

means

the

department

of

revenue.

5

b.

“Donation”

means

a

voluntary

cash

or

noncash

contribution

6

to

a

maternity

group

home

made

by

the

taxpayer

during

the

tax

7

year.

8

c.

“Maternity

group

home”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

9

section

414.27.

10

2.

For

tax

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2026,

11

a

tax

credit

shall

be

allowed

against

the

taxes

imposed

in

12

chapter

422,

subchapters

II,

III,

and

V,

and

in

chapter

432,

13

and

against

the

moneys

and

credits

tax

imposed

in

section

14

533.329,

equal

to

one

hundred

percent

of

a

person’s

donation

15

to

a

maternity

group

home.

An

individual

may

claim

a

tax

16

credit

under

this

section

of

a

partnership,

limited

liability

17

company,

S

corporation,

estate,

or

trust

electing

to

have

18

income

taxed

directly

to

the

individual.

The

amount

claimed

19

by

the

individual

shall

be

based

upon

the

pro

rata

share

of

the

20

individual’s

earnings

from

the

partnership,

limited

liability

21

company,

S

corporation,

estate,

or

trust.

22

3.

The

amount

of

the

donation

for

which

the

tax

credit

is

23

claimed

shall

not

be

deductible

in

determining

taxable

income

24

for

state

income

tax

purposes.

25

4.

Any

tax

credit

in

excess

of

the

person’s

tax

liability

26

shall

not

be

credited

to

the

tax

liability

for

the

following

27

tax

year.

A

tax

credit

shall

not

be

carried

back

to

a

tax

28

year

prior

to

the

tax

year

in

which

the

person

claims

the

tax

29

credit,

and

a

tax

credit

shall

not

be

transferable.

30

5.

a.

The

cumulative

value

of

the

amount

of

tax

credits

31

authorized

pursuant

to

this

section

shall

not

annually

exceed

32

three

million

five

hundred

thousand

dollars.

33

b.

The

maximum

value

of

tax

credits

granted

for

donations

34

per

an

organization

operating

a

maternity

group

home

shall

not

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annually

exceed

five

hundred

thousand

dollars.

1

6.

a.

A

taxpayer

must

submit

an

application

to

the

2

department

in

a

manner

approved

by

the

department

for

each

3

separate

and

distinct

donation.

The

application

must

be

4

approved

by

the

department

in

order

to

claim

the

tax

credit.

5

The

application

must

be

filed

within

six

months

following

the

6

tax

year

the

donation

was

made.

7

b.

The

department

shall

accept

and

approve

applications

on

8

a

first-come,

first-served

basis

until

the

maximum

value

amount

9

of

tax

credits

that

may

be

claimed

pursuant

to

subsection

5

is

10

reached.

If

for

a

tax

year

the

aggregate

amount

of

tax

credits

11

applied

for

exceeds

the

maximum

amount

specified

in

subsection

12

5,

paragraph

“a”

or

“b”

,

the

department

shall

establish

a

13

wait

list

when

applicable.

Valid

applications

filed

by

the

14

taxpayer

within

six

months

following

the

tax

year

of

the

15

donation

but

not

approved

by

the

department

shall

be

placed

16

on

a

wait

list

in

the

order

the

applications

were

received

17

and

those

applicants

shall

be

given

priority

for

having

their

18

applications

approved

in

succeeding

years.

Placement

on

a

wait

19

list

pursuant

to

this

paragraph

shall

not

constitute

a

promise

20

binding

the

state.

The

availability

of

a

tax

credit

and

21

approval

of

a

tax

credit

application

pursuant

to

this

section

22

in

a

future

year

is

contingent

upon

the

availability

of

tax

23

credits

in

that

particular

year.

24

7.

The

department

may

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

25

administer

this

section.

26

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

422.10D

Maternity

group

home

tax

27

credit.

28

The

tax

imposed

under

this

subchapter,

less

the

credits

29

allowed

under

section

422.12,

shall

be

reduced

by

a

maternity

30

group

home

tax

credit

authorized

pursuant

to

section

135E.1.

31

Sec.

3.

Section

422.33,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

32

following

new

subsection:

33

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

11.

The

tax

imposed

under

this

subchapter

34

shall

be

reduced

by

a

maternity

group

home

tax

credit

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authorized

pursuant

to

section

135E.1.

1

Sec.

4.

Section

422.60,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

2

following

new

subsection:

3

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

16.

The

tax

imposed

under

this

subchapter

4

shall

be

reduced

by

a

maternity

group

home

tax

credit

5

authorized

pursuant

to

section

135E.1.

6

Sec.

5.

NEW

SECTION

.

432.12P

Maternity

group

home

tax

7

credit.

8

The

tax

imposed

under

this

chapter

shall

be

reduced

by

a

9

maternity

group

home

tax

credit

authorized

pursuant

to

section

10

135E.1.

11

Sec.

6.

Section

533.329,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

12

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

13

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

m.

The

moneys

and

credits

tax

imposed

under

14

this

section

shall

be

reduced

by

a

maternity

group

home

tax

15

credit

allowed

under

section

135E.1.

16

Sec.

7.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

tax

years

17

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2026.

18

EXPLANATION

19

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

20

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

21

This

bill

creates

a

maternity

group

home

tax

credit

22

available

against

the

individual,

corporate,

franchise,

23

insurance

premium,

and

moneys

and

credits

taxes.

24

The

bill

defines

“maternity

group

home”

to

mean

a

25

community-based

residential

home

that

provides

room

and

board,

26

personal

care,

supervision,

training,

support,

and

education

in

27

a

family

environment

for

women

who

are

either

pregnant

or

who

28

have

given

birth

within

the

preceding

24

months

and

live

with

29

their

children,

and

includes

overnight

room

accommodations

and

30

administrative

and

office

space

for

those

persons

who

provide

31

such

services.

32

The

amount

of

the

credit

shall

equal

100

percent

of

a

33

person’s

donation

to

a

maternity

group

home.

34

The

bill

specifies

that

the

amount

of

the

donation

for

which

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the

tax

credit

is

claimed

shall

not

be

deductible

for

state

1

income

tax

purposes.

2

A

credit

provided

in

the

bill

in

excess

of

tax

liability

3

is

not

refundable

and

shall

not

be

credited

to

a

person’s

4

tax

liability

in

future

tax

years.

The

tax

credit

shall

not

5

be

carried

back

to

a

tax

year

prior

to

the

tax

year

in

which

6

the

person

makes

the

donation,

and

the

tax

credit

is

also

not

7

transferable.

8

The

aggregate

amount

of

tax

credits

authorized

pursuant

to

9

the

bill

shall

not

annually

exceed

$3.5

million.

10

The

maximum

amount

of

tax

credits

granted

for

donations

to

11

an

organization

operating

a

maternity

group

home

shall

not

12

annually

exceed

$500,000.

13

The

bill

requires

the

department

of

revenue

to

administer

14

the

credit

and

to

approve

applications

on

a

first-come,

15

first-served

basis

until

the

maximum

amount

of

tax

credits

16

authorized

for

the

year

has

been

reached.

A

taxpayer

must

17

submit

an

application

to

the

department

for

each

separate

and

18

distinct

donation

within

six

months

following

the

tax

year

of

19

the

donation

in

such

a

manner

approved

by

the

department.

The

20

bill

also

requires

the

department

to

develop

a

wait

list

in

the

21

order

the

applications

are

received

if

applications

for

the

22

credit

exceed

the

annual

maximum

amounts

authorized.

23

The

department

may

adopt

rules

to

administer

the

bill.

24

The

bill

applies

to

tax

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

25

1,

2026.

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