A bill for an act relating to local government by modifying property tax credits and rent reimbursements, provisions governing abandoned mobile homes and personal property in rural areas, and tax sales.
This bill modifies Iowa's property tax credit system for low-income elderly and disabled residents, ensuring timely annual payments for property taxes or rent reimbursements. It streamlines the removal of abandoned mobile homes on rural property by allowing landowners or mobile home park operators to remove "valueless homes" (defined as abandoned homes with no market value) without court orders, requiring only 10 days' written notice to the county treasurer. The bill also updates tax sale rules to prevent splits or consolidations of land parcels during redemption periods or with unpaid taxes. These changes directly affect rural property owners, mobile home park operators, and low-income homeowners/renters.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026
Last action Feb 23, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2435.
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
legislature
Feb 16, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 10:00AM Room 315.
legislature
Jan 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Sires, Guth, and Hardman.
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Local Government.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Rowley
RRepublican
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