Limiting Property Tax Growth #1 GOP Goal In 2025 Legislative Session

Des Moines, Iowa — The 2025 Iowa legislature is underway and Republican lawmakers say setting new limits on property taxes is their top priority.

House Speaker Pat Grassley says it’s time for a broad conversation that shifts the focus to providing certainty for property taxpayers. “I also want to be very aggressive and bold in our approach to this, because Iowans have an expectation and they’ve seen from the legislature when we work on big things, we’ve been able to achieve results,” Grassley says. House Republican Leader Matt Windschitl says during the 2024 campaign, lawmakers heard from property owners in every corner of the state.

Republican Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican of Wilton is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee where a property tax bill would first be considered.

Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says it’s time for a holistic review of Iowa’s complicated property tax system.

Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, is chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Like other key lawmakers, he says a wide array of options will be considered, but Dawson says the focus must be on the taxpayers, not the tax collectors.

Dawson says property tax CREDITS may also be part of the conversation. Democrats say they’re interested in providing property tax relief, but House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst says city and county officials as well as school board members need to be consulted.

Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner says property tax changes approved two years ago are already having an effect.

All types of property in Iowa are assessed in odd-numbered years — like this year, 2025 — and assessment notices must be mailed to property owners by April 1st.

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