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House places multiple bills on Ways and Means calendar, including urban renewal and EMS tax credit changes

House · April 16, 2026
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Summary

The clerk read several first-reading bills—House Files 2777–2780—sending them to the Ways and Means Committee; bills include changes to urban renewal revenue division, an EMS personnel tax credit expansion, authorization for advance-deposit wagering, and changes to alcoholic beverage controls.

During first reading, the clerk placed multiple bills on the Ways and Means calendar.

House File 2777, introduced by the committee on Ways and Means, would modify Iowa’s urban renewal law by adjusting the division of revenue and adding applicability provisions. The clerk also read House File 2778, described as modifying the individual income tax credit for emergency medical service personnel to include volunteer ambulance drivers and making the change retroactive; House File 2779, concerning authorization for advance-deposit wagering; and House File 2780, addressing alcoholic beverage control including certificates of compliance and issuance of class A wine permits to certain nonnative wine manufacturers.

There was no floor debate or recorded amendment on these first readings in the provided transcript; the bills were placed for commitment or amendment on the Ways and Means calendar.