Senate File 2503 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2503 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2275) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3102) A BILL FOR An Act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel 1 production, and including retroactive applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5832SZ (2) 91 jm/jh
S.F. 2503 Section 1. Section 423.4, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code 1 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. The amount of the refund shall be calculated by 3 multiplying a designated rate by the total number of gallons 4 of biodiesel produced by the biodiesel producer in this state 5 during each quarter of a calendar year. The Beginning January 6 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2027, the designated rate shall 7 be four five cents. Beginning January 1, 2027, but before 8 January 1, 2028, the designated rate shall be four cents. 9 Sec. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 10 retroactively to January 1, 2026, for gallons of biodiesel 11 produced by a biodiesel producer in this state on or after that 12 date. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Beginning January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2027, this 17 bill increases the sales or use tax refund available to the 18 producers of biodiesel from 4 cents per gallon to 5 cents per 19 gallon. Beginning January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2028, 20 the bill reverts the refund amount back to 4 cents per gallon 21 of biodiesel produced. The amount of the refund is calculated 22 by multiplying the designated rate (currently 4 cents) by the 23 total number of gallons of biodiesel produced by the biodiesel 24 producer in this state. The bill does not change the repeal 25 date of January 1, 2028. 26 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2026, for 27 gallons of biodiesel produced by a biodiesel producer in this 28 state on or after that date. 29 -1- LSB 5832SZ (2) 91 jm/jh 1/ 1