The Iowa legislative session ended over the weekend with Republican lawmakers reaching a property tax deal .
Lawmakers passed that deal after working 34 hours over the weekend.
The proposal is estimated to provide around $4 billion in tax relief over the next six years. It places a 2 percent cap on city and county revenue growth, but provides exceptions for things like school funding.
The deal also changes the homestead credit to a 10 percent exemption of taxable value.
House minority leader Brian Meyer, a Democrat from Des Moines, called the property tax proposal a “band aid.” He says he doesn’t believe the deal will provide necessary relief to Iowans.
'"The goal is to lower people's property taxes at the same time that you protect essential services. And I'm not sure that this bill does that," Meyer said.
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley said the deal shows Republicans delivered on their pledge to constituents. Republicans control both the state Senate and House chambers.
Many other bills were passed over the final hours of the session that began back in early January. The lawmakers did not finish their work by the scheduled adjournment of April 21. They did finally pass a budget of more than $9 billion, plus initiatives to increase pediatric cancer research through a tax on vapes and alternative nicotine products.
Governor Kim Reynolds signed several bills into law on Sunday.
