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DState Representative · District 33
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa
Establishes a center for intellectual freedom at the University of Iowa to teach and research ideas shaping the American constitutional order, offer free speech and civil discourse programming, and offer an American history and civil government course.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 60–37 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Requires regents universities to set general education requirements totaling at most 37 credit hours, including western and American heritage, and bars those courses from distorting historical events or teaching identity politics or that systemic racism or privilege is inherent in U.S. or Iowa institutions.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 61–36 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Bars state entities, including local governments and community colleges, from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or officers, and bars private colleges from having such offices or lose tuition grant eligibility; lets the attorney general, students, alumni, or employees seek enforcement.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 61–37 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Changes how criminal fines are divided, from 91% for the state court administrator and 9% for counties to 85% and 8%, sending the remaining 7% to a new victim restitution fund run by the Department of Justice.
Apr 23, 2025 · Failed 35–58 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Bars regents universities from requiring students to take, or faculty to include or be trained in, diversity, equity, inclusion and critical race theory content as defined. Lets the regents exempt racial, ethnic and gender studies programs and the attorney general seek a court order.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 63–34 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Bars private colleges in the Iowa tuition grant program from operating a diversity, equity and inclusion office; violations are reported to the attorney general, and colleges that neither correct nor rebut a report within 30 days lose tuition grant eligibility.
Feb 24, 2026 · Passed 57–34 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Bars licensing boards from requiring continuing education unrelated to the licensed profession, and directs the Iowa Supreme Court to do the same for attorneys and to drop the requirement of an ABA-accredited law school to sit for the bar exam.
Feb 24, 2026 · Passed 53–38 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Defines "major rules" (including those costing $1 million or more a year), expands the Administrative Rules Review Committee from 10 to 16 members and lets it delay rules for legislative approval, requires legislative ratification of Clean Air Act plan amendments, and changes some board terms.
Apr 20, 2026 · Passed 60–32 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted May 14, 2025: Lets local governments set up tax-deferred length-of-service award programs for volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical providers and reserve peace officers, and creates a state grant fund for those programs paid from sports betting revenue.
Apr 22, 2025 · Failed 32–60 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptions
On the version voted Apr 29, 2025: Requires information on immunization exemptions and their requirements in state vaccine recommendation communications, in school, child care and college communications about immunizations, and on school and child care websites and registration documents.
Mar 10, 2025 · Passed 58–30 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Apr 27, 2026: Requires nutrition continuing education for certain physicians and, from 2028, 40 hours of nutrition coursework in medical school; allows over-the-counter ivermectin; bans listed dyes and additives in school meals; limits K-5 digital instruction to 60 minutes daily; changes school physical activity and SNAP rules.
Apr 20, 2026 · Passed 61–31 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Requires at least 80 percent of students admitted to the University of Iowa's medical and dental colleges to be Iowa residents or prior students at eligible colleges, gives Iowa residents admission priority, prioritizes Iowa residents and graduates for university hospital residencies, and requires annual reports.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 61–30 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
On the version voted Mar 31, 2026: Creates a statewide urban design and specifications board, coordinated by the Department of Transportation and Iowa State University, to publish design and specifications manuals. Requires a report on added costs before a city council approves a street project that departs from state standards.
Mar 4, 2026 · Passed 61–36 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Requires commercial driver's license applicants to pass a state English proficiency test starting by March 2027, makes driving a commercial vehicle without sufficient English a serious misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine, and fines carriers $10,000 per such driver they use.
Apr 15, 2026 · Passed 73–22 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Apr 21, 2026: Requires the transportation department to check, through the federal SAVE database, the immigration status of driver's license and ID card applicants who do not prove U.S. citizenship, and bars issuing or renewing cards for those not verified as lawfully present, starting by March 1, 2027.
Apr 15, 2026 · Passed 87–8 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Prohibits releasing chemicals, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere to affect temperature, weather, climate, or sunlight, or for any purpose not otherwise regulated by law. Makes it a class D felony, each day a separate offense, and exempts licensed aerial application of agricultural inputs.
Mar 5, 2026 · Passed 59–26 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted May 2, 2026: Requires deer hunting tree stands on public land to show the owner's ID number, with a $30 fine, lets landowners' agents and drainage districts breach beaver dams, caps fur dealer license fees at $50, and extends deer depredation permits to tenants with farm or forestry losses.
Apr 27, 2026 · Passed 65–24 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Bars civil and criminal liability for alleged climate effects of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural, petroleum or renewable fuel sources, unless a court finds by clear and convincing evidence the defendant violated an emission statute or permit.
Feb 26, 2026 · Passed 66–24 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Requires community college boards and the Board of Regents to adopt policies barring, and bars other Iowa degree-granting colleges from, new employment contracts starting July 1, 2026, with H-1B visa holders who are citizens of federally designated foreign adversary nations or state sponsors of terrorism.
Mar 3, 2026 · Failed 29–65 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program
On the version voted Apr 9, 2025: Caps National Guard service scholarships at the member's tuition minus federal military tuition aid received, and removes the rule that awards cannot depend on a member's unit, drill location or Army versus Air Guard branch.
Jan 30, 2025 · Failed 31–68 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Lets Iowa residents who are current or former members of the Iowa National Guard or an Iowa reserve unit, with satisfactory or honorable service, serve on county veteran affairs commissions; executive directors must still be veterans.
Apr 13, 2026 · Passed 89–1 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties
Creates a crime of selling or transferring controlled substances within 300 feet of a homeless shelter or housing facility, adding a year to the sentence and barring probation. Makes it an aggravated misdemeanor for an operator to knowingly allow drug possession or use there.
Feb 25, 2026 · Passed 70–21 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
As introduced, repeals the Iowa smart planning principles and the requirement that cities and counties consider them when developing or amending comprehensive plans and land development regulations.
Mar 4, 2026 · Passed 72–25 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Relating to business entity-owned residential arrangements, and including effective date provisions
Regulates housing communities where buyers purchase interests in a managing company rather than land: requires disclosure of that, lets owners transfer interests without company approval or fees, bars mandatory out-of-court dispute resolution, applies civil rights law, and makes violations consumer fraud.
Mar 4, 2026 · Passed 91–6 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
On the version voted Apr 22, 2026: Extends the sales tax exemption on central office and transmission equipment bought by phone, cable, wireless and similar providers to equipment used to provide internet access, and drops the requirement that the equipment be used primarily for telecommunications.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 87–4 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Apr 30, 2026: Requires websites and apps where a third or more of content is pornographic for minors to verify users' ages, bars keeping or sharing verification data, and lets the attorney general seek fines of up to $1,000 per violation, capped at $10,000 a day.
Mar 20, 2025 · Passed 88–1 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Mar 5, 2026: Bars insurers from using artificial intelligence as the sole basis to deny prior authorization requests, ends prior authorization for cancer screenings and emergency care, sets rules for claim audits and denial appeals, and eases certificate-of-need requirements for health facilities.
Mar 3, 2026 · Passed 94–1 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 4 of 134 party-divided votes on file.
Establishing a pilot program that authorizes eligible community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees
What it does: Creates a pilot program letting community colleges whose main campus is at least 50 miles from a regents or private university offering the same degree offer up to three bachelor's degrees, in listed fields tied to un…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 8–20, Republicans 48–16
Mar 4, 2026Official record ↗
Relating to state policies, programs, and licenses with race, gender, or citizenship requirements
What it does: On the version voted Apr 29, 2026: Repeals state affirmative action requirements, repeals or renames several race- and gender-specific education programs, drops race and ethnicity references from certificate-of-need r…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 28–1, Republicans 0–64
Mar 4, 2026Official record ↗
Relating to the seizure of firearms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
What it does: As introduced, bars state and local agencies from enforcing "red flag" laws and orders that seize firearms, or from taking federal money to do so, and makes an employing agency liable for officers' knowing violations,…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–29, Republicans 65–0
Mar 4, 2026Official record ↗
Eliminating the Iowa smart planning principles and other local comprehensive planning and development guidelines
What it does: As introduced, repeals the Iowa smart planning principles and the requirement that cities and counties consider them when developing or amending comprehensive plans and land development regulations.
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 8–23, Republicans 64–2
Mar 4, 2026Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
With most of their party · Passed 53–38 · Yes 53–No 38 · Democrats 0–30, Republicans 53–8
Feb 24, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Failed 35–58 · Yes 35–No 58 · Democrats 32–0, Republicans 3–58
Apr 23, 2025Official record ↗
Establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa
With most of their party · Passed 60–37 · Yes 60–No 37 · Democrats 0–33, Republicans 60–4
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 61–36 · Yes 61–No 36 · Democrats 0–33, Republicans 61–3
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 61–37 · Yes 61–No 37 · Democrats 0–33, Republicans 61–4
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 60–36 · Yes 60–No 36 · Democrats 0–32, Republicans 60–4
Mar 19, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 63–34 · Yes 63–No 34 · Democrats 0–33, Republicans 63–1
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 63–34 · Yes 63–No 34 · Democrats 0–33, Republicans 63–1
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: Shall the bill pass?
Lets the state award one business a tax credit of up to 10% of its investment, paid over ten years, for a major project in a county of 50,000 people or fewer, instead of up to 5% credits for two businesses; credits are refundable and transferable.
Motion: Shall the bill pass?
On the version voted May 3, 2026: Replaces most homeowners' homestead property tax credit with an exemption of 10% of taxable value, from $5,500 to $20,000, starting in 2026, limits county and city general levies and other rate-limited levies to 2% yearly growth, and creates FirstHome Iowa savings accounts.
Motion: Shall the bill pass?
On the version voted May 3, 2026: Makes wide-ranging changes to state law and budgets, including corrections to 2026 acts, limits on standing appropriations, an insurer tax credit for health care access, a civil litigation abuse lawsuit, required American history and government courses at state universities, and judicial salary changes.
Motion: Shall amendment H–8494, to amendment H–8491, be adopted?
Amends the bill to remove its division that changes the 2023 National Electrical Code for Iowa homes (such as dropping arc-fault interrupter requirements) and bars local electrical codes stricter than the national code. (AI-written)
On the version voted May 3, 2026: Makes wide-ranging changes to state law and budgets, including corrections to 2026 acts, limits on standing appropriations, an insurer tax credit for health care access, a civil litigation abuse lawsuit, required American history and government courses at state universities, and judicial salary changes.
Motion: Shall amendment H–8490 be adopted?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Motion: Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8488?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Motion: Shall amendment H–8487 be adopted?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Motion: Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8486?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Motion: Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8485?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Motion: Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8484?
On the version voted Apr 15, 2025: Proposes a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber to raise income tax rates or create a new state income-based tax; it goes to voters in November 2026.
Showing 10 of 531 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.