Total votes
3,993
all sessions
Attendance
58%
1,685 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Sponsored
204
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
3,993 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,893
voted in favor
Nay
416
voted against
Absent
1,685
missed votes
Total cast
3,993
across all sessions
Crossed party
61
votes against own party
This page
3,993
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HF 848
A bill for an act relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief information officer, the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 796, HSB 133.)
Absent
Passed
94–0
Mar 29, 2021
SF 578
A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including by providing for administration, programs, and regulations, providing fees, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 359, SSB 1121.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Absent
Passed
94–0
Mar 29, 2021
SF 541
A bill for an act relating to electronic transactions by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1207, SF 303.) Effective date: 01/01/2022.
Absent
Passed
94–0
Mar 29, 2021
HF 803
A bill for an act relating to duties performed by physician assistants. (Formerly HSB 255.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Absent
Passed
93–1
Mar 29, 2021
HF 822
A bill for an act relating to lobbying activities by political subdivisions.(Formerly HF 346.)
Absent
Passed
91–3
Mar 29, 2021
HF 743
A bill for an act providing for representation of adoptive parents by local public defenders. (Formerly HF 589.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Absent
Passed
94–0
Mar 29, 2021
HF 847
A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to city and county powers and educational programs, requirements, funding, tax credits and deductions, open enrollment, supplementary weighting, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 808, HSB 240.) Effective date: Enactment, 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021, 07/01/2020, 01/01/2021.
Absent
Failed
38–57
Mar 25, 2021
HF 724
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 218.)
Absent
Passed
95–0
Mar 25, 2021
HF 831
A bill for an act relating to the expungement of convictions for certain class “D” felonies, and related convictions, and to the definition of a conviction relating to the possession, receipt, and transportation of firearms, offensive weapons, and ammunition. (Formerly HF 223.)
Absent
Passed
94–0
Mar 25, 2021
HF 835
A bill for an act relating to trusts for persons with disabilities. (Formerly HF 595.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Absent
Passed
95–0
Mar 25, 2021
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