Total votes
3,406
all sessions
Attendance
61%
1,344 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 79% of chamber peers
Sponsored
204
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
3,406 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,708
voted in favor
Nay
355
voted against
Absent
1,344
missed votes
Total cast
3,406
across all sessions
Crossed party
53
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HF 269
A bill for an act prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory and including applicability provisions.
Nay
Passed
63–34
Mar 18, 2025
HF 890
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements, the national board certification pilot project, employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf, and the employment contracts between community colleges and community college instructors, and including effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 17, 2025
HF 640
A bill for an act concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreements.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 17, 2025
HF 793
A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 17, 2025
HF 777
A bill for an act relating to applications for a motor vehicle salvage certificate of title by an insurer without surrendering the certificate of title or manufacturer’s or importer’s statement of origin, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 17, 2025
HF 778
A bill for an act relating to qualifications for a certificate as a certified public accountant and including effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 17, 2025
HF 704
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa propane education and research council, and including applicability provisions.
Nay
Passed
79–17
Mar 17, 2025
HF 524
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of tanning facilities, and making penalties applicable.
Yea
Passed
83–13
Mar 17, 2025
HF 711
A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, and course of study.
Nay
Passed
67–29
Mar 17, 2025
HF 510
A bill for an act relating to petitions for special elections to fill vacancies in city offices.
Nay
Passed
66–30
Mar 17, 2025
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