Total votes
740
all sessions
Attendance
100%
2 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
39
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
740 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
629
voted in favor
Nay
109
voted against
Absent
2
missed votes
Total cast
740
across all sessions
Crossed party
34
votes against own party
This page
740
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SF 559
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, the Iowa finance authority, the public employment relations board, the department of workforce development, and the state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and modifying the housing renewal pilot program and provisions related to regional industry sector partnerships, the apprenticeship training program, and new jobs training agreements.
Yea
Passed
88–2
May 4, 2023
SF 577
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, establishing a destination Iowa fund, providing for related matters, and including effective date provisions. Against party
Nay
Failed
27–63
May 4, 2023
HF 710
A bill for an act relating to the endow Iowa tax credit, making appropriations, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
89–0
May 4, 2023
SF 577
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, establishing a destination Iowa fund, providing for related matters, and including effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
84–6
May 4, 2023
HF 660
A bill for an act relating to sales tax rebates for a raceway facility and making tax provision corrections.
Yea
Passed
87–2
May 4, 2023
SF 559
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, the Iowa finance authority, the public employment relations board, the department of workforce development, and the state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and modifying the housing renewal pilot program and provisions related to regional industry sector partnerships, the apprenticeship training program, and new jobs training agreements.
Yea
Failed
33–57
May 4, 2023
SF 578
A bill for an act relating to state finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of certain unappropriated moneys, making corrections, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
Nay
Passed
55–38
May 3, 2023
SF 562
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, including by providing for payments associated with indigent defense and representation, the funding of activities relating to consumer fraud and antitrust, a corrections capital reinvestment fund, an Iowa law enforcement academy study, a human trafficking study, and the funding of peace officer retirement, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Yea
Failed
35–58
May 3, 2023
SF 560
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents; requiring the state board of regents to conduct a study and prepare a report related to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and efforts; providing for responsibilities of the workforce development board; establishing the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program; requiring the department of education to convene a task force to study issues related to programs for at-risk students and dropout prevention programs; modifying provisions related to the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program, the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program, the education savings account program, the gap tuition assistance program, the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program, career and technical education programs, the fine arts beginning teacher mentoring program, the equipment replacement and program-sharing property tax levy, and the posting of education-related job openings; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
Nay
Passed
59–33
May 3, 2023
SF 563
A bill for an act relating to the judicial branch, including appropriations to the judicial branch, apportionment of district associate judges, video recordings, noncontract attorney appointment, and contracting authority.
Yea
Failed
35–58
May 3, 2023
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