Total votes
2,984
all sessions
Attendance
96%
113 missed
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
372
bills & resolutions
Higher than 96% of chamber peers
Committees
10
assignments
2,984 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,241
voted in favor
Nay
630
voted against
Absent
113
missed votes
Total cast
2,984
across all sessions
Crossed party
62
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SF 2474
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia board and requiring the department of education to prepare a report related to cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators.
Yea
Passed
41–0
May 1, 2026
SF 2488
A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, making appropriations, convening an early childhood Iowa interim study committee, and including applicability, retroactive applicability, and effective date provisions.
Nay
Passed
29–14
May 1, 2026
HF 2526
A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.
Yea
Passed
44–0
May 1, 2026
HF 2757
A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
39–3
Apr 30, 2026
SF 2168
A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Yea
Passed
39–0
Apr 30, 2026
HF 1028
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
43–0
Apr 30, 2026
HF 2783
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, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education council.
Nay
Passed
28–13
Apr 30, 2026
SF 2422
A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions.
Nay
Passed
28–14
Apr 30, 2026
SF 2284
A bill for an act relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable.
Nay
Passed
30–9
Apr 30, 2026
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