Total votes
2,984
all sessions
Attendance
96%
113 missed
Lower than 82% 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
66
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SF 418
A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital records, gender identity under the Iowa civil rights Act, and school curricula related to gender theory. Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Yea
Failed
15–31
Feb 27, 2025
SF 418
A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital records, gender identity under the Iowa civil rights Act, and school curricula related to gender theory. Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Yea
Failed
15–31
Feb 27, 2025
SF 275
A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple star school initiative.
Yea
Passed
41–0
Feb 25, 2025
HF 250
A bill for an act relating to county commissions of veteran affairs.
Yea
Passed
41–0
Feb 25, 2025
SF 278
A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.
Yea
Passed
46–0
Feb 18, 2025
SF 175
A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades five through twelve.
Nay
Passed
31–13
Feb 18, 2025
SF 171
A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
44–0
Feb 18, 2025
SF 166
A bill for an act relating to bank utilization of filing services offered by the secretary of state.
Yea
Passed
44–0
Feb 18, 2025
SF 175
A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades five through twelve.
Yea
Failed
14–30
Feb 18, 2025
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