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D Iowa Senate · District 36

Sen. Tom Townsend

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Total votes
586
all sessions
Attendance
98%
12 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
80
bills & resolutions
Higher than 88% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
586 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
435
voted in favor
Nay
139
voted against
Absent
12
missed votes
Total cast
586
across all sessions
Crossed party
17
votes against own party
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586
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SF 2299
A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program.
Nay
Passed
33–16
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2280
A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties.
Yea
Passed
46–2
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2178
A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for lifetime hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2417
A bill for an act establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
49–0
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2224
A bill for an act relating to computer science education, including by modifying provisions related to standards for computer science education, the curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2198
A bill for an act relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 24, 2026
SF 2186
A bill for an act relating to child custody and visitation for parents subject to deployments.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 23, 2026
SF 2088
A bill for an act relating to transportation, including the administration and regulation of matters associated with the operation, registration, and titling of motor vehicles and the Mississippi river parkway commission, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 23, 2026
SF 2289
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and including effective date provisions.
Absent
Passed
45–0
Feb 23, 2026
SF 2219
A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to exempting student absences for school-sponsored activities, programs, competitions, and projects.
Yea
Passed
47–0
Feb 23, 2026
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