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D Iowa Senate · District 37 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Molly Donahue

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Total votes
2,560
all sessions
Attendance
98%
53 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
370
bills & resolutions
Higher than 98% of chamber peers
Committees
7
assignments
2,560 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
1,991
voted in favor
Nay
516
voted against
Absent
53
missed votes
Total cast
2,560
across all sessions
Crossed party
59
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HF 2198
A bill for an act relating to child care center minimum age requirements for employees and staff-to-children ratios, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 539.) Effective date: 07/01/2022, 06/16/2022.
Yea
Passed
98–0
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2127
A bill for an act relating to payments to child care providers from families participating in the state child care assistance program. (Formerly HSB 510.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Yea
Failed
40–58
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2198
A bill for an act relating to child care center minimum age requirements for employees and staff-to-children ratios, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 539.) Effective date: 07/01/2022, 06/16/2022.
Yea
Failed
40–58
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2165
A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to eligibility for scholarships under the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 541.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2414
A bill for an act relating to waiver of the placement investigations and reports related to the adoption of a minor by a minor’s legal guardian.(Formerly HF 2074.)
Nay
Passed
70–29
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2398
A bill for an act relating to certain specified employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, including renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners with master’s or doctoral degrees, fees associated with the review of certain specified records, and background checks for employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools. (Formerly HSB 656.)
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 2, 2022
HF 2345
A bill for an act relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 533.) Effective date: 05/23/2022.
Yea
Passed
90–3
Feb 28, 2022
HF 2081
A bill for an act relating to teachers, including the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program admission candidates and to practitioner preparation program students prior to students’ completion of a practitioner preparation program, field experiences, and certain specified licenses for teachers created by the board of educational examiners, and including notice, effective date, and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 520.) Effective date: 06/13/2022. Applicability date: 06/13/2022.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 28, 2022
HF 2340
A bill for an act relating to public safety nuisances concerning licensed premises where alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer is sold or consumed. (Formerly HSB 633.) Effective date: 07/01/2022. Against party
Nay
Passed
74–19
Feb 28, 2022
SF 2176
A bill for an act relating to programs within the department of natural resources, including specifications of procedures relating to solid waste disposal and the repeal of the state interagency Missouri river authority and the mercury-free recycling Act. (Formerly SSB 3041.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Feb 28, 2022
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