Iowa Senate · District 26

Kara Warme's Iowa Senate voting record

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Kara Warme (Republican) is a member of the Iowa Senate for District 26. This page covers the 616 floor roll calls held while Kara Warme was in office, from Feb. 11, 2025 to Oct. 2, 2026. Votes with the Senate President on 99% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 99% of party-line votes. 73rd percentile in the Iowa Senate from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 1% of roll calls. Kara Warme sponsored 3 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where Kara Warme split from the Senate President or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Kara Warme sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President 99% On 205 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 99% Partisan rank: 9 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 14 others) Didn't vote at roll call 1% 9 of 616 roll calls

Bills passed 0 3 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 20 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 29 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Kara Warme's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 72% of the Iowa Senate.

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14th most conservative of 49

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Votes with the Senate President

99%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kara Warme.

On 205 contested votes where both voted99% on all 563 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

99%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kara Warme.

On 202 party-line votesPartisan rank: 9 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 14 others)8 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Kara Warme sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Kara Warme
	Bills
Sponsored	3
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0
Of those, passed as a committee's bill	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 20 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 29 others) · 20 of 32 Republicans (tied with 12 others)

A bill's sponsor is the first member its history on legis.iowa.gov names; co-sponsors aren't counted. A committee's bill that passed counts for the member whose bill it replaced, where both bills' records name each other; otherwise it counts for no one.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Kara Warme sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

Iowa's appropriation bills don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Iowa legislators.

Contested votes where they split

2 against the Senate President; 2 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Kara Warme
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
March 9, 2026	SF 2444: Creating regulations for cigar bars, modifying the smokefree air Act, and including effective date provisions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	HF 862: Relating to the representation of boards of supervisors and county officials by outside counsel, and including effective date provisions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Recent key votes

Kara Warme's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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Oct. 2, 2026
Senate

HF 2801: Modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 28, nays 19

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
May 3, 2026
Senate

HF 2800: Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers…
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 29, nays 11

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
May 3, 2026
Senate

HF 2788: Relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related provisions
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 30, nays 11

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
May 2, 2026
Senate

HF 2787: Prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 31, nays 12

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
May 2, 2026
Senate

SF 2453: Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and including effective date provisions
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 39, nays 5

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Kara Warme voted on each of the 616 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Kara Warme
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	Yeas–nays
Oct. 2, 2026	HF 2801: Modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–19
May 3, 2026	HF 2800: Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–11
May 3, 2026	HF 2788: Relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–11
May 2, 2026	HF 2787: Prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–12
May 2, 2026	SF 2453: Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–5
May 2, 2026	HF 2694: Relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
May 2, 2026	HF 2615: Relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–16
May 2, 2026	SF 2490: Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–11
May 2, 2026	HF 2770: Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–17
May 2, 2026	HF 2769: Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–17
May 2, 2026	SF 639: Creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	38–8
May 2, 2026	HF 2542: Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–6
May 2, 2026	HF 2781: Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–9
May 2, 2026	SF 654: Relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–12
May 2, 2026	HF 2782: Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–14
May 1, 2026	SF 2488: Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, making appropriations, convening an… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–15
April 30, 2026	SF 2284: Relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–9
April 30, 2026	HF 2783: Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	27–15
April 30, 2026	SF 2422: Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	27–16
April 30, 2026	HF 2230: Relating to teacher education and licensing, including by modifying provisions related to practitioner preparation programs and licenses issued by the board… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–15
April 29, 2026	HF 2694: Relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–15
April 29, 2026	HF 2711: Relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requirements Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–15
April 29, 2026	SF 2378: Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–12
April 28, 2026	HF 2772: Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–16
April 28, 2026	HF 2768: Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–16
April 28, 2026	SF 2218: Relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifying provisions related to the verification of the identity and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	37–10
April 27, 2026	HF 2754: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–17
April 27, 2026	HF 2724: Requiring the board of educational examiners to establish additional endorsements and authorizations Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–16
April 27, 2026	HF 2676: Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and applicability… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–16
April 22, 2026	SF 2500: Relating to townships, including the appointment and duties of township officers, township budgets, and the provision of fire protection and emergency medical… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
April 22, 2026	SF 378: Relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excessive speed violations cannot be considered for certain purposes and the… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
April 21, 2026	SF 473: Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
April 21, 2026	SF 2299: Relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–12
April 21, 2026	SF 2187: Relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	38–7
April 20, 2026	HF 960: Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transmission equipment used by certain entities primarily in the… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–11
April 20, 2026	SF 2231: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
April 16, 2026	HF 990: Relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	42–5
April 16, 2026	HF 2707: Relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services, and including… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 16, 2026	SF 2490: Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 15, 2026	HF 2501: Relating to the conduct of elections Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–16
April 14, 2026	HF 2591: Relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements, and including effective date provisions Concurrence	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–12
April 14, 2026	HF 2670: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to summative testing in schools and the educational program provided to students enrolled in… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–17
April 14, 2026	HF 2539: Repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–17
April 8, 2026	HF 2676: Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and applicability… Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	30–15
April 8, 2026	SF 2426: Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	39–5
April 8, 2026	SF 2286: Relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	32–13
April 8, 2026	SF 2463: Concerning the executive branch rulemaking process, including the uniform rules on agency procedure and review and regulatory readoption of rules, and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	30–15
April 7, 2026	HF 2296: Restricting counties and cities from issuing a local form of identification Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
April 7, 2026	HF 2329: Relating to interest rates and charges on regulated loans, and consumer credit transaction service charges Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–11
April 7, 2026	SF 2399: Relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	38–7
April 6, 2026	SF 2207: Relating to the submission of proposed legislation by the governor and state departments and agencies Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 1, 2026	HF 2253: Relating to terminology involving a pregnant female Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	40–6
March 31, 2026	HF 2667: Relating to project design standards and specifications, including by providing for a statewide urban design and specifications board and requiring certain… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–18
March 24, 2026	HF 2739: Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	26–19
March 24, 2026	HF 2527: Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–13
March 23, 2026	HF 766: Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–16
March 10, 2026	SF 2434: Relating to local government, including the approval of action by ordinance, and including applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	31–14
March 10, 2026	SF 2432: Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	32–13
March 10, 2026	SF 2284: Relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	30–15
March 10, 2026	SF 2404: Requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requires certain specified school districts to establish attendance… Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	32–13
March 10, 2026	SF 2341: Relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	29–17
March 10, 2026	SF 2466: Relating to veterans services and making appropriations Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	34–12
March 9, 2026	SF 579: Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–16
March 9, 2026	SF 579: Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including… Concurrence	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–16
March 9, 2026	SF 548: Relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–17
March 9, 2026	SF 2070: Relating to the commission on uniform state laws Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–17
March 9, 2026	HF 2215: Relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
March 9, 2026	SF 2444: Creating regulations for cigar bars, modifying the smokefree air Act, and including effective date provisions Passage	Nay	Yea	Yea	27–18
March 9, 2026	HF 571: Relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–16
March 5, 2026	SF 2168: Relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–14
March 4, 2026	SF 2293: Relating to the department of administrative services’ historical resource research center in Iowa City, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–17
March 4, 2026	SF 487: Relating to employer recordkeeping and auditing requirements for purposes of unemployment insurance and including applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–16
March 3, 2026	SF 2442: Relating to county zoning ordinances governing residential buildings Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
March 3, 2026	SF 2385: Relating to the Iowa communications network, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–14
March 3, 2026	SF 2089: Relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefits Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–14
March 3, 2026	SF 2231: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–14
March 3, 2026	SF 2190: Relating to the use of the titles physician assistant and physician associate Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	37–7
March 2, 2026	SF 2378: Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–9
March 2, 2026	SF 2439: Relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residential properties Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–14
March 2, 2026	SF 2374: Relating to the national electrical code, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–15
Feb. 26, 2026	SF 2274: Relating to the sale or offer for sale of certain firearm devices Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–16
Feb. 25, 2026	SF 2430: Relating to the display of flags at half-staff on public buildings Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	38–9
Feb. 25, 2026	SF 2422: Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–17
Feb. 25, 2026	SF 2203: Relating to the verification of United States citizenship of persons registering to vote and registered voters Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–13
Feb. 25, 2026	SF 2187: Relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	42–5
Feb. 24, 2026	SF 2299: Relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–16
Feb. 24, 2026	SF 2263: Relating to the carrying, transportation, and possession of weapons, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–12
Feb. 24, 2026	SF 2157: Relating to malicious prosecution arising from civil actions between private parties Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–17
Feb. 23, 2026	SF 2207: Relating to the submission of proposed legislation by the governor and state departments and agencies Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–15
Feb. 23, 2026	SF 2039: Providing for intervention by members of the general assembly in proceedings for judicial review of agency action under the Iowa administrative procedure Act Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	36–11
Feb. 23, 2026	SF 2201: Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	27–20
Feb. 10, 2026	SF 2201: Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–20
Feb. 10, 2026	SF 2096: Relating to foster parent training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	37–9
May 14, 2025	SF 659: Relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	28–11
May 14, 2025	HF 189: Relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–13
May 14, 2025	HF 711: Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–6
May 14, 2025	HF 767: Concerning private sector employee drug testing Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
May 14, 2025	HF 1044: Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–15
May 14, 2025	HF 1049: Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, and related provisions and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–15
May 14, 2025	SF 607: Relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–16
May 13, 2025	SF 633: Relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including contingent effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
May 13, 2025	SF 615: Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–13
May 13, 2025	SF 644: Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing for properly related matters including indigent defense and representation, the… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–13
May 13, 2025	SF 648: Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–14
May 13, 2025	SF 645: Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–14
May 12, 2025	SF 646: Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–14
May 12, 2025	SF 647: Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–14
May 12, 2025	HF 639: Relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member… Passage	Nay	Nay	Nay	27–22
May 12, 2025	HF 711: Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–20
May 12, 2025	SF 412: Relating to property law, including rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–16
May 12, 2025	HF 975: Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa finance authority including the strategic infrastructure program… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	45–5
May 9, 2025	HF 856: Prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–16
April 29, 2025	HF 865: Modifying provisions related to the harassment or bullying of students enrolled in school districts or accredited nonpublic schools Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–16
April 29, 2025	HF 530: Authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general to be issued a… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	43–5
April 29, 2025	HF 299: Relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–16
April 28, 2025	SF 175: Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–16
April 28, 2025	SF 106: Relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	42–8
April 28, 2025	SF 383: Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	36–14
April 28, 2025	SF 491: Prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	42–8
April 23, 2025	SF 445: Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
April 17, 2025	HF 706: Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–13
April 17, 2025	HF 398: Relating to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 17, 2025	HF 295: Relating to accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions, prohibiting adverse action by accrediting agencies against certain postsecondary… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 16, 2025	HF 862: Relating to the representation of boards of supervisors and county officials by outside counsel, and including effective date provisions Passage	Nay	Yea	Yea	30–17
April 15, 2025	HF 390: Relating to physical examinations of personnel working in licensed or registered child care facilities Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 15, 2025	HF 437: Establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 14, 2025	HF 516: Relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the university of Iowa’s colleges of medicine and dentistry, and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–11
April 14, 2025	HF 928: Relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–14
April 14, 2025	SF 369: Requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	38–7
April 9, 2025	HF 805: Relating to the practice of dental assistants without registration by the dental board Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	32–15
April 9, 2025	HF 785: Modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	32–15
April 8, 2025	HF 860: Prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel-powered equipment based on the equipment’s fuel source Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–8
April 8, 2025	HF 309: Relating to the review by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing of certain deficient practices by nursing facilities Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–9
April 7, 2025	HF 924: Relating to the minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
April 7, 2025	SF 608: Regulating the marketing of grain, by providing for fees paid by grain dealers and warehouse operators into the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	39–8
April 7, 2025	SF 304: Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
April 7, 2025	HF 954: Relating to the conduct of elections, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
April 7, 2025	SF 303: Relating to county and city regulation of consumer fireworks Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–16
April 7, 2025	HF 314: Authorizing the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	36–11
April 7, 2025	SF 167: Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2025… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
March 26, 2025	SF 259: Limiting the release of personal information for traffic violations observed by an out-of-state traffic camera, making penalties applicable, and including… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	40–7
March 26, 2025	SF 180: Relating to the right to refuse certain medical services for reasons of conscience Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
March 26, 2025	SF 394: Relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	26–21
March 25, 2025	SF 615: Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–15
March 25, 2025	SF 595: Related to the regulation of construction, including state building codes, contractor licensing, and stormwater management requirements Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	37–12
March 25, 2025	SF 473: Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–14
March 25, 2025	SF 507: Restricting county and city diversity, equity, and inclusion programs Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–15
March 24, 2025	SF 571: Relating to defense subpoenas in criminal cases, and providing penalties Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–15
March 19, 2025	SF 603: Relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
March 19, 2025	SF 603: Relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the… Concurrence	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
March 19, 2025	SF 459: Prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	34–13
March 18, 2025	SF 514: Relating to temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–13
March 18, 2025	SF 378: Relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excessive speed violations cannot be considered for certain purposes and the… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	36–12
March 17, 2025	SF 311: Relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions Passage	Not voting	Yea	Yea	37–9
March 17, 2025	SF 469: Creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery Passage	Not voting	Yea	Yea	40–6
March 17, 2025	SF 407: Relating to the membership of district judicial nominating commissions Passage	Not voting	Yea	Yea	31–15
March 17, 2025	SF 140: Relating to satellite absentee voting stations Passage	Not voting	Yea	Yea	33–13
March 17, 2025	SF 106: Relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles Passage	Not voting	Yea	Yea	39–7
March 10, 2025	SF 512: Relating to statutes of limitations in civil actions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
March 10, 2025	SF 393: Relating to discovery and postconviction procedure Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
March 10, 2025	SF 472: Relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–15
March 10, 2025	SF 295: Relating to the disposition of real property on the capitol complex, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	33–14
March 10, 2025	SF 75: Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	35–12
Feb. 27, 2025	SF 418: 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… Passage	Yea	Yea	Not voting	33–15
Feb. 18, 2025	SF 175: Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–13
Feb. 11, 2025	SF 167: Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2025… Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	29–18

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.legis.iowa.gov
Email: kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov
Capitol office: 1007 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-3371

Committees

Administrative Rules Review Chair
Health and Human Services Chair
Early Childhood Interim Co-chair
Health Policy Oversight Co-chair
Subacute Mental Health Care Services Interim Study Co-chair
Appropriations
Commerce
Technology
Transportation
Veterans Affairs

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Iowa General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 20, 2026.

Source: the Iowa House and Senate Journals and their voting records, Jan. 30, 2025 to Oct. 2, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections