2023 IA Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Iowa Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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House Votes

House Votes

1. Carbon-Capture Pipelines

Required companies seeking to build carbon-capture pipelines to secure voluntary easements for 90 percent of the needed land before eminent domain could be used for the remainder.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes

HF565 Roll Call 1281375 Passed 73 to 20 on Mar 22, 2023 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

2. Private-school Funding

Creates education programs and funding by establishing an education savings account program.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No

HF68 Roll Call 1234574 Passed 55 to 45 on Jan 23, 2023 See 14th Amendment Ninth Amendment 10th Amendment Declaration of Independence

3. Sex Changes for Minors

Prohibits activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minors.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes

SF538 Roll Call 1271290 Passed 58 to 39 on Mar 8, 2023 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

4. School Transparency

Mandates the Department of Education (DE) to oversee the review of library materials for explicit content in schools, requiring parental consent for access to certain books, introducing curriculum changes, including restrictions on gender identity and sexuality instruction before grade five, removing specific sexual education content, and implementing a civics test requirement.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes

SF496 Roll Call 1306465 Passed 57 to 38 on Apr 20, 2023 See 14th Amendment Ninth Amendment Declaration of Independence

5. Raw Milk

Allows raw milk dairies that comply with safety standards to sell raw milk and products derived from raw milk directly to consumers.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes

SF315 Roll Call 1299100 Passed 64 to 35 on Apr 12, 2023 See First Amendment Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence Article VI

6. Gun Rights

Allows guns to be in vehicles in school parking lots.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes

HF654 Roll Call 1299093 Passed 62 to 37 on Apr 12, 2023 See Second Amendment 14th Amendment

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote

Name	Party	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ako Abdul-Samad	D	25%
Jerome Amos	D	17%
Eddie Andrews	R	83%
Austin Baeth	D	33%
Sean Bagniewski	D	33%
Michael Bergan	R	50%
Brian Best	R	100%
Jane E. Bloomingdale	R	100%
Brooke Boden	R	83%
Jacob Bossman	R	83%
Steven P. Bradley	R	83%
Timi Brown-powers	D	17%
Molly Buck	D	33%
Sue Cahill	D	33%
Ken E. Carlson	R	50%
Mark Cisneros	R	67%
Taylor Collins	R	83%
Jeff Cooling	D	17%
Ken Croken	D	20%
Tom Determann	R	67%
Dave Deyoe	R	67%
Zachary M. Dieken	R	83%
Jon Dunwell	R	67%
Tracy Ehlert	D	67%
Dean C. Fisher	R	83%
John Forbes	D	17%
Joel Fry	R	80%
Ruth Ann Gaines	D	17%
Dan Gehlbach	R	83%
Thomas Gerhold	R	83%
Eric J. Gjerde	D	33%
Cindy L. Golding	R	83%
Martin L. Graber	R	83%
Pat Grassley	R	83%
Stan Gustafson	R	80%
Bill Gustoff	R	83%
Austin Harris	R	83%
Helena J. Hayes	R	83%
Robert Henderson	R	83%
Megan Hess Jones	R	40%
Steven Holt	R	83%
Heather Hora	R	83%
Chad Ingels	R	17%
Charles W. Isenhart	D	17%
Dave J. Jacoby	D	33%
Lindsay James	D	33%
Thomas Jeneary	R	83%
Craig P. Johnson	R	83%
Kenan Judge	D	33%
Bobby Kaufmann	R	83%
Barb Kniff McCulla	R	83%
Jennifer Glover Konfrst	D	33%
Bob M. Kressig	D	33%
Monica Kurth	D	17%
Shannon Latham	R	50%
Elinor A. Levin	D	50%
Brian K. Lohse	R	67%
Shannon Lundgren	R	83%
Mary Madison	D	33%
Heather Ann Matson	D	33%
Joshua Meggers	R	83%
Ann Meyer	R	83%
Brian J. Meyer	D	33%
Gary M. Mohr	R	83%
Norlin Mommsen	R	67%
Tom Moore	R	100%
Amy Nielsen	D	17%
Carter Nordman	R	83%
Rick L. Olson	D	20%
Anne Osmundson	R	83%
Matthew Rinker	R	83%
Sami Scheetz	D	33%
J.D. Scholten	D	50%
Michael V. Sexton	R	80%
Brad Sherman	R	83%
Jeff J. Shipley	R	83%
David Sieck	R	100%
Brent J. Siegrist	R	80%
Ray Bubba Sorensen	R	83%
Megan L. Srinivas	D	20%
Art Staed	D	33%
Sharon S. Steckman	D	50%
Luana Stoltenberg	R	83%
Henry Stone	R	83%
Mark Thompson	R	83%
Phil Thompson	R	83%
Charley Thomson	R	83%
Josh Turek	D	60%
Mike Vondran	R	83%
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	D	33%
Skyler Wheeler	R	83%
Ross Wilburn	D	17%
John H. Wills	R	80%
Elizabeth Wilson	D	50%
Hans C. Wilz	R	50%
Matt W. Windschitl	R	83%
Devon Wood	R	83%
Derek Wulf	R	83%
David E. Young	R	83%
Adam Zabner	D	17%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	30.8%
Republican	78.6%

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