Dave Rowley
Republican · IA · Iowa State Senator, District 5
Dave Rowley serves as Iowa State Senator for District 5.
Where Dave Rowley stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Election Integrity (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Labor Rights (3 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Mixed record
Anti-Corruption (1 support · 1 oppose), Public Education Quality (1 support · 2 oppose), Corporate Accountability (1 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Voted for Senate File 383, which regulates pharmacy benefit managers, setting a floor on what they pay Iowa pharmacies. The Iowa Senate passed it 36-14, and it became law.
April 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 516, which requires 80 percent of University of Iowa medical and dental students to be Iowans. The Iowa Senate passed it 34-11, and it became law.
April 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 oppose
Voted for House File 299, which makes schools and child care centers tell parents about legal vaccine exemptions. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-16, and it became law.
April 29, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 304, which takes away a minor's ability to get a sexually transmitted infection vaccine without a parent's consent. The Iowa Senate passed it 33-14, and it became law.
April 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 180, a bill to let people refuse emergency-use vaccines or drugs for reasons of conscience. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, but the full House never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 26, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 3 oppose
Voted for House File 767, which changes the private sector drug testing law in employers' favor. The Iowa Senate passed it 31-14, and it became law.
May 14, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 603, which reorganizes the state workforce agency and bars cities from setting pay rules for contractors. The Iowa Senate passed the final version 32-15, and it became law.
March 19, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 472, which tightens the rule that public employee unions must win a new election before each contract ends. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
March 10, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for House File 398, which shifts power over Iowa's prisons from the Board of Corrections to the department's director. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 706, which raises the fines for officials who break Iowa's open meetings law. The Iowa Senate passed it 34-13, and it became law.
April 17, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved to substitute House File 2603 for Senate File 2276, a measure concerning previous law-enforcement certification by other states, during Senate consideration.
March 25, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate File 615, which requires most adults on Medicaid expansion to work 80 hours a month to keep coverage. The Iowa Senate passed it 33-13, and it became law.
May 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted for House File 295, which bars an accrediting agency from punishing an Iowa public college for following state law. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 437, which creates a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
April 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 785, which lets United States citizens from outside Iowa sit on charter school boards. The Iowa Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
April 9, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Voted for House File 924, which lowers the minimum age for a permit to carry a handgun from 21 to 18. The Iowa Senate passed it 33-14, and it became law.
April 7, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate File 175, which adds fetal development lessons, including an ultrasound video, in grades five and six. The Iowa Senate passed it 33-16, and it became law.
April 28, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for House File 928, which limits election recounts to very close margins and rewrites how contests are run. The Iowa Senate passed it 31-14, and it became law.
April 14, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate File 418, which defines sex by a person's body at birth and removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Iowa Senate passed it 33-15, and it became law.
February 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted for House File 767, which changes the private sector drug testing law in employers' favor. The Iowa Senate passed it 31-14, and it became law.
May 14, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 383, which regulates pharmacy benefit managers, setting a floor on what they pay Iowa pharmacies. The Iowa Senate passed it 36-14, and it became law.
April 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 394, a bill to shield pesticide makers from failure-to-warn lawsuits when the label was federally approved. The Iowa Senate passed it 26-21, but the full House never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 26, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Voted for House File 856, which bars governments and public colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The Iowa Senate passed it 34-16, and it became law.
May 9, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Offered amendment S-5140 to House File 2490, and the Senate adopted the amendment by voice vote.
April 10, 2024
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Sponsored Senate File 2121, a bill relating to bonds and insurance policies for public officers, which received a Senate passage action in the bill history.
April 9, 2024
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted aye as a Ways and Means Committee member on the committee recommendation for Senate File 2398, a state-taxation measure modifying alternate and individual income tax rates.
February 26, 2024
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Past race Dave Rowley ran in:
- State Senator District 5 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 5; Iowa · incumbent