Jerome Amos Jr.

Voted for House File 2240, which extended nonconsensual intimate-image harassment laws to fabricated depictions of identifiable people. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports AI Regulation

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Voted for Senate File 2243, which extended child-sexual-exploitation laws to fabricated sexual depictions of identifiable minors. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports AI Regulation

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Voted for House File 2549, which barred AI in voting equipment, required election-material disclosures, and restricted fraudulent candidate deepfakes within 90 days of elections. It passed the House 93–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 6, 2024Supports AI Regulation

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Co-sponsored HF2264, a bill funding Medicaid home-health reimbursement rates supporting a $15.20 hourly aide wage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored HF2206 to legalize and tax adult marijuana, reduce penalties and expunge convictions; earlier co-sponsored HF442, which also expanded medical cannabis. It did not pass either chamber.

January 29, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 1038, which allocated opioid-settlement money to health services and the attorney general and appropriated $29 million for recovery and treatment initiatives. It passed the House 84–1 and became law.

May 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 383, which restricted pharmacy-benefit-manager steering and required rebate pass-through, reimbursement floors and pharmacy appeal protections. It passed the House 75–15 and became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 933, which created a pediatric palliative-care facility classification and authorized access to specified care funding. It passed the House 84–0 and became law.

May 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 565, which continued health-insurance eligibility for surviving spouses and children of state workers killed by duty-related traumatic injury. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

April 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 303, which set insurer prior-authorization deadlines and reporting and limited routinely approved authorization requirements. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 977, which required dedicated state staffing and assistance to expand Medicaid emergency-transport provider enrollment. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 978, which authorized regulated medical psilocybin therapy for qualifying adults age 21 and older. It passed the House 84–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 21, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 995, which removed Iowa residency as a condition for medical-cannabidiol registration. It passed the House 91–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 990, which allowed the state to license up to ten medical-cannabidiol dispensaries in the House version. It passed the House 90–2; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 919, which created a children’s specialty-hospital designation and reimbursement framework. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

April 15, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 835, which required seizure-care training and planning in public and accredited nonpublic schools. It passed the House 94–2 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 972, which restructured rural-health funding and provider recruitment programs and eliminated the health-facilities council. It passed the House 95–1 and became law.

March 26, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 887, which removed the certificate-of-need requirement for birth centers. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 233, which expanded experimental-treatment access to patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating conditions. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

March 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 385, which required discharge planning, medication supplies, suicide-risk assessment and follow-up care for involuntarily committed patients. It passed the House 89–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 470, which limited dental insurers’ denial of previously authorized services and required appeal procedures. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 547, which adopted an interstate licensing compact for respiratory therapists. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 300, which adopted an interstate licensing compact for physician assistants. It passed the House 88–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 42, which allowed county emergency-medical-services trust funds to pay providers’ salaries and wages. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 532, which adopted an interstate licensing compact for dietitians. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF658, a bill capping insulin copayments at $25 per 31-day supply. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF663, a bill restoring Medicaid family-planning coverage and provider participation. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF607, a bill expanding pregnancy and infant Medicaid eligibility to 375% of poverty and extending postpartum coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF605, a bill authorizing pharmacist-dispensed contraception under a standing order and requiring insurance coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF560, a bill repealing Iowa's ban on gender-transition care for minors. It did not pass either chamber.

February 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 330, which removed age restrictions and benefit caps from specified autism-treatment insurance coverage. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

February 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 383, which provided for rescheduling crystalline polymorph psilocybin after federal drug approval. It passed the House 92–0, but the governor vetoed it.

February 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 318, which required diagnostic and supplemental breast-exam cost sharing no less favorable than screening coverage, with a high-deductible-plan exception. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF183, a bill authorizing pharmacist HIV testing and preventive treatment with insurance coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2706, which barred Medicaid from requiring new prescriptions or face-to-face visits for repairs to previously prescribed complex rehabilitation technology. It passed the House 91–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 19, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2402, which expanded options for children’s psychiatric beds and required specialized services with enhanced reimbursement. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 18, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2668, which required health-insurance, Medicaid and children’s health-insurance coverage of clinically useful biomarker testing. It passed the House 97–1 and became law.

April 15, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 555, which expanded pharmacists’ authority to prescribe and administer medications under standards of care and changed licensing. It passed the House 87–9 and became law.

April 3, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2512, which joined the interstate social-work licensing compact. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

February 22, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2397, which authorized ambulance payments for transportation to mental-health access centers comparable to emergency-department transport. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

February 21, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF2414, a bill appropriating $500,000 for law-enforcement and human-services crisis-response partnerships. It did not pass either chamber.

February 8, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF2342, a bill adding substance-abuse rehabilitation alternatives to school suspension or expulsion. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF2108, a bill funding elimination of Medicaid home- and community-based waiver waiting lists. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against House File 732, which banned most abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, with limited exceptions. It passed the House 56–34 and became law.

July 11, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 708, which required additional Medicaid reimbursement for secure nursing-home units serving registered sex offenders needing nursing care. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

May 3, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 265, which established state licensure and practice standards for certified professional midwives. It passed the House 91–2 and became law.

May 3, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 424, which allowed experienced physician assistants to practice without physician supervision, subject to service-specific safeguards. It passed the House 88–6 and became law.

May 1, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 671, which joined an interstate professional-counselor licensure compact. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

April 11, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF692, a bill requiring a mental-health professional in every school and changing mental-health terminology. It did not pass either chamber.

April 6, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 174, which allowed physical therapists to refer patients for diagnostic imaging performed and interpreted by qualified professionals. It passed the House 83–14 and became law.

April 4, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 462, which created an annual open-enrollment period for Medicare supplement insurance. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 595, which increased fentanyl and other controlled-substance penalties and expanded opioid-overdose medication distribution and immunity. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

March 21, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 656, which joined an interstate dentist and dental-hygienist licensure compact. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

March 14, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against Senate File 538, which banned specified gender-transition medications and surgeries for minors, with medical exceptions. It passed the House 58–39 and became law.

March 8, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 75, which created state licensing for rural emergency hospitals and regulated ambulatory surgical centers. It passed the House 97–1 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 423, which barred insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against pharmacies using the federal 340B discounted-drug program. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 274, which expanded the state-funded psychiatry residency program to include two annual fellowship positions. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF2217, a bill expanding school radon testing and mitigation requirements and creating a grant program. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against Senate File 303, which barred local restrictions on permitted fireworks use on July 3, July 4 and December 31. It passed the House 51–39 and became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 1027, which required passive radon mitigation in new homes and created an installation tax credit. It passed the House 92–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 876, which required disclosure of lead service lines in property transfers. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

April 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 835, which required seizure-care training and planning in public and accredited nonpublic schools. It passed the House 94–2 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 385, which required discharge planning, medication supplies, suicide-risk assessment and follow-up care for involuntarily committed patients. It passed the House 89–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 860, which barred local prohibitions on purchasing or using equipment based on its energy source. It passed the House 84–12 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 524, which required parental written consent before minors used commercial tanning devices. It passed the House 83–13 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 17, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF333, a bill requiring and funding free menstrual products in secondary-school restrooms. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF263, a bill requiring 30 minutes of daily physical activity in elementary schools. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF183, a bill authorizing pharmacist HIV testing and preventive treatment with insurance coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate File 2414, which replaced the petroleum underground-storage-tank fund and board with a state financing program for cleanup and tank closure. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 2677, which created a vapor-product directory and restricted sales to products meeting specified federal authorization or pending-application criteria. It passed the House 90–4 and became law.

April 3, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 2605, which limited consumable-hemp THC potency and imposed labeling, sales and registration restrictions. It passed the House 79–16 and became law.

March 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Criticized limits on local stormwater rules as shifting development costs to taxpayers and voted against the bill twice. It restricted local topsoil and stormwater rules at construction sites, passed the House 53–46 after reconsideration, and became law.

March 11, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 2280, which loosened home-school reporting and immunization documentation and removed tuition and unrelated-student limits. It passed the House 60–33 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate File 345, which required permits for tobacco-related device retailers and restricted device sales and access to adults age 21 or older. It passed the House 90–7 and became law.

March 5, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 2305, which allowed child-care workers age 16 or older to provide limited flex care without additional adult supervision. It passed the House 55–36 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 19, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF2471, a bill creating a 20% income-tax credit for battery-powered outdoor equipment. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF2354, a bill requiring stronger livestock-operation water protections, public monitoring and EPA reporting. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF2281, a bill creating enforceable odor-nuisance limits for animal-feeding operations. It did not pass either chamber.

February 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 602, which required suicide-prevention hotline information on public-school student identification cards in grades seven through twelve. It passed the House 94–1 and became law.

May 2, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against Senate File 315, which authorized sales of raw milk and related products from small raw-milk dairies. It passed the House 64–35 and became law.

April 12, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 461, which allowed qualifying boilers to receive internal-inspection intervals of up to seven years. It passed the House 64–35 and became law.

April 12, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 605, which barred state and local mandates requiring private-property owners to report buildings’ energy use. It passed the House 61–34 and became law.

March 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF480, a bill requiring comprehensive high-school sex education, including contraception instruction. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 282, which expanded soil- and water-conservation authorities to soil health and water-quality projects and permitted additional financing partnerships. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against House File 248, which made coal-power-plant emission plans optional and changed advance review of pollution-control projects. It passed the House 75–24 and became law.

February 15, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved to approve a $297,900 agreement for EPA-funded assessments of brownfield sites with hazardous substances and petroleum contamination.

March 1, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Supported renewing Waterloo’s COVID-19 face-mask mandate, approved 7–0. The mayor stated that the measure carried no city citation authority.

November 9, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Supported Waterloo’s declaration of a climate crisis and its call for accelerated action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The resolution passed 7–0.

January 27, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Supported a Waterloo resolution urging Iowa to fund its Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. The council adopted the nonbinding resolution 7–0.

February 18, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Co-sponsored HF2373, a bill creating an automatic-enrollment retirement-savings program with opt-out rights. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Co-sponsored HF2378, a bill raising the minimum wage to $15, indexing future increases and allowing higher local wage floors. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted against House File 2319, which barred county and city guaranteed-income programs unless expressly authorized by state law. It passed the House 55–43 and became law.

March 4, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Moved to lease city land to Ruby Abebe for $100 annually through 2026 for greenhouses and a minority farming-training project.

February 7, 2022Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Co-sponsored HF2631, a bill creating paid, job-protected family and medical leave funded by payroll contributions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2385, a bill penalizing intentional employee misclassification that denies employment benefits. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored HF455 for 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, then co-sponsored HF2384 for 26 weeks and 39 after business closures. Related 2024–2025 amendments were ruled not germane; neither bill passed a chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored HJR2003 and co-sponsored HJR2008, proposing constitutional protection for workers' organizing and collective bargaining. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2380, a bill funding community nonprofit organizations to enforce wage-payment and minimum-wage laws. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2378, a bill raising the minimum wage to $15, indexing future increases and allowing higher local wage floors. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2318, a bill extending unemployment benefits to striking workers after 14 days. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2264, a bill funding Medicaid home-health reimbursement rates supporting a $15.20 hourly aide wage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill expanding summer unemployment eligibility for noninstructional school employees. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF267 to expand cancer coverage under public-safety pensions. Voted for HF969's broader pension-cancer coverage and contribution changes; it passed 94–0 and became law.

April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for House File 889, which provided paid parental leave for eligible state employees and allowed specified sick-leave conversion to vacation. It passed the House 87–2 and became law.

March 20, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for House File 248, which required employers to provide comparable benefits and protections to qualifying adoptive and birth parents. It passed the House 87–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF661, a bill expanding child-care assistance and tax credits, funding workforce grants and increasing provider reimbursements. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF676, a bill requiring reasonable pregnancy and childbirth accommodations at work. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF672, a bill removing the narrow-construction rule for public-employee collective bargaining. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF682, a bill recapturing business tax incentives after child-labor violations. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF681, a bill creating a state wage-and-hour enforcement division. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF673, a bill including overtime in workers' compensation and adding cost-of-living increases. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF675, a bill requiring meal breaks and paid rest periods for employees. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF611, a bill requiring time-and-a-half pay for work on legal holidays. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF185, a bill authorizing project labor agreements for major state building projects. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF184, a bill imposing strict employer liability for workplace injuries or deaths of minors. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for a standalone teacher-pay proposal, then against the broader bill restructuring area education agencies and special-education oversight while raising teacher pay. The broader bill passed the House 51–43 and became law.

March 21, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored HF219 and filed amendment H8121 to remove the four-week cap on temporary-unemployment work-search exemptions. HF219 did not pass a chamber; the amendment received no House consideration.

March 4, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against Senate File 542, which expanded permitted jobs and working hours for teenagers, including later evening work for those under sixteen. It passed the House 60–34 and became law.

May 2, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for House File 604, which required prompt reporting of school violence and threats, protected employee whistleblowers, and provided an ombudsman complaint process. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against SF494's $15,000 SNAP asset limit and expanded benefit checks; it passed 58–41 and became law. Filed an amendment adding unpaid-wage checks and annual wage-violation reports; it was ruled not germane.

April 13, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF696, a bill strengthening wage-law enforcement and allowing investigations without a worker complaint. It did not pass either chamber.

April 10, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF213, a bill classifying snowplow operators as public-safety employees for collective bargaining. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for House File 138, which expanded protection-occupation retirement classification to peace officers and firefighters working for covered employers beyond cities. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

February 1, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Criticized Iowa's treatment of labor unions, particularly public-sector unions, in a published interview.

January 28, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for House File 93, which prohibited employment agreements restricting licensed mental-health professionals’ practice locations, former patients or timing. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

January 26, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Spoke in support of Waterloo’s resolution affirming city employees’ collective-bargaining rights and helped place it on the agenda. The resolution passed with four affirmative votes and two abstentions.

March 13, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2613, a bill requiring private schools to disclose education-savings-account revenue, spending and budgets. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for House File 544, which expanded political-ad attribution requirements and candidate committee restrictions and changed campaign-filing rules. It passed the House 94–2 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 17, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for House File 259, which expanded public-meeting notices, online posting, amended-agenda disclosure and cancellation notices. It passed the House 94–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 4, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for Senate File 2331, which required free online access to official newspaper notices and changed notice-publication qualifications. It passed the House 95–2 and became law.

March 27, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for House File 2453, which restricted deferred and suspended sentences for public officials or employees stealing more than $7,500. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 29, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted against Senate File 478, which restricted the state auditor’s access to specified records and required interagency disputes to go to an arbitration panel. It passed the House 55–41 and became law.

April 20, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

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Co-sponsored HF188, a bill requiring quarterly managed-care spending and performance reports for Medicaid long-term services. It did not pass either chamber.

February 2, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for House File 985, which authorized additional business-service fees and financing for secretary-of-state modernization and expedited filings. It passed the House 90–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted for House File 977, which required dedicated state staffing and assistance to expand Medicaid emergency-transport provider enrollment. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted for House File 2644, which created grants and forgivable equipment loans for court-reporting students and recent graduates. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 9, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted against House File 572, which created felony offenses for specified smuggling and harboring of people violating federal immigration law. It passed the House 75–14 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Immigration

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Co-sponsored HF662, a bill appropriating $2.5 million for nonprofit refugee-resettlement agencies. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted against Senate File 2340, which created state illegal-reentry offenses and authorized return orders for people previously denied entry, deported or removed. It passed the House 64–30 and became law.

March 19, 2024Supports Immigration

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Voted against House File 2608, which required verification of noncitizens’ public-assistance eligibility and created state human-smuggling offenses. It passed the House 60–32 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 7, 2024Supports Immigration

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Co-sponsored HF2119, a bill removing immigration-related restrictions on driver's licenses and protecting applicants' identifying information. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Immigration

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Co-sponsored HF2737, a bill phasing in income limits and repealing private-school education savings accounts in 2029. It did not pass either chamber.

March 9, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2631, a bill creating paid, job-protected family and medical leave funded by payroll contributions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored HF455 for 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, then co-sponsored HF2384 for 26 weeks and 39 after business closures. Related 2024–2025 amendments were ruled not germane; neither bill passed a chamber.

February 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2380, a bill funding community nonprofit organizations to enforce wage-payment and minimum-wage laws. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2318, a bill extending unemployment benefits to striking workers after 14 days. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2264, a bill funding Medicaid home-health reimbursement rates supporting a $15.20 hourly aide wage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2221, a bill removing non-income eligibility requirements from child-care assistance. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2217, a bill expanding school radon testing and mitigation requirements and creating a grant program. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2151, a bill appropriating $5 million for therapeutic classrooms serving students with behavioral and emotional needs. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill expanding summer unemployment eligibility for noninstructional school employees. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Senate File 660, which funded public safety, school support, film and tourism programs and created a major-events tourism grant program. It passed the House 80–2 and became law.

May 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 1038, which allocated opioid-settlement money to health services and the attorney general and appropriated $29 million for recovery and treatment initiatives. It passed the House 84–1 and became law.

May 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 1002, which authorized tax-deferred service awards and state grants for volunteer firefighters, emergency medical providers and reserve officers. It passed the House 81–0 and became law.

May 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against Senate File 644, which funded justice agencies and increased appointed-defense lawyers’ hourly payments. It passed the House 60–27 and became law.

May 14, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against Senate File 647, which funded state education agencies, public colleges and educational programs. It passed the House 59–32 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Senate File 628, which funded transportation operations and infrastructure and established ongoing driver-license production funding. It passed the House 87–4 and became law.

May 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 985, which authorized additional business-service fees and financing for secretary-of-state modernization and expedited filings. It passed the House 90–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 1032, which created matching grocery-reinvestment grants and expanded agriculture-department grants for local produce processing. It passed the House 89–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 1001, which created a rural-attorney recruitment incentive fund and program with local matching support. It passed the House 86–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 1000, which created matching grants for veterans-service organizations and appropriated $250,000 for claims-assistance staff. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 643, which required state reimbursement of county jails for specified confinement of sexually violent predators. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 515, which increased school-aid weighting for shared school-resource officers. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 579, which allowed voters to approve increased school funding for at-risk students and dropout prevention. It passed the House 92–4 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 315, which provided an additional year of school budget adjustment after qualifying disasters. It passed the House 88–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 298, which authorized state-funded supervised apartment placements for qualifying juveniles. It passed the House 88–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF661, a bill expanding child-care assistance and tax credits, funding workforce grants and increasing provider reimbursements. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF659, a bill funding $50 million in home-renovation grants, low-income housing credits and larger first-home savings deductions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF663, a bill restoring Medicaid family-planning coverage and provider participation. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF662, a bill appropriating $2.5 million for nonprofit refugee-resettlement agencies. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF607, a bill expanding pregnancy and infant Medicaid eligibility to 375% of poverty and extending postpartum coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF504, a bill appropriating $500,000 for school robotics grants and university support. It did not pass either chamber.

February 20, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF412, a bill expanding child-care assistance for homeless families with young children. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF411, a bill waiving child-care assistance copayments for homeless families. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF410, a bill increasing child-care provider reimbursements for homeless children. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF333, a bill requiring and funding free menstrual products in secondary-school restrooms. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF243, a bill increasing hourly compensation for court-appointed defense lawyers. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF152, a bill joining and funding the federal Summer EBT food-benefit program. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 117, which created National Guard scholarships for qualifying professional credentials. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

January 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Senate File 2411, which restructured work-based learning, created a Workforce Opportunity Fund, and changed workforce scholarships. It passed the House 72–21 and became law.

April 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2700, which proposed $10,000 salary increases for legislators and statewide elected officials, with annual cost-of-living adjustments. It passed the House 58–38 but was not enacted.

April 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2402, which expanded options for children’s psychiatric beds and required specialized services with enhanced reimbursement. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2668, which required health-insurance, Medicaid and children’s health-insurance coverage of clinically useful biomarker testing. It passed the House 97–1 and became law.

April 15, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2688, which created grants and loan assistance for qualifying rural veterinary practices. It passed the House 95–3 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 15, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2644, which created grants and forgivable equipment loans for court-reporting students and recent graduates. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Senate File 2414, which replaced the petroleum underground-storage-tank fund and board with a state financing program for cleanup and tank closure. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2634, which removed the $7 million annual cap on real-estate-transfer tax deposits into the affordable-housing trust fund. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 259, which expanded veterans’ eligibility for specified benefits, training and state veterans-cemetery burial. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2663, which transferred $300,000 annually for county veterans-service personnel training. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2658, which updated child-care assistance reimbursement to 65–80 percent of the 2023 market-rate survey and extended the child-care-worker assistance pilot. It passed the House 92–1 and became law.

March 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against House File 2319, which barred county and city guaranteed-income programs unless expressly authorized by state law. It passed the House 55–43 and became law.

March 4, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2167, which raised disaster-assistance household grants from $5,000 to $7,000 and streamlined disaster response contracts. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

February 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 2397, which authorized ambulance payments for transportation to mental-health access centers comparable to emergency-department transport. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

February 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2438, a bill funding school security grants and requiring stronger entry doors and windows in new school buildings. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2468, a bill expanding preschool to 20 hours per week with full per-pupil funding. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2414, a bill appropriating $500,000 for law-enforcement and human-services crisis-response partnerships. It did not pass either chamber.

February 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2108, a bill funding elimination of Medicaid home- and community-based waiver waiting lists. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 708, which required additional Medicaid reimbursement for secure nursing-home units serving registered sex offenders needing nursing care. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

May 3, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 711, which created a levee-improvement program and appropriated $5 million annually for five years to repair or rebuild levees. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

May 3, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 700, which created a dairy-innovation fund and grants or loans for milk processing and farm-labor-saving projects. It passed the House 98–1 and became law.

April 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF695, a bill expanding child-care tax credits, assistance eligibility and facility grants. It did not pass either chamber.

April 10, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF692, a bill requiring a mental-health professional in every school and changing mental-health terminology. It did not pass either chamber.

April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 274, which expanded the state-funded psychiatry residency program to include two annual fellowship positions. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 280, which raised local-government disaster-loan limits to $5 million and authorized up to $1 million in loan forgiveness. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for House File 252, which created scholarships for adults with intellectual, developmental or learning disabilities in approved transition and postsecondary programs. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF167, a bill appropriating $1 million annually for food banks with matching funds. It did not pass either chamber.

February 1, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against House File 68, which created state-funded education savings accounts for private-school tuition and phased out household-income limits. It passed the House 55–45 and became law.

January 23, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a $84,450 municipal-broadband feasibility study in 2019. Later approved up to $949,000 for fiber-network management and inspection after earlier design and grant steps.

January 3, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved All-In Grocers' $1 land conveyance and development agreement in 2017, praising the grocery-store project. Later moved a $136,983 fill-work grant and extended its completion deadline to October 31, 2023.

December 19, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to approve WBM's two-building development with a $250,000 grant and property-tax rebates of 50% for five years in phase one and two years in phase two.

December 19, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to designate $4.5 million in city matching funds for the Transforming Gates and Byrnes Parks project.

August 1, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to approve $1.521 million in economic-development incentives for Hydrite Chemical through an agreement with the state.

July 5, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for fiscal-year 2023 CDBG and HOME funding recommendations for the Waterloo/Cedar Falls housing consortium.

June 20, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a project agreement providing up to $914,975 for lighting the 4th Street Bridge, Cedar River dam and surrounding area.

June 20, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved $8.61 million in taxable bonds alongside $14.37 million in general-obligation bonds in 2021. Later voted to authorize $5.685 million and $4.315 million in bonds, with property taxes for repayment.

June 6, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to institute proceedings for up to $14.2 million in taxable sewer-revenue capital loan notes, repaid through sewer fees.

April 4, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to approve $90,000 in incentives for Habitat for Humanity's 18 new homes. Also moved $1 city-lot transfers for three new homes and two rehabilitations; the minutes do not establish whether those new homes overlap.

February 21, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to approve a $297,900 agreement for EPA-funded assessments of brownfield sites with hazardous substances and petroleum contamination.

March 1, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Supported increasing Waterloo Regional Airport’s CARES Act grant by $798,305, bringing it to $1,098,305 for federally approved reimbursements. The council approved the amendment 7–0.

July 27, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Spoke in support of a federal SAFER grant application to add four Waterloo firefighter positions, citing earlier budget discussions that left those positions unfilled. The council approved the application 6–1.

May 18, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against $2.761 million in budget cuts; they passed 4–3 before the mayor's veto. Seconded restoring two firefighter positions and library and Human Rights Commission funding with reserves and higher fees; that proposal failed 3–4.

March 8, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2233, a bill restricting police face coverings and removing immunity for specified misconduct while unlawfully masked. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2222, a bill authorizing pretrial risk assessments when a defendant's release threatens another person's safety. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 1036, which expanded trafficking-victim screening, civil filing periods, restitution protections and restoration planning in the House version. It passed the House 91–0; the bill became law in 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted against Senate File 303, which barred local restrictions on permitted fireworks use on July 3, July 4 and December 31. It passed the House 51–39 and became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 150, which required separate prosecution and punishment for multiple sexual depictions of the same minor. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 583, which required multidisciplinary school-safety teams and authorized sharing relevant student records. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

April 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 9, which proposed allowing legal limits on defendants’ confrontation of child witnesses and witnesses with specified disabilities. The House adopted it 87–6 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

April 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Publicly opposed a 2024 ban on citizen police-review boards and voted against the 2025 bill banning those boards and changing civil-service discipline and appeals. The 2025 bill passed the House 81–12 and became law.

April 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 899, which criminalized adults’ knowing transmission of unsolicited sexually explicit images. It passed the House 93–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 397, which increased penalties for assaults on public-safety workers and covered juvenile-detention and inspection staff. It passed the House 91–2 and became law.

March 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 826, which criminalized specified obscene depictions of minors, including depictions not involving a real child. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 22, which required hands-free or voice-activated use of electronic devices while driving and increased penalties. It passed the House 84–11 and became law.

March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 649, which extended human-trafficking offenses to specified undercover investigations. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

March 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted against the initial 2023 school-employee abuse bill, then for its amended version and 2024 and 2025 follow-ups. The 2025 bill required state investigations and temporary employee leave, passed the House 96–0, but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 266, which criminalized specified gift-card theft and fraud. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 879, which created a felony for intentional sabotage of telecommunications infrastructure. It passed the House 94–2 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 793, which barred registered sex offenders from serving as firefighters. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 523, which allowed peace officers to request emergency domestic-abuse protective orders on victims’ behalf in the House version. It passed the House 81–15; the bill became law in 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 515, which increased school-aid weighting for shared school-resource officers. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 549, which required review, charging decisions or referrals and written reports within 180 days for specified officer-involved shootings. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 306, which increased repeat penalties for adults distributing obscenity to minors and created a misdemeanor for minors distributing it. It passed the House 88–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 310, which expanded enhanced assault penalties to additional hospital and nursing-facility workers, volunteers and students. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 181, which banned open containers of lawful THC drinks in operating vehicles. It passed the House 86–1 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 173, which added license-suspension and fine penalties for failure to control a vehicle causing serious injury or death. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF324, a bill requiring domestic-abuse risk screening before jail release and referrals to victim and offender services. It did not pass either chamber.

February 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2531, which authorized nuisance lawsuits and restrictions against adult establishments linked to specified violent incidents. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 2261, which changed ignition-interlock requirements and extended installation periods after specified violations. It passed the House 87–7 and became law.

April 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2240, which extended nonconsensual intimate-image harassment laws to fabricated depictions of identifiable people. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2422, which raised the penalty for being an accessory after the fact to murder from an aggravated misdemeanor to a felony. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 2243, which extended child-sexual-exploitation laws to fabricated sexual depictions of identifiable minors. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2598, which created looting offenses with enhanced penalties and mandatory minimum imprisonment. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2460, which restricted parole for human trafficking and expanded victim counseling and representation protections. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2568, which extended pedestrian protections to qualifying mobility devices and required drivers to yield to bicyclists in crosswalks. It passed the House 84–8 and became law.

February 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 2161, which increased penalties for false reports of serious crimes and false reports causing injury or death. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 26, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2098, which made assaults against people protected by an active protective order a felony. It passed the House 93–2 and became law.

February 20, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2438, a bill funding school security grants and requiring stronger entry doors and windows in new school buildings. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2414, a bill appropriating $500,000 for law-enforcement and human-services crisis-response partnerships. It did not pass either chamber.

February 8, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2171, a bill requiring age-appropriate child-sexual-abuse prevention instruction and teacher training. It did not pass either chamber.

January 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2115, a bill creating court-issued extreme-risk orders restricting firearm possession. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 699, which replaced scheduled juvenile early-intervention rules with risk- and needs-based delinquency-prevention programs. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 1, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 604, which required prompt reporting of school violence and threats, protected employee whistleblowers, and provided an ombudsman complaint process. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate File 84, which expanded minor-sexual-exploitation crimes and penalties for stalking using a technological device. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 4, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 429, which allowed bullied students to transfer within their school district and required notice to parents about witnessed injuries or bullying. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 22, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 657, which required preservation of biological criminal evidence and changed jailhouse-witness and postconviction-disclosure rules. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 595, which increased fentanyl and other controlled-substance penalties and expanded opioid-overdose medication distribution and immunity. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

March 21, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 570, which increased penalties for specified assaults against pregnant people and repeat domestic-abuse assaults. It passed the House 95–1 and became law.

March 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 202, which expanded explosives and destructive-device prohibitions and criminal penalties. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 22, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 176, which expanded the continuous-child-sexual-abuse offense and its felony sentencing provisions. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 159, which barred violent-crime defenses based solely on a victim’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or nonviolent sexual advances. It passed the House 94–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 143, which criminalized using ransomware to interrupt computer services or demand payment. It passed the House 97–1 and became law.

February 2, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Supported Waterloo’s adoption of Black Hawk County’s updated multi-jurisdictional hazard-mitigation plan. The council approved the plan 7–0.

June 22, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Spoke in support of a federal SAFER grant application to add four Waterloo firefighter positions, citing earlier budget discussions that left those positions unfilled. The council approved the application 6–1.

May 18, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved to accept a $20,000 foundation grant for residential emergency-access lock boxes, a program for older adults that gives firefighters access to homes during emergencies. The council adopted the grant resolution with six affirmative votes.

June 6, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored HF2233, a bill restricting police face coverings and removing immunity for specified misconduct while unlawfully masked. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Sponsored HF2206 to legalize and tax adult marijuana, reduce penalties and expunge convictions; earlier co-sponsored HF442, which also expanded medical cannabis. It did not pass either chamber.

January 29, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 1036, which expanded trafficking-victim screening, civil filing periods, restitution protections and restoration planning in the House version. It passed the House 91–0; the bill became law in 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 472, which created expedited dismissal and fee remedies for lawsuits targeting protected public expression. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

April 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 1001, which created a rural-attorney recruitment incentive fund and program with local matching support. It passed the House 86–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 1003, which required dedicated relative-placement staff and court findings before moving children from long-term foster homes in the House version. It passed the House 92–0; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 9, which proposed allowing legal limits on defendants’ confrontation of child witnesses and witnesses with specified disabilities. The House adopted it 87–6 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

April 17, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Publicly opposed a 2024 ban on citizen police-review boards and voted against the 2025 bill banning those boards and changing civil-service discipline and appeals. The 2025 bill passed the House 81–12 and became law.

April 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for Senate File 491, which expanded farmstead drone-flight restrictions to protected areas around farm animals, equipment and structures. It passed the House 89–7 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 639, which restricted carbon-dioxide pipeline condemnation and imposed liability, hearing and operating-permit safeguards. It passed the House 85–10, but the governor vetoed it.

March 26, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 926, which authorized expungement of qualifying criminal records of human-trafficking victims. It passed the House 97–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 25, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 945, which created pretrial immunity hearings for self-defense claims with a clear-and-convincing-evidence burden on the state. It passed the House 89–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 570, which created probation-reduction credits for compliance, education and sustained employment. It passed the House 89–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 615, which removed warning and knowledge requirements from the offense of falsely representing an animal as a service animal. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 13, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 549, which required review, charging decisions or referrals and written reports within 180 days for specified officer-involved shootings. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 12, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 367, which required courts to find serious physical or emotional risk before stopping family interactions in child-protection cases. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

March 11, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Sponsored HF462, a bill eliminating the civil limitation period for sexual-abuse lawsuits and reviving time-barred claims. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Co-sponsored HF243, a bill increasing hourly compensation for court-appointed defense lawyers. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 2681, which required state permits for automated traffic-enforcement cameras and restricted license-plate reader use. It passed the House 85–12 and became law.

April 9, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 2679, which created an income-tax deduction for qualifying law firms’ appointed indigent representation. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 4, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against Senate File 2340, which created state illegal-reentry offenses and authorized return orders for people previously denied entry, deported or removed. It passed the House 64–30 and became law.

March 19, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 2560, which repealed civil asset forfeiture and replaced it with specified criminal drug-offense forfeiture procedures. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 7, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 2592, which gave police officers a court-review process for placement on prosecutors’ credibility-disclosure lists. It passed the House 91–1 and became law.

February 29, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Supported advancing HSB531 from a subcommittee to protect booking photos, with court-order, public-safety and conviction exceptions. The recommendation passed 3–0; successor HF2309 reached the House calendar but did not pass a chamber.

January 16, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 699, which replaced scheduled juvenile early-intervention rules with risk- and needs-based delinquency-prevention programs. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 1, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against Senate File 496, which restricted school-library materials containing descriptions of sex acts and prohibited gender-identity and sexual-orientation instruction in kindergarten through sixth grade. It passed the House 57–38 and became law.

April 20, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 657, which required preservation of biological criminal evidence and changed jailhouse-witness and postconviction-disclosure rules. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Sponsored HF217, a bill allowing direct court appeals of denied local alcohol licenses. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 113, which extended a child-welfare legal-representation pilot and expanded its permitted coverage from six to sixteen counties. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

February 2, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Seconded raising Waterloo’s criminal-record hiring ordinance’s employer threshold from one to four workers, approved 6–1, after speaking in support of the original ordinance. Iowa’s Supreme Court later upheld delayed criminal-record inquiries but invalidated restrictions on hiring decisions.

March 9, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted for House File 1013, which created phased property-tax exemptions for qualifying disaster-area homesteads sold by the federal housing department. It passed the House 79–5 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for Senate File 592, which required cities and counties to allow at least one accessory dwelling unit per qualifying residential lot and limited local restrictions. It passed the House 89–7 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF740, a bill limiting rent increases for existing residential and mobile-home tenants. It did not pass either chamber.

March 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF659, a bill funding $50 million in home-renovation grants, low-income housing credits and larger first-home savings deductions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF266, a bill requiring refunds of half the application fee to rejected rental applicants. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for House File 2634, which removed the $7 million annual cap on real-estate-transfer tax deposits into the affordable-housing trust fund. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for House File 547, which allowed crime victims to end rental agreements without penalty upon specified documentation. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for House File 475, which made specified unfair long-term residential real-estate service agreements unenforceable and prohibited recording them. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for fiscal-year 2023 CDBG and HOME funding recommendations for the Waterloo/Cedar Falls housing consortium.

June 20, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to support workforce-housing tax incentives and an infill agreement for Prairie Rapids II's 48 new housing units.

June 6, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for a $1 development agreement with Big Hand Pepper for 32 single-family homes on the former Edison School site.

June 6, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Moved to approve $90,000 in incentives for Habitat for Humanity's 18 new homes. Also moved $1 city-lot transfers for three new homes and two rehabilitations; the minutes do not establish whether those new homes overlap.

February 21, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Supported Waterloo’s revised infill-development property policy, including incentives for new housing on city-owned or qualifying private lots and a mow-to-own option. The council adopted the policy 6–0.

August 5, 2019Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored HF2631, a bill creating paid, job-protected family and medical leave funded by payroll contributions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HR106, a nonbinding resolution urging Congress to approve concurrent military retirement and disability benefits for medically retired veterans. The House adopted the nonbinding resolution on February 18, 2026.

February 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored HF455 for 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, then co-sponsored HF2384 for 26 weeks and 39 after business closures. Related 2024–2025 amendments were ruled not germane; neither bill passed a chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2318, a bill extending unemployment benefits to striking workers after 14 days. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2264, a bill funding Medicaid home-health reimbursement rates supporting a $15.20 hourly aide wage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2221, a bill removing non-income eligibility requirements from child-care assistance. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill expanding summer unemployment eligibility for noninstructional school employees. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 644, which allowed the state to delegate specified children’s medical and educational consent duties to foster parents and approved kinship caregivers. It passed the House 89–0 and became law.

April 24, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 1007, which redirected a share of criminal fines to a new victim-restitution fund. It passed the House 91–2 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 1003, which required dedicated relative-placement staff and court findings before moving children from long-term foster homes in the House version. It passed the House 92–0; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 1000, which created matching grants for veterans-service organizations and appropriated $250,000 for claims-assistance staff. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 367, which required courts to find serious physical or emotional risk before stopping family interactions in child-protection cases. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

March 11, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 298, which authorized state-funded supervised apartment placements for qualifying juveniles. It passed the House 88–0 and became law.

March 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF661, a bill expanding child-care assistance and tax credits, funding workforce grants and increasing provider reimbursements. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF659, a bill funding $50 million in home-renovation grants, low-income housing credits and larger first-home savings deductions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF663, a bill restoring Medicaid family-planning coverage and provider participation. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF662, a bill appropriating $2.5 million for nonprofit refugee-resettlement agencies. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF607, a bill expanding pregnancy and infant Medicaid eligibility to 375% of poverty and extending postpartum coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF412, a bill expanding child-care assistance for homeless families with young children. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF411, a bill waiving child-care assistance copayments for homeless families. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF410, a bill increasing child-care provider reimbursements for homeless children. It did not pass either chamber.

February 13, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF275, a bill prioritizing homeless children on preschool waiting lists. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF152, a bill joining and funding the federal Summer EBT food-benefit program. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Filed amendments preserving human-rights commissions and the family self-sufficiency council; the final amendment failed 42–54. Voted against SF2385's board-and-commission reorganization, which passed 54–42 and became law.

April 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 259, which expanded veterans’ eligibility for specified benefits, training and state veterans-cemetery burial. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 2663, which transferred $300,000 annually for county veterans-service personnel training. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 2658, which updated child-care assistance reimbursement to 65–80 percent of the 2023 market-rate survey and extended the child-care-worker assistance pilot. It passed the House 92–1 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 2460, which restricted parole for human trafficking and expanded victim counseling and representation protections. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored HF219 and filed amendment H8121 to remove the four-week cap on temporary-unemployment work-search exemptions. HF219 did not pass a chamber; the amendment received no House consideration.

March 4, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against House File 2319, which barred county and city guaranteed-income programs unless expressly authorized by state law. It passed the House 55–43 and became law.

March 4, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 2167, which raised disaster-assistance household grants from $5,000 to $7,000 and streamlined disaster response contracts. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

February 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2414, a bill appropriating $500,000 for law-enforcement and human-services crisis-response partnerships. It did not pass either chamber.

February 8, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2108, a bill funding elimination of Medicaid home- and community-based waiver waiting lists. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against SF494's $15,000 SNAP asset limit and expanded benefit checks; it passed 58–41 and became law. Filed an amendment adding unpaid-wage checks and annual wage-violation reports; it was ruled not germane.

April 13, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF695, a bill expanding child-care tax credits, assistance eligibility and facility grants. It did not pass either chamber.

April 10, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 474, which allowed licensed private adoption providers to receive safely surrendered newborns and manage placement proceedings in the House version. It passed the House 93–2 and became law.

March 22, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 547, which allowed crime victims to end rental agreements without penalty upon specified documentation. It passed the House 94–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 252, which created scholarships for adults with intellectual, developmental or learning disabilities in approved transition and postsecondary programs. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House File 113, which extended a child-welfare legal-representation pilot and expanded its permitted coverage from six to sixteen counties. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

February 2, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF167, a bill appropriating $1 million annually for food banks with matching funds. It did not pass either chamber.

February 1, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for fiscal-year 2023 CDBG and HOME funding recommendations for the Waterloo/Cedar Falls housing consortium.

June 20, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored HF2613, a bill requiring private schools to disclose education-savings-account revenue, spending and budgets. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2151, a bill appropriating $5 million for therapeutic classrooms serving students with behavioral and emotional needs. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 782, which required public-school policies restricting personal electronic devices during instruction, with medical and disability exceptions and emergency-plan changes. It passed the House 92–4 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 515, which increased school-aid weighting for shared school-resource officers. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 579, which allowed voters to approve increased school funding for at-risk students and dropout prevention. It passed the House 92–4 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 315, which provided an additional year of school budget adjustment after qualifying disasters. It passed the House 88–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF554, a bill restoring teacher-librarian staffing requirements and expanding oversight of school book-removal requests. It did not pass either chamber.

February 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF504, a bill appropriating $500,000 for school robotics grants and university support. It did not pass either chamber.

February 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 175, which expanded in-state college-tuition eligibility for qualifying military families and survivors. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF275, a bill prioritizing homeless children on preschool waiting lists. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF273, a bill requiring classroom cellphone restrictions with exceptions and parent notification. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF251, a bill requiring publication of private-school accreditation standards and school waivers. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 117, which created National Guard scholarships for qualifying professional credentials. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

January 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for Senate File 2411, which restructured work-based learning, created a Workforce Opportunity Fund, and changed workforce scholarships. It passed the House 72–21 and became law.

April 19, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 2615, which expanded public reporting of college outcomes and student debt and changed school shared-services funding. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

April 4, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted against House File 2280, which loosened home-school reporting and immunization documentation and removed tuition and unrelated-student limits. It passed the House 60–33 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 7, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2496, a bill applying public-school academic, staffing, student-rights and accountability requirements to private schools. It did not pass either chamber.

February 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2431, a bill requiring state support for school robotics teams and authorizing robotics competitions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2468, a bill expanding preschool to 20 hours per week with full per-pupil funding. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2352, a bill freezing resident undergraduate tuition for four-year cohorts at Iowa's public universities. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2342, a bill adding substance-abuse rehabilitation alternatives to school suspension or expulsion. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF2171, a bill requiring age-appropriate child-sexual-abuse prevention instruction and teacher training. It did not pass either chamber.

January 29, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted against Senate File 391, which removed comprehensive school-improvement plans, loosened librarian qualifications, and changed instructional requirements. It passed the House 60–36 and became law.

April 20, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF692, a bill requiring a mental-health professional in every school and changing mental-health terminology. It did not pass either chamber.

April 6, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 429, which allowed bullied students to transfer within their school district and required notice to parents about witnessed injuries or bullying. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 22, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Co-sponsored HF480, a bill requiring comprehensive high-school sex education, including contraception instruction. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 252, which created scholarships for adults with intellectual, developmental or learning disabilities in approved transition and postsecondary programs. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House File 1034, which created an income-tax credit of up to $500 for qualifying firearm safes and locking devices. It passed the House 90–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for Senate File 106, which removed prohibitions on carrying loaded firearms on snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and public-highway vehicles. It passed the House 93–3 and became law.

March 26, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted for House File 924, which lowered the minimum age for specified weapon permits and possession from 21 to 18, with federal-dealer transfer limits. It passed the House 79–18 and became law.

March 25, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted for House File 871, which required auction of most seized or forfeited legal firearms rather than destruction. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 24, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against House File 530, which expanded professional gun permits for legislators, judges and specified state lawyers, including school-ground carry. It passed the House 79–17 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted against House File 2586, which authorized trained school employees to carry weapons and established school-security officer requirements and liability protections. It passed the House 62–36 and became law.

April 15, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted for House File 2556, which required daily damages against local governments violating state limits on firearm regulation. It passed the House 84–11 and became law.

February 29, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Co-sponsored HF2159, a bill conditioning gun owners' liability protections on reporting lost or stolen firearms. It did not pass either chamber.

January 25, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Co-sponsored HF2130, a bill requiring background checks for most firearm transfers. It did not pass either chamber.

January 24, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Co-sponsored HF2115, a bill creating court-issued extreme-risk orders restricting firearm possession. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted against House File 654, which expanded lawful firearm possession in vehicles at schools, colleges and public facilities, changed firearm-safety instruction, and restricted school-insurance denials. It passed the House 62–37 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 12, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Co-sponsored HF488, a bill requiring serial numbers on privately made guns and unfinished frames, with penalties. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Co-sponsored HF168, a bill requiring reports of lost or stolen firearms within 48 hours. It did not pass either chamber.

February 1, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Voted for House File 887, which removed the certificate-of-need requirement for birth centers. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 24, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Co-sponsored HJR10, a proposed constitutional amendment establishing a constitutional right to reproductive freedom. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Co-sponsored HF663, a bill restoring Medicaid family-planning coverage and provider participation. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Co-sponsored HF605, a bill authorizing pharmacist-dispensed contraception under a standing order and requiring insurance coverage. It did not pass either chamber.

February 26, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against House File 732, which banned most abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, with limited exceptions. It passed the House 56–34 and became law.

July 11, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for House File 265, which established state licensure and practice standards for certified professional midwives. It passed the House 91–2 and became law.

May 3, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Co-sponsored HF480, a bill requiring comprehensive high-school sex education, including contraception instruction. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Co-sponsored HF188, a bill automatically mailing absentee ballots to registered voters and providing ballot tracking. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted for House File 2549, which barred AI in voting equipment, required election-material disclosures, and restricted fraudulent candidate deepfakes within 90 days of elections. It passed the House 93–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 6, 2024Supports Election Integrity

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Voted against House File 716, which required in-person presidential caucuses and removed the requirement to use the interstate ERIC voter-registration system. It passed the House 61–33 and became law.

May 1, 2023Supports Election Integrity

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Voted for Senate File 2204, which restored and expanded registration and reporting of foreign agricultural-land ownership. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 26, 2024Supports Limit Foreign Influence

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Co-sponsored HF2152, a bill repealing school-tuition organization tax credits. It did not pass either chamber.

January 26, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 1034, which created an income-tax credit of up to $500 for qualifying firearm safes and locking devices. It passed the House 90–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 1026, which raised the refundable adoption-expense income-tax credit cap from $5,000 to $20,000. It passed the House 91–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 1020, which expanded the refundable child-and-dependent-care income-tax credit and removed its $90,000 income ceiling. It passed the House 93–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 1027, which required passive radon mitigation in new homes and created an installation tax credit. It passed the House 92–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 988, which created tax-favored catastrophe savings accounts for qualifying homeowner disaster expenses. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 624, which extended the retired-farmer rental-income tax exclusion to qualifying income received through business entities and trusts. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF661, a bill expanding child-care assistance and tax credits, funding workforce grants and increasing provider reimbursements. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF659, a bill funding $50 million in home-renovation grants, low-income housing credits and larger first-home savings deductions. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 2638, which excluded up to $500,000 of qualifying nonqualified deferred-compensation income from state income tax. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for House File 2649, which excluded qualifying livestock-sale capital gains from individual income taxes. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

March 19, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted against House File 2626, which excluded gains from bullion, coin and currency sales from individual income taxes. It passed the House 63–32 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2024Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2471, a bill creating a 20% income-tax credit for battery-powered outdoor equipment. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF2160, a bill exempting qualifying transfers from education savings accounts to Roth retirement accounts from state income tax. It did not pass either chamber.

January 25, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Co-sponsored HF695, a bill expanding child-care tax credits, assistance eligibility and facility grants. It did not pass either chamber.

April 10, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted for Senate File 583, which required multidisciplinary school-safety teams and authorized sharing relevant student records. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

April 21, 2025Opposes Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 864, which required online age verification for covered obscene-material platforms and protected identifying information in the House version. It passed the House 88–1; a revised bill became law in 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 857, which prohibited deceptive mortgage marketing using consumer-report trigger leads. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Co-sponsored HF554, a bill restoring teacher-librarian staffing requirements and expanding oversight of school book-removal requests. It did not pass either chamber.

February 24, 2025Opposes Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 2681, which required state permits for automated traffic-enforcement cameras and restricted license-plate reader use. It passed the House 85–12 and became law.

April 9, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 2240, which extended nonconsensual intimate-image harassment laws to fabricated depictions of identifiable people. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 25, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for Senate File 2243, which extended child-sexual-exploitation laws to fabricated sexual depictions of identifiable minors. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

March 6, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 2523, which required parental authorization for minors’ social-media accounts and prohibited unauthorized collection of their data. It passed the House 88–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 6, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Sponsored HF2435, a bill allowing qualifying civil defamation and frivolous-case court records to be sealed. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Co-sponsored HF2119, a bill removing immigration-related restrictions on driver's licenses and protecting applicants' identifying information. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Supported advancing HSB531 from a subcommittee to protect booking photos, with court-order, public-safety and conviction exceptions. The recommendation passed 3–0; successor HF2309 reached the House calendar but did not pass a chamber.

January 16, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for Senate File 84, which expanded minor-sexual-exploitation crimes and penalties for stalking using a technological device. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 4, 2023Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House File 548, which required sealing residential eviction records after acquittal, dismissal or landlord nonappearance and in other specified circumstances. It passed the House 95–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 22, 2023Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for Senate File 262, which created consumer rights to access and remove personal data and imposed disclosure, security and enforcement duties on covered companies. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

March 15, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Co-sponsored HF2612, a bill requiring excused absences for civic and political events for students in grades 6–12. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2476 to expand voluntary driver's-license disability markers beyond autism to nonapparent disabilities. Its successor, HF2669, reached the House calendar but did not pass either chamber.

February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate File 288, which required pregnancy and postpartum accommodations, leave and complaint procedures at public colleges. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 22, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 9, which proposed allowing legal limits on defendants’ confrontation of child witnesses and witnesses with specified disabilities. The House adopted it 87–6 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

April 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against House File 865, which redefined school bullying and harassment, requiring repeated targeted acts and removing the listed personal characteristics. It passed the House 64–33 and became law.

March 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against House File 510, which allowed courts to block petitioned city vacancy elections deemed unduly costly near the end of a term. It passed the House 66–30 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF676, a bill requiring reasonable pregnancy and childbirth accommodations at work. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF671, a bill replacing gender-specific marriage-law terms with gender-neutral language. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF560, a bill repealing Iowa's ban on gender-transition care for minors. It did not pass either chamber.

February 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for House File 330, which removed age restrictions and benefit caps from specified autism-treatment insurance coverage. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

February 20, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF188, a bill automatically mailing absentee ballots to registered voters and providing ballot tracking. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HJR5, a proposed constitutional amendment establishing a constitutional process for citizen initiatives and referendums. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Filed amendments preserving human-rights commissions and the family self-sufficiency council; the final amendment failed 42–54. Voted against SF2385's board-and-commission reorganization, which passed 54–42 and became law.

April 16, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against Senate File 2096, which repealed gender-balance requirements for state appointive bodies. It passed the House 62–33 and became law.

February 26, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2469, a bill restricting derogatory and Native American school mascots. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Co-sponsored HF2158, a bill creating twice-yearly high-school voter-registration events. It did not pass either chamber.

January 25, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against Senate File 496, which restricted school-library materials containing descriptions of sex acts and prohibited gender-identity and sexual-orientation instruction in kindergarten through sixth grade. It passed the House 57–38 and became law.

April 20, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against Senate File 482, which restricted school restrooms and changing areas by biological sex, with specified exceptions and alternative accommodations. It passed the House 57–39 and became law.

March 16, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for House File 610, which required excused school absences for autistic students’ health appointments, therapy and travel. It passed the House 97–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against Senate File 538, which banned specified gender-transition medications and surgeries for minors, with medical exceptions. It passed the House 58–39 and became law.

March 8, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 159, which barred violent-crime defenses based solely on a victim’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or nonviolent sexual advances. It passed the House 94–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Co-sponsored HF194, a bill requiring minority-impact statements for state appropriations legislation. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Sought a more inclusive police image and seconded development of a replacement insignia in 2020. Later seconded applying the new design to vehicles, uniforms and letterhead, while exempting weapons.

May 17, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Seconded postponing Waterloo’s local officer-traffic-citation ordinance for Human Rights Commission review and urged use of a racial-equity toolkit. The delay failed 3–4, and the council adopted the ordinance 6–1.

June 11, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Moved to approve Waterloo’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice addressing bus-bench accessibility and maintenance under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The council approved the agreement 7–0.

March 21, 2016Supports Civil Rights

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Co-sponsored HF2385, a bill penalizing intentional employee misclassification that denies employment benefits. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF2380, a bill funding community nonprofit organizations to enforce wage-payment and minimum-wage laws. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF2260, a bill limiting the loudness of streaming-service advertisements and authorizing civil enforcement. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF2259, a bill banning use of credit history to price or underwrite automobile liability insurance. It did not pass either chamber.

February 3, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 383, which restricted pharmacy-benefit-manager steering and required rebate pass-through, reimbursement floors and pharmacy appeal protections. It passed the House 75–15 and became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 449, which regulated cryptocurrency transaction kiosks with transaction and fee caps, consumer disclosures and protections. It passed the House 77–12 and became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 146, which barred automated ticket-purchasing bots and circumvention of online ticket-sale limits. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

April 23, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 303, which set insurer prior-authorization deadlines and reporting and limited routinely approved authorization requirements. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 22, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 573, which regulated vehicle-glass insurance claims and assignments and protected repair-shop choice. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

April 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 460, which required qualifications and disclosures for home inspectors and prohibited specified unfair inspection practices. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 645, which shielded preexisting racing facilities from nuisance and related claims by later neighboring property owners. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

March 27, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 639, which restricted carbon-dioxide pipeline condemnation and imposed liability, hearing and operating-permit safeguards. It passed the House 85–10, but the governor vetoed it.

March 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 864, which required online age verification for covered obscene-material platforms and protected identifying information in the House version. It passed the House 88–1; a revised bill became law in 2026.

March 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 470, which limited dental insurers’ denial of previously authorized services and required appeal procedures. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 857, which prohibited deceptive mortgage marketing using consumer-report trigger leads. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF740, a bill limiting rent increases for existing residential and mobile-home tenants. It did not pass either chamber.

March 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF727, a bill capping consumer-credit sale finance charges at 10% annually. It did not pass either chamber.

March 4, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF658, a bill capping insulin copayments at $25 per 31-day supply. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF682, a bill recapturing business tax incentives after child-labor violations. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF681, a bill creating a state wage-and-hour enforcement division. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 330, which removed age restrictions and benefit caps from specified autism-treatment insurance coverage. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

February 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 318, which required diagnostic and supplemental breast-exam cost sharing no less favorable than screening coverage, with a high-deductible-plan exception. It passed the House 92–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF266, a bill requiring refunds of half the application fee to rejected rental applicants. It did not pass either chamber.

February 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF184, a bill imposing strict employer liability for workplace injuries or deaths of minors. It did not pass either chamber.

January 30, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 2531, which authorized nuisance lawsuits and restrictions against adult establishments linked to specified violent incidents. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 2677, which created a vapor-product directory and restricted sales to products meeting specified federal authorization or pending-application criteria. It passed the House 90–4 and became law.

April 3, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 2605, which limited consumable-hemp THC potency and imposed labeling, sales and registration restrictions. It passed the House 79–16 and became law.

March 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 2523, which required parental authorization for minors’ social-media accounts and prohibited unauthorized collection of their data. It passed the House 88–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 6, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 345, which required permits for tobacco-related device retailers and restricted device sales and access to adults age 21 or older. It passed the House 90–7 and became law.

March 5, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate File 2204, which restored and expanded registration and reporting of foreign agricultural-land ownership. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 26, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 2394, which required licensing and disclosures for residential-property wholesalers and allowed cancellation for disclosure failures. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

February 19, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 2400, which required disclosures and protections for dental-network sharing and restricted compulsory virtual-credit-card payments. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

February 19, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored HF2527, a bill requiring pet-insurance disclosures, cancellation refunds and limits on waiting periods. It did not pass either chamber.

February 15, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF2354, a bill requiring stronger livestock-operation water protections, public monitoring and EPA reporting. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF2281, a bill creating enforceable odor-nuisance limits for animal-feeding operations. It did not pass either chamber.

February 1, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF696, a bill strengthening wage-law enforcement and allowing investigations without a worker complaint. It did not pass either chamber.

April 10, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against Senate File 228, which capped certain commercial-truck crash noneconomic damages at $5 million and limited direct employer-negligence claims. It passed the House 58–42 and became law.

March 28, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House File 499, which required auto-loss insurance settlements to include child restraint systems. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 16, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for Senate File 262, which created consumer rights to access and remove personal data and imposed disclosure, security and enforcement duties on covered companies. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

March 15, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 475, which made specified unfair long-term residential real-estate service agreements unenforceable and prohibited recording them. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 423, which barred insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against pharmacies using the federal 340B discounted-drug program. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 161, which capped noneconomic medical-malpractice damages at $1 million, or $2 million for hospitals, in severe-injury or death cases. It passed the House 54–46 and became law.

February 8, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored HF188, a bill requiring quarterly managed-care spending and performance reports for Medicaid long-term services. It did not pass either chamber.

February 2, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for Senate File 628, which funded transportation operations and infrastructure and established ongoing driver-license production funding. It passed the House 87–4 and became law.

May 13, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 886, which prioritized widening Highway 30 and restricted condemnation of homes and century farms. It passed the House 81–15 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 895, which allowed smaller counties to form regional public-transit districts. It passed the House 91–5 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 879, which created a felony for intentional sabotage of telecommunications infrastructure. It passed the House 94–2 and became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 533, which joined the Midwest interstate passenger-rail compact. It passed the House 95–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 2687, which changed ethanol-fuel infrastructure grant standards and phased in equipment compatibility requirements. It passed the House 95–3 and became law.

April 15, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Criticized limits on local stormwater rules as shifting development costs to taxpayers and voted against the bill twice. It restricted local topsoil and stormwater rules at construction sites, passed the House 53–46 after reconsideration, and became law.

March 11, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 711, which created a levee-improvement program and appropriated $5 million annually for five years to repair or rebuild levees. It passed the House 93–0 and became law.

May 3, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 632, which allowed school-infrastructure sales-tax funding to support cybersecurity systems. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 16, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for a $84,450 municipal-broadband feasibility study in 2019. Later approved up to $949,000 for fiber-network management and inspection after earlier design and grant steps.

January 3, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Moved to designate $4.5 million in city matching funds for the Transforming Gates and Byrnes Parks project.

August 1, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Voted for a project agreement providing up to $914,975 for lighting the 4th Street Bridge, Cedar River dam and surrounding area.

June 20, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Moved to institute proceedings for up to $14.2 million in taxable sewer-revenue capital loan notes, repaid through sewer fees.

April 4, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Moved to approve Waterloo’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice addressing bus-bench accessibility and maintenance under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The council approved the agreement 7–0.

March 21, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: weblink.cityofwaterlooiowa.com

Voted for the 2024 Major Economic Growth Attraction incentive program and its 2026 expansion, including an investment credit up to 10% for one eligible rural project. The expansion passed the House 75–17 and was sent to the governor on October 2, 2026.

October 2, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Received the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO's endorsement for the 2026 election.

September 29, 2026

Source: voteunioniowa.org

Co-sponsored HF2632, a bill lowering the school-bond approval threshold from 60% to a simple majority. It did not pass either chamber.

February 19, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Sponsored HF2422, a bill authorizing revocable transfer-on-death deeds for real estate outside probate. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Co-sponsored HF2364, a bill forfeiting legislators' pay during delays in setting state school-aid growth. It did not pass either chamber.

February 10, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Served in the expanded Iowa Legislative Black and Brown Caucus.

January 27, 2026

Source: blackiowanews.com

Voted against House File 2104, which banned eminent domain for carbon-oxide pipelines. It passed the House 64–28 but had not passed the Senate as of October 5, 2026.

January 21, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Spoke at Iowa Veterans Day on the Hill. The event addressed federal benefits and support for county veterans service officers.

January 21, 2026

Source: dva.iowa.gov

Co-sponsored HF2142, a bill limiting nonfraud Medicaid claim reviews and recovery of provider overpayments to 12 months. It did not pass either chamber.

January 21, 2026

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Endorsed Drew Stensland's campaign.

January 15, 2026

Source: drewforiowa.com

Endorsed Josh Turek's U.S. Senate campaign.

September 3, 2025

Source: bleedingheartland.com

Voted against the 2023 and 2024 standing-appropriations packages, then for the 2025 package covering state funding, regulatory duties and miscellaneous government provisions. The 2025 bill passed the House 78–3 and became law.

May 15, 2025

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Voted for the 2023 infrastructure budget and the initial 2024 version, then against the final 2024 and 2025 packages. The 2025 bill funded infrastructure and technology projects, passed the House 58–24 and became law.

May 15, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 612, which changed tobacco-tax administration, city budget deadlines and historic-preservation tax-credit refundability. It passed the House 81–0 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against Senate File 607, which reduced the unemployment-insurance taxable wage base and revised employer contribution rates. It passed the House 60–27 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against the 2023 judicial budget, then for the 2024 and 2025 packages funding courts and juvenile services. The 2025 bill also changed trial and court-administration provisions, passed the House 86–1 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted for a 2024 film-incentive proposal, then against the broader 2025 business-credit overhaul creating investment, film and aviation-fuel programs while repealing or reducing other credits. The 2025 bill passed the House 84–3 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against House File 189, which expanded nonpublic-school students’ access to public-school extracurricular athletics under specified agreements. It passed the House 59–26 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against the March version of a barbering and cosmetology training bill, then for its amended May version allowing supervised unlicensed workers. The amended bill passed the House 74–12 and became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against Senate File 615, which requires most adults on Medicaid expansion to work 80 hours a month to keep coverage. The Iowa House passed it 56-30, and it became law.

May 14, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 1044, which funded state administrative and regulatory agencies and changed related fund allocations. It passed the House 60–31 and became law.

May 13, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 890, which changed education reporting, teacher certification stipends, community-college contracts and disability-education program employment. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

May 13, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 641, which changed behavioral-health administration, foster care, abuse reporting, mental-health financing and insurer premium taxes. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

May 13, 2025

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Voted against House File 1049, which funded veterans, health and human services and changed related assistance, care and agency provisions. It passed the House 63–28 and became law.

May 13, 2025

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Voted against the 2023 agriculture and environmental budget, for the 2024 package, and against the 2025 package. The 2025 bill funded agriculture, natural resources and environmental programs, passed the House 63–28 and became law.

May 13, 2025

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Voted for the 2023 and 2024 economic-development and workforce budgets, then against the 2025 package. The 2025 bill also changed incentives and housing programs, passed the House 61–30 and became law.

May 13, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 856, which bars governments and public colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The Iowa House passed it 59-32, and it became law.

May 13, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House File 1033, which extended construction-service sales-tax refunds to designated nonprofit rural-water entities. It passed the House 86–4 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025

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Voted for House File 1017, which barred state and local implementation of United Nations and World Economic Forum rules and mandates. It passed the House 89–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025

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Filed a 2024 amendment for union license plates funding community charities, then withdrew it. Voted against HF974's Gadsden plates funding firearm-rights grants; it passed 64–26 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025

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Voted for House File 1037, which expanded tax-increment financing for workforce housing and limited required low-income housing set-asides in the House version. It passed the House 90–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 12, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 608, which revised grain-indemnity fees and expanded qualifying loss claims and compensation limits. It passed the House 81–3 and became law.

May 8, 2025

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Voted for the initial House school-bus-driver training bill, then against its Senate-amended version making additional instruction optional for districts. The amended bill passed the House 64–20 and became law.

May 8, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 632, which changed crop-input regulation, animal-health measures, veterinary practice and agricultural processing. It passed the House 84–0 and became law.

May 8, 2025

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Voted for House File 787, which changed teacher salary funding and preparation, special-education placements and education-agency duties. It passed the House 83–1 and became law.

May 8, 2025

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Voted against Senate File 297, which restricted specified state-contract terms and capped outdoor Capitol events with elected-official recommendation requirements in the House version. It passed the House 58–26 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

May 8, 2025

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Voted for a 2023 proposal imposing minimum prison terms for felons possessing firearms, then against the broader 2025 bill that also repealed state background-check reporting provisions. The 2025 bill passed the House 69–15 and became law.

May 8, 2025

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Voted for House File 976, which changed income, property, sales, fuel and inheritance-tax administration and tax-expenditure review. It passed the House 84–0 and became law.

May 8, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 1023, which raised employee contributions for public-safety pension members while expanding retirement benefits and early-retirement eligibility in the House version. It passed the House 89–0; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 24, 2025

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Voted for House File 1022, which exempted laundry soap and detergent from sales and use taxes. It passed the House 84–5 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 24, 2025

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Voted for House File 986, which changed insurance, financial-services, consumer-protection and regulatory funding provisions. It passed the House 84–5 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 24, 2025

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Voted for House File 1028, which changed state fund-transfer oversight, technology financing, contract safeguards and cybersecurity-record confidentiality in the House version. It passed the House 89–0; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 24, 2025

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Voted for House File 1019, which exempted toilet paper from sales and use taxes. It passed the House 82–11 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025

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Voted for House File 1021, which exempted dietary supplements from sales and use taxes. It passed the House 81–12 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025

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Voted for House File 991, which extended residential property-assessment limits to qualifying licensed childcare properties. It passed the House 92–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 23, 2025

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Voted for House File 706, which increased open-meetings penalties and training while making specified legislative camera and state access-card records confidential. It passed the House 83–10 and became law.

April 23, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 474, which changed children’s psychiatric and substance-use treatment, juvenile proceedings and children’s health-insurance eligibility. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 22, 2025

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Voted for House File 1031, which increased recorder fees and changed land-record technology, governance and privacy protections. It passed the House 79–13 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 22, 2025

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Voted against House File 516, which requires 80 percent of University of Iowa medical and dental students to be Iowans. The Iowa House passed it 61-30, and it became law.

April 22, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate File 513, which barred courts from ordering postsecondary education subsidies in new or pending divorce cases. It passed the House 85–6 and became law.

April 21, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 960, which expanded the sales-tax exemption for telecommunications equipment in the House version. It passed the House 87–4; a revised bill became law in 2026.

April 21, 2025

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Voted for House File 975, which reorganized economic-development, housing-finance and arts programs and changed historic credits and reinvestment districts. It passed the House 83–8 and became law.

April 21, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 619, which created disaster-mitigation financing and housing-recovery programs and changed insurance-claim and licensing rules. It passed the House 91–1 and became law.

April 17, 2025

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Voted against House File 996, which exempted parking-facility services from sales tax. It passed the House 74–19 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025

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Voted for House File 1008, which authorized local land-redevelopment trusts to acquire, rehabilitate and return distressed properties to productive use. It passed the House 92–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025

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Voted against House File 989, which created permitting, storage, separation-distance and application rules for agricultural anaerobic-digester systems. It passed the House 80–13 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 17, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against the 2024 school-attendance proposal, then for the 2025 bill changing truancy procedures and adding attendance exceptions. The 2025 bill passed the House 93–0 and became law.

April 17, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against Senate File 175, which adds fetal development lessons, including an ultrasound video, in grades five and six. The Iowa House passed it 60-31, and it became law.

April 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate File 369, which makes passing a civics test a condition of graduating from high school. The Iowa House passed it 60-33, and it became law.

April 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for the March House dental-assistant bill, then against the Senate-amended version allowing trained unregistered assistants to work under dentist supervision. The amended bill passed the House 62–32 and became law.

April 15, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against Senate File 167, which set public-school aid growth at 2 percent and changed per-pupil, property-tax replacement and shared-services funding. It passed the House 60–36 and became law.

April 8, 2025

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Voted against House File 932, which required parenting plans and specified findings when courts denied joint physical care. It passed the House 84–9 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 27, 2025

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Voted for House File 956, which raised judicial officers’ retirement age to 78 and changed residency and court-administration rules. It passed the House 87–6 and became law.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House File 767, which changes the private sector drug testing law in employers' favor. The Iowa House passed it 60-32, and it became law.

March 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 571, which protected conscience-based medical-service refusals, good-faith exercise, whistleblowing and specified professional speech in the House version. It passed the House 64–32; a revised bill became law in 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted against House File 943, which restricted condemnation of agricultural land for carbon-dioxide pipelines. It passed the House 82–12 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted for House File 953, which restructured counsel and guardian appointments for children in foster-care and child-protection proceedings. It passed the House 94–2 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted for House File 937, which changed grounds and procedures for stripping police officers of their certification and confidentiality protections. It passed the House 95–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted against House File 884, which authorized public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains without requiring teacher licensure. It passed the House 57–39 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted against House File 970, which appropriated $1 million for matching Double Up Food Bucks grants and requested a SNAP waiver limiting eligible foods. It passed the House 56–40 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 26, 2025

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Voted against House File 792, a bill to make giving someone fentanyl that causes their death first-degree murder. The Iowa House passed it 69-27, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 946, a bill to penalize police and sheriffs who refuse to follow Iowa's immigration enforcement law. The Iowa House passed it 61-35, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 785, which lets United States citizens from outside Iowa sit on charter school boards. The Iowa House passed it 60-36, and it became law.

March 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House File 872, which raised the income ceiling for targeted small businesses from $4 million to $10 million. It passed the House 96–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 25, 2025

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Voted against House File 954, which changed election administration and voter-registration rules, banned ranked-choice voting, and changed party qualifications. It passed the House 65–31 and became law.

March 25, 2025

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Voted for House File 918, which required proof of liability insurance for vehicle registration and increased repeat-offense penalties. It passed the House 91–6 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 25, 2025

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Voted against House File 928, which limits election recounts to very close margins and rewrites how contests are run. The Iowa House passed it 66-31, and it became law.

March 25, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House File 509, which added autism behavioral therapy to children’s health insurance while phasing out the separate autism-support program. It passed the House 89–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 20, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Spoke at a Black Caucus news conference about diversity-program restrictions. He disputed Henry Stone's claim that caucus members had not contacted him.

March 19, 2025

Source: newsfromthestates.com

Voted for House File 869, which protected veterinarians cooperating with animal-abuse investigations while penalizing knowingly false reports. It passed the House 95–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025

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Voted against House File 851, which required school nutrition instruction emphasizing animal protein, dairy, vegetables and fruit and changed school-meal rules. It passed the House 60–36 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 19, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 784, which required elementary-school mathematics screening and improvement plans and teacher training. It passed the House 82–16 and became law.

March 18, 2025

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Voted for House File 870, which required public schools to excuse students for one to five hours weekly for off-site religious instruction. It passed the House 96–2 and became law.

March 18, 2025

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Voted against Senate File 75, which required single-member supervisor districts in counties with Regents university campuses and changed vacancy elections. It passed the House 65–33 and became law.

March 18, 2025

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Voted against Senate File 603, which reorganizes the state workforce agency and bars cities from setting pay rules for contractors. The Iowa House passed it 64-34, and it became law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 401, a bill to set general education requirements, including western and American heritage courses, at public universities. The Iowa House passed it 61-36, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 269, a bill to bar public universities from requiring diversity or critical race theory courses for a degree. The Iowa House passed it 63-34, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 437, which creates a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa. The Iowa House passed it 60-37, and it became law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 440, which requires 30 days' notice of proposed tuition increases at Iowa's public universities. The Iowa House passed it 64-33, and it became law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 295, which bars an accrediting agency from punishing an Iowa public college for following state law. The Iowa House passed it 65-32, and it became law.

March 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House File 317, which provided state defense and indemnification for court-appointed attorneys accused of ineffective assistance. It passed the House 91–5 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 13, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for Senate File 377, which barred use of motor-carrier safety improvements to determine whether drivers were employees or independent contractors. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 13, 2025

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Voted for House File 652, which relaxed the hardship standard for specified local zoning variances. It passed the House 89–6 and became law.

March 13, 2025

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Voted for House File 578, which made the utility consumer advocate an independent agency with governor-appointed leadership. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 12, 2025

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Voted for Senate File 153, which expanded exceptions to commercial-driver age qualifications for specified intrastate hazardous-material transport. It passed the House 92–4 and became law.

March 12, 2025

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Voted for House File 573, which expanded involuntary-treatment filing jurisdiction and cross-county custody authority. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 12, 2025

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Voted against House File 546, a bill to set a minimum $100,000 bond at first court appearance for six violent or gun crimes. The Iowa House passed it 64-31, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 12, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 398, which shifts power over Iowa's prisons from the Board of Corrections to the department's director. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.

March 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 316, which adds career planning lessons in grades five and six. The Iowa House passed it 61-28, and it became law.

March 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House File 299, which makes schools and child care centers tell parents about legal vaccine exemptions. The Iowa House passed it 58-30, and it became law.

March 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Co-sponsored HF684, a bill requiring state agencies to purchase American-made steel. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025

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Co-sponsored HF685, a bill requiring American-made steel in state-funded or tax-credit-supported contracts. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025

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Co-sponsored HF687, a bill requiring American-made materials in state-funded or tax-credit-supported projects when available. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025

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Co-sponsored HF688, a bill requiring state agencies to buy American-made products and materials when available. It did not pass either chamber.

February 28, 2025

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Voted against 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 House passed it 60-36, and it became law.

February 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House File 312, which expanded court-ordered mental-health treatment to people experiencing defined psychiatric deterioration. It passed the House 91–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 20, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for the 2024 law making child grooming a felony, then against the 2025 bill adding convicted offenders to the sex-offender registry. The registry bill passed the House 87–5 and became law.

February 20, 2025

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Sponsored HF444, a bill creating a separate golf-course property class assessed at 75% of value. It did not pass either chamber.

February 18, 2025

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Co-sponsored HF338, a bill authorizing the dental board to allow dental assistants to administer local anesthesia. It did not pass either chamber.

February 12, 2025

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Co-sponsored HF207, a bill extending the maximum follow-up interval for involuntary mental-health treatment reports. It did not pass either chamber.

February 5, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 118, which changed National Guard college scholarship limits and eligibility restrictions. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

January 30, 2025

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Voted for House File 144, which proposed a casino-license moratorium through June 2030 and restrictions protecting existing border and rural casinos. It passed the House 68–31 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

January 30, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Became ranking member of the Iowa House Veterans Affairs Committee on January 13, 2025. That service ended March 3, 2026.

January 13, 2025

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Won the 2024 general election with 7,135 votes, or 75.30% of the votes cast in his race.

November 5, 2024

Source: mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net

Endorsed Rob Johnson's campaign.

April 24, 2024

Source: robjohnsonforiowa.com

Voted for House File 2667, which raised deductible education and disability-savings contributions to $5,500 and changed unclaimed-property administration. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 20, 2024

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Voted for House File 681, which exempted county and district fairs’ purchases from sales and use taxes. It passed the House 92–0 and became law.

April 20, 2024

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Voted against House File 674, which allowed vehicle registration and titling through any county treasurer and increased related vehicle fees. It passed the House 59–33 and became law.

April 20, 2024

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Voted against Senate File 2109, which expanded restricted driving privileges for 14- to 17-year-olds to travel to employment within specified limits. It passed the House 56–35 and became law.

April 20, 2024

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Voted for Senate File 2431, which temporarily reopened child-sex-abuse claims against the specified congressionally chartered organization’s bankruptcy estate. It passed the House 90–1 and became law.

April 19, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for a 2023 proposal giving charter students access to public-school sports, then against a broader 2024 charter-school and open-enrollment package. The 2024 bill also changed school-property sales, passed the House 52–38 and became law.

April 19, 2024

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Voted against Senate Joint Resolution 2004, which proposed requiring a single state individual income-tax rate rather than graduated rates. The House adopted it 58–35 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

April 19, 2024

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Voted for House File 2279, which changed public-utility franchise approval, energy-facility classifications and related regulation. It passed the House 86–5 and became law.

April 19, 2024

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Voted for House File 2708, which restructured state budgeting and information technology and authorized local-government cybersecurity grants. It passed the House 89–1 and became law.

April 19, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against Senate File 2442, which advanced the 3.8 percent flat income-tax rate to 2025 and changed local taxes, financial administration and reserve transfers. It passed the House 68–24 and became law.

April 19, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 2652, which authorized school panic-alert systems and security funding and allowed training funds for armed school employees. It passed the House 55–35 and became law.

April 19, 2024

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Voted for House File 2673, which replaced regional mental-health arrangements with a statewide behavioral-health system and changed disability and addiction services. It passed the House 88–8 and became law.

April 18, 2024

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Voted for Senate File 461, which extended state-linked small-business loan eligibility to qualifying veteran-owned businesses. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

April 18, 2024

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Voted against House File 2545, which required review of state educational standards and civics instruction in seventh and eighth grades. It passed the House 57–36 and became law.

April 17, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 255, which created alternative teacher-certification pathways and changed teacher-intern licensing. It passed the House 58–36 and became law.

April 17, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for Senate File 2370, which required analysis of every proposed rule and five-year rescission and zero-base readoption of agency-rule chapters. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

April 17, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for House File 2661, which expanded sheriffs’ and deputies’ retirement benefits, restricted bail in specified violent cases, and created a public-safety moving-expense tax credit. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

April 16, 2024

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Voted against House File 2686, which changed state and local government organization, officials’ salaries and administrative duties. It passed the House 63–34 and became law.

April 16, 2024

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Voted against House File 2464, which barred firearm-specific merchant codes and most private-firearm registries, with investigation and legal exceptions. It passed the House 73–24 and became law.

April 16, 2024

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Voted for House File 2326, which expanded real-estate licensing exceptions and required brokerage compensation disclosures and signed agreements. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

April 15, 2024

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Voted for House File 2641, which consolidated agricultural marketing and dairy assistance and changed horse, milk, hemp and related regulation. It passed the House 96–1 and became law.

April 10, 2024

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Voted for House File 2680, which changed public-safety retirement, disability and survivor benefits and required mental-health entrance evaluations. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

April 4, 2024

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Voted against Senate File 2391, which required labeling of imitation meat and egg products and restricted public purchases of cultivated-protein foods. It passed the House 60–34 and became law.

April 3, 2024

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Voted for House File 2264, which allowed county funds for religious institutions’ public-benefit programs without religious participation requirements. It passed the House 94–2 and became law.

April 3, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against Senate File 2251, which extended postpartum Medicaid coverage to twelve months while lowering pregnant women’s income-eligibility ceiling. It passed the House 70–25 and became law.

April 3, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Endorsed Sarah Corkery's congressional campaign.

March 28, 2024

Source: vintontoday.com

Voted against House Joint Resolution 2006, which proposed requiring two-thirds legislative approval to raise income-tax rates or create new income taxes. The House adopted it 61–35 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

March 26, 2024

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Voted for House File 2636, which reduced captive insurers’ reinsurance-premium tax rates and created an additional tax tier. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

March 19, 2024

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Voted for Senate File 2268, which tightened documentation requirements for assistance-animal housing accommodations and specified grounds for denial. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

March 19, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted for Senate File 2289, which restructured economic-development assistance and energy-security planning and repealed specified business and energy programs. It passed the House 95–1 and became law.

March 18, 2024

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Voted for Senate File 477, which created provisional licenses for qualified international physicians and required parental access to minors’ electronic health information. It passed the House 96–0 and became law.

March 18, 2024

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Voted against House File 2310, which raised scheduled trespass fines to $500, $1,000 and $1,500 for successive violations. It passed the House 87–7 and became law.

March 7, 2024

Source: legis.iowa.gov

Voted against House File 2575, which replaced criminal-law references to human pregnancy with unborn person and increased penalties for nonconsensual termination. It passed the House 58–36 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 7, 2024

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Voted for House Joint Resolution 2004, which nullified specified sports-wagering and fantasy-sports administrative rules. It passed the House 92–1 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 6, 2024

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Voted against House File 2610, which changed address-confidentiality protections and candidate-eligibility and election procedures. It passed the House 62–35 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 5, 2024

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Voted against House File 2558, which proposed employer-funded college work-and-tuition programs and changed public-university tuition, hiring and diversity policies. It passed the House 56–39 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 29, 2024

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Voted against Senate File 2095, which restricted government burdens on religious exercise and created claims for damages and injunctions. It passed the House 61–33 and became law.

February 29, 2024

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Voted against House File 2544, which expanded social-studies and Holocaust education requirements and changed public-university educational programs. It passed the House 58–37 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 28, 2024

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Voted for House File 2393, which required parental consent for specified school health examinations, screenings and surveys. It passed the House 95–0 and became law.

February 28, 2024

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Voted for House File 2585, which allowed specified nursing-home complaints to be investigated off site and changed inspector training and citation review. It passed the House 87–8 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 26, 2024

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Voted against House File 2388, which limited local restrictions on residential exterior styles and materials, with zoning and historic exceptions. It passed the House 54–39 and became law.

February 22, 2024

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Voted against House File 2276, which required cities to allow maternity group homes in residential zones and invalidated conflicting property restrictions. It passed the House 71–26 and became law.

February 21, 2024

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Voted against House File 2248, which extended the limitations period for first- and second-degree robbery charges from three to five years. It passed the House 74–21 and became law.

February 20, 2024

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Voted for House File 2446, which waived specified business filing fees for eligible military service members. It passed the House 91–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 19, 2024

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Voted for House File 2421, which protected lawful firearm dealers from liability arising from voluntary firearm-hold agreements, except unlawful conduct. It passed the House 89–2 and became law.

February 19, 2024

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Voted for House File 2101, which raised the threshold for utility-acquisition approval and changed acquisition costs and review timelines. It passed the House 91–0 and became law.

February 19, 2024

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Co-sponsored HF2416, a bill restoring local control over all-terrain vehicle use on roads. It did not pass either chamber.

February 8, 2024

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Co-sponsored HF2300, a bill expanding the back-to-school sales-tax holiday to 14 days and more products. It did not pass either chamber.

February 5, 2024

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Co-sponsored HF2107, a bill requiring school websites to link to student mental-health resources. It did not pass either chamber.

January 23, 2024

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Co-sponsored HF2074, a bill restoring cities' authority to regulate short-term rentals. It did not pass either chamber.

January 17, 2024

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Voted for House File 660, which extended the raceway-facility sales-tax rebate’s potential end date from 2025 to 2030. It passed the House 87–2 and became law.

May 4, 2023

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Voted for House File 718, which restructured local property-tax levy limits, budgets and financial authority. It passed the House 94–1 and became law.

May 2, 2023

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Voted for House File 652, which merged barbering and cosmetology regulation and reduced the minimum general course of study to 1,550 hours. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023

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Voted for House File 644, which changed criminal-case procedures, minor-witness protections and felony-related jury eligibility. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023

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Voted for Senate File 575, which extended renewable-chemical-production tax credits and changed economic-development incentive programs. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023

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Voted for Senate File 517, which allowed adult adoptees to reestablish birth certificates with an omitted biological parent’s name. It passed the House 94–0 and became law.

May 1, 2023

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Voted for House File 685, which changed Medicaid third-party recovery duties, health-care financing and nursing-facility regulation. It passed the House 91–3 and became law.

May 1, 2023

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Voted for Senate File 549, which authorized and regulated captive insurers and changed insurance-premium taxes. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

April 13, 2023

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Voted for House File 352, which allowed partnerships and S corporations to elect entity-level taxation with corresponding owner tax credits. It passed the House 99–0 and became law.

April 13, 2023

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Voted against House File 651, which barred local breed-specific dog restrictions and changed rabies vaccination and dog-related insurance rules. It passed the House 82–16 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

April 11, 2023

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Voted for House File 672, which removed renewal requirements for experienced teachers with advanced degrees while retaining recurring background checks. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

April 11, 2023

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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 9, which proposed limiting voting to U.S. citizens age 18 and older and allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primaries before turning 18 by the general election. The House adopted it 97–0 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

April 4, 2023

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Voted against House File 565, which required 90 percent voluntary or existing easements before carbon-dioxide pipeline condemnation and expanded land-damage remedies. It passed the House 73–20 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 22, 2023

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Voted against House File 615, which required government and colleges to recognize qualifying home-school diplomas and credentials. It passed the House 62–32 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 21, 2023

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Voted against House File 636, which created a presumption favoring a child’s prior educational setting in disputed custody cases and specified parental school-access rights. It passed the House 69–27 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 16, 2023

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Voted for House File 645, which ended judicial deference to agency legal interpretations and required independent review with remaining doubt limiting agency authority. It passed the House 96–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 16, 2023

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Voted against Senate File 514, which reorganized state agencies and transferred their administrative functions, including health and human services responsibilities. It passed the House 58–39 and became law.

March 15, 2023

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Voted for House File 400, which allowed a biological parent to seek reversal of certain voluntary parental-rights terminations within thirty days. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

March 15, 2023

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Voted for House File 553, which created an affirmative defense against data-breach tort claims for entities meeting specified cybersecurity-program standards. It passed the House 97–0 and became law.

March 15, 2023

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Voted against Senate File 507, which restricted public contracts of at least $50,000 with covered companies based on specified boycotts and nonfinancial social investment policies in their work for public entities. It passed the House 63–34 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

March 15, 2023

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Voted against House File 599, which changed state regulation of small electric utilities, cooperatives and municipally owned gas or electric utilities. It passed the House 64–33 and became law.

March 14, 2023

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Voted for House File 358, which expanded temporary driving-license eligibility after eluding convictions and authorized peace officers to arrest for public offenses statewide. It passed the House 94–3 and became law.

March 14, 2023

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Voted for House File 471, which changed state mental-health-institute populations and child-welfare and competency proceedings. It passed the House 98–0 and became law.

March 7, 2023

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Voted for House File 357, which narrowed healthcare staffing-agency regulation to nursing services and added an exception for certain migrant-worker placement contracts. It passed the House 94–4 and became law.

March 7, 2023

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Voted against House File 323, which authorized schools to pay limited stipends to student teachers. It passed the House 69–26 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 22, 2023

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Voted against Senate File 181, which recalculated residential property-tax assessment limits by excluding specified former multiresidential properties and changed related tax provisions. It passed the House 86–13 and became law.

February 15, 2023

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Filed for personal bankruptcy, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

February 10, 2023

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Co-sponsored HF215, a bill strengthening veterans' case management, crisis care and mental-health training. It did not pass either chamber.

February 7, 2023

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Voted against House File 112, which removed the twelve-year limit on considering prior domestic-abuse offenses for repeat-offense charges. It passed the House 77–21 and became law.

February 2, 2023

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Voted for House File 150, which reduced condemnation compensation by additional costs when landowners ignored required notices. It passed the House 98–0 but was not enacted as of October 5, 2026.

February 2, 2023

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Voted for House Joint Resolution 3, which proposed making the lieutenant governor governor after a permanent vacancy, creating a vacant lieutenant-governor office. The House adopted it 81–18 as a constitutional amendment proposal.

February 1, 2023

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Received appointments to Appropriations, Labor and Workforce, Local Government, Public Safety and the Economic Development appropriations subcommittee.

January 9, 2023

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Supported a $5,000 Jesse Cosby Center youth-employment grant in 2016, explaining the program's work. Later seconded $99,000 for twelve events and two capital projects under the city's hotel-motel grant program.

December 19, 2022

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Seconded establishment of a special property-tax fund for debt repayment in the expanded Rath redevelopment area.

December 19, 2022

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Seconded $580,380 in final-design services for a downtown Cedar River whitewater course.

December 19, 2022

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