Jerome Amos Jr.
Democratic · IA · State Representative
A state representative who previously served on the Waterloo City Council. His professional background includes adjunct instruction at Hawkeye Community College and work as a John Deere machinist.
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Track record
Track record — General
General · 21 records
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 · researched September 9, 2026
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 · researched September 9, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 11, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 10, 2026
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 · researched September 9, 2026
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 · researched September 9, 2026
Race Jerome Amos Jr. is in:
- State Representative District 62 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 62; Iowa · incumbent
Profile last researched September 9, 2026.