Thomas Gerhold
Republican · IA · State Representative
Thomas Gerhold is a State Representative and vice chair of the House Environmental Protection Committee. He is a research associate.
Where Thomas Gerhold stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (7 records), Election Integrity (1 record),
Opposes
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Immigration (4 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 3 oppose), Labor Rights (1 support · 3 oppose), Cost of Living Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose),
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Voted for Senate File 469, which creates an emeritus medical license for doctors 60 and older who train residents. The Iowa House passed it 58-27, and it became law.
May 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2254, which bans noncompete clauses at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Iowa House passed it 70-20, and it became law.
April 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 516, which requires 80 percent of University of Iowa medical and dental students to be Iowans. The Iowa House passed it 61-30, and it became law.
April 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted for Senate File 2480, which taxes and regulates electronic cigarettes and other tobacco-free nicotine products. The Iowa House passed it 67-18, and it became law.
May 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 304, which takes away a minor's ability to get a sexually transmitted infection vaccine without a parent's consent. The Iowa House passed it 63-29, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2527, which shields farms, fuel makers and other businesses from climate change lawsuits. The Iowa House passed it 66-24, and it became law.
February 26, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted for Senate File 472, which tightens the rule that public employee unions must win a new election before each contract ends. The Iowa House passed it 56-34, and it became law.
April 28, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2254, which bans noncompete clauses at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Iowa House passed it 70-20, and it became law.
April 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 603, which reorganizes the state workforce agency and bars cities from setting pay rules for contractors. The Iowa House passed it 64-34, and it became law.
March 18, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 oppose
Voted for House File 398, which shifts power over Iowa's prisons from the Board of Corrections to the department's director. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.
March 11, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for House File 2329, which raises the interest that licensed lenders may charge on regulated loans. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.
March 12, 2026Opposes Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 4 oppose
Voted for Senate File 2218, which bans employing anyone the employer knows gave a Social Security number that is not theirs. The Iowa House passed it 71-20, and it became law.
April 29, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2102, a bill to require every driver's license test to be given in English. The Iowa House passed it 58-30, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2296, which bans cities and counties from issuing their own identification cards. The Iowa House passed it 69-22, and it became law.
February 25, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Voted for Senate File 2399, which makes it harder to be released before trial by limiting bail below the uniform bond schedule. The Iowa House passed it 72-21, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2624, a bill to require DNA samples from people arrested for a felony. The Iowa House passed it 64-30, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2584, a bill to make the area within 300 feet of a homeless shelter a drug-free zone. The Iowa House passed it 70-21, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
February 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Co-sponsored House File 630, which increased Iowa penalties for human trafficking; the bill passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
May 16, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted yes on House File 2461, which established ransomware crimes and penalties; the Iowa House passed it 99-0.
March 2, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate File 615, which requires most adults on Medicaid expansion to work 80 hours a month to keep coverage. The Iowa House passed it 56-30, and it became law.
May 14, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 4 support · 2 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 785, which lets United States citizens from outside Iowa sit on charter school boards. The Iowa House passed it 60-36, and it became law.
March 26, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 437, which creates a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa. The Iowa House passed it 60-37, and it became law.
March 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on House File 2558, the higher-education omnibus bill addressing tuition, diversity and equity policies, and state-university administration; the Iowa House passed it 56-39.
February 29, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 oppose
Voted for Senate File 2263, a bill to let people keep guns in their vehicles in public parking lots. The Iowa House passed it 60-26, but the two chambers never agreed on the same text, so it did not become law.
April 16, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on House File 2421, which limited civil liability for federal firearms licensees entering voluntary firearm-hold agreements; the Iowa House passed it 89-2.
February 19, 2024Opposes Gun Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate File 175, which adds fetal development lessons, including an ultrasound video, in grades five and six. The Iowa House passed it 60-31, and it became law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for House File 928, which limits election recounts to very close margins and rewrites how contests are run. The Iowa House passed it 66-31, and it became law.
March 25, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted for House File 2763, a bill to make farm equipment makers share manuals, parts and tools with owners and repair shops. The Iowa House passed it 70-18, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
April 27, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 oppose
Voted for House File 2670, which rewrites parts of what Iowa schools must teach, dropping the multicultural and gender-fair approach. The Iowa House passed it 65-28, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 418, which defines sex by a person's body at birth and removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Iowa House passed it 60-36, and it became law.
February 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted for House File 2763, a bill to make farm equipment makers share manuals, parts and tools with owners and repair shops. The Iowa House passed it 70-18, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
April 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2527, which shields farms, fuel makers and other businesses from climate change lawsuits. The Iowa House passed it 66-24, and it became law.
February 26, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Voted for House File 2487, a bill to give the attorney general new power to enforce the ban on diversity offices. The Iowa House passed it 62-27, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 12, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for 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
Past race Thomas Gerhold ran in:
- State Representative District 84 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 84; Iowa · incumbent