Larry McBurney

Democratic · IA · State Representative

An Iowa Air National Guard veteran with 11 years of service, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. His community work includes Filipino American Society advocacy and support for domestic violence victims.

Supports

AI Regulation (4 records), Healthcare Affordability (39 records), Environment and Public Health (18 records),

Mixed record

Government Efficiency (10 support · 1 oppose), Immigration (4 support · 2 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 48 oppose),

Track record

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AI Regulation · 4 support

Voted for Senate File 2417, which required conversational-AI disclosures, child-protection safeguards and suicide-response protocols, with attorney-general enforcement and civil penalties. The House passed it 95–0.
April 15, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2609, which proposed prominent synthetic-media labels on campaign material, with disclosure responsibility assigned to its payer. The House passed it 89–2; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2635's ban on AI-only coverage denials or delays for medically necessary care. It also changed insurer approval, audit and health-facility permit rules. The House passed it 87–0.
March 5, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2469, a bill that banned AI-driven individualized prices based on surveillance of customers, with consumer-fraud remedies. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Healthcare Affordability · 39 support

Voted for House File 2794, which created a publicly funded grant program for nonprofit sexual-assault examination centers. The House passed it 85–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2422, which changed public-assistance verification and SNAP rules, restricted retroactive Medicaid eligibility and limited unapproved coverage expansions. The House passed it 60–24.
April 30, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2562, which authorized specified relatives to arrange care-facility transfers and insurance applications for adults unable to consent when no authorized representative is available. The House passed it 89–0.
April 22, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 990, which removed specified medical-cannabidiol card restrictions and allowed up to ten licensed dispensaries instead of five. The House passed it 88–5.
April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2139, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified athletic trainers to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 93–0.
April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2496, which protected emergency-medical-service property-tax revenue from diversion to urban-renewal financing. The House passed it 93–0.
April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2543, which removed the ten-day subacute mental-health care limit, set authorization deadlines and required tracking of children's psychiatric beds. The House passed it 90–0.
April 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2434, which barred insurers from denying or charging more for covered services solely because an out-of-network primary-care provider made the referral. The House passed it 92–0.
April 7, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2198, which required health-care agents to follow their principal's stated treatment directives and clarified which statements restrict their authority. The House passed it 93–0.
March 10, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2738, a bill that funded state health-insurance subsidies replacing the expired enhanced federal premium credits for 2026. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2585, which required pharmacies to provide or arrange accessible prescription information at no extra cost for people with print disabilities. The House passed it 90–0.
March 9, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2635's ban on AI-only coverage denials or delays for medically necessary care. It also changed insurer approval, audit and health-facility permit rules. The House passed it 87–0.
March 5, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2564, which allowed pregnant minors to consent to pregnancy-related care when no parent, guardian or custodian is reasonably available. The House passed it 94–2.
March 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2633, which barred insurers from discriminating against living organ donors. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2292, which proposed doubling state psychiatric beds after federal approval of a Medicaid mental-health-institution waiver. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2641, which proposed transition planning and assisted-living services under the elderly Medicaid waiver. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2518, which proposed regular reviews of Medicaid and residential-care payments and development of cost-based home-and-community-care reimbursement. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 25, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2498, which joined an interstate compact providing an expedited multistate licensing pathway for qualified podiatrists. The House passed it 89–0.
February 23, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1038, which appropriated opioid-settlement money for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, with spending reviews and outcome reporting. The House passed it 84–1.
May 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 383, which protected patients' pharmacy choice and set pharmacy-benefit-manager reimbursement, pricing and appeal requirements. The House passed it 75–15.
May 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 933, which recognized specialized comfort-care facilities for seriously ill children, exempted qualifying centers from state need-approval review and made them eligible for public funding. The House passed it 84–0.
May 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 565, which allowed surviving spouses and children of qualifying state employees killed at work to continue health coverage without requiring the state to pay its cost. The House passed it 89–0.
April 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 977, which proposed dedicated state staff and technical assistance to expand ambulance providers' participation in the Medicaid emergency-transportation reimbursement program. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 835, which required school seizure-response plans and staff training to assist students with epilepsy or seizure disorders. The House passed it 94–2.
April 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 807, which proposed a public directory of perinatal hospice services and optional referrals for pregnancies diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly. The House passed it 95–0; it did not become law.
March 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 887, which removed birth centers from institutional-health-facility requirements, including certificate-of-need review. The House passed it 95–0.
March 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 385, which proposed suicide-risk assessments, medication supplies, aftercare plans and follow-up services when patients leave involuntary mental-health or substance-use treatment. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
March 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 875, which required health insurers to respond to provider credentialing requests within 56 days and explain denials in writing. The House passed it 94–2.
March 19, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 470, which restricted denial of previously authorized dental claims and added safeguards for recovering insurer overpayments. The House passed it 96–0.
March 19, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 547, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified respiratory therapists to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 300, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified physician assistants to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 88–0.
March 10, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 532, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified dietitians to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 95–0.
March 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF663, a bill that restored the federally funded Medicaid family-planning network and repealed the replacement state program after federal approval. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF658, a bill that capped insured patients' cost-sharing at $25 for up to a 31-day supply of a covered insulin prescription. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF607, a bill that raised Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and infants to 375% of the poverty level and provided yearlong postpartum coverage. It did not pass.
February 26, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF560, a bill that repealed Iowa's ban on gender-transition medicines and procedures for minors. It did not pass.
February 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 330, which removed annual and lifetime insurance limits for autism treatment and visit limits for autism behavior-analysis services. The House passed it 92–0.
February 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 318, which proposed patient costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams no higher than for screening mammograms, with an exception for high-deductible plans. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 20, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF183, a bill that authorized pharmacists to provide HIV tests and prevention medicines, with insurance reimbursement. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Environment and Public Health · 18 support

Voted for House File 2765, which required reporting, engineering plans and timely repair for specified mining-related land collapses. The House passed it 86–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 House File 2297, which required passive radon-mitigation systems in new single-family and two-family homes. The House passed it 81–3.
April 30, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2417, which required conversational-AI disclosures, child-protection safeguards and suicide-response protocols, with attorney-general enforcement and civil penalties. The House passed it 95–0.
April 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2733, which proposed water-monitoring and conservation funding, individual income-tax and farm-property credits, and water-quality loans and grants. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2618, which proposed repealing Iowa's smart-planning principles and related local planning guidelines. The House passed it 72–25; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2227, which required agricultural-land restoration plans and enforcement after electric transmission-line construction. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2511, which proposed a statewide resilience plan addressing floods, water supplies, infrastructure and long-term natural-hazard risks. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1038, which appropriated opioid-settlement money for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, with spending reviews and outcome reporting. The House passed it 84–1.
May 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 876, which required real-estate sellers to disclose lead water-service lines. The House passed it 94–0.
April 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 390, which allowed child-care personnel to receive an initial physical examination within six months after starting work, rather than before employment. The House passed it 67–28.
March 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF151, a bill that required streamside buffers or other runoff controls, backed by landowner assistance and penalties. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HJR3, proposing constitutional rights to clean air, pure water, a stable climate and healthy habitats. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted to accept $500,000 from Polk County for environmental remediation and demolition at 10841 Douglas Avenue. The 5–0 agreement committed Urbandale to pursue housing and human-service objectives, but did not guarantee affordable housing on the site.
November 19, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Moved and voted to adopt Urbandale’s sustainability statement and community-wide framework for environmental stewardship, waste reduction and resilience. The framework called for collaboration on transportation and building-energy emissions; the motion passed 5–0.
April 4, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to award a $518,964 contract for a solar photovoltaic array at Urbandale’s Parks and Public Works facility. The council approved the project plans, contract award and agreement with Tri-City Electric Company of Iowa in three 5–0 votes.
January 10, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted for $133,500 in federal pandemic-relief funding for Neighborhood Finance Corporation’s Urbandale Energy Advantage program. It offered deferred, zero-interest loans of up to $10,000 for energy-efficiency improvements by qualifying low-income borrowers; the agreement passed 4–0.
November 15, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Helped plan a Filipino-American Society of Iowa COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Asian and Pacific Islander residents and people facing language barriers. As executive co-chair, he described arranging interpreters in multiple languages for the clinic.
April 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: iowapublicradio.org

Labor Rights · 15 support

Voted for House File 1023, which added annual pension cost-of-living adjustments for qualifying public-safety employees and changed benefit and contribution formulas. The House passed it 88–0.
April 23, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2502, which removed federal family-leave eligibility as a prerequisite for state employees' paid leave following a birth or adoption. The House passed it 90–3.
April 21, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2751, which proposed expanded protections for specified workers, assault-related communicable-disease testing and penalties for obstructing first responders. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 6, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2373, a bill that created a state retirement savings trust with automatic payroll enrollment and a worker opt-out. It did not pass.
February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill that removed the summer unemployment-benefit exclusion for school support workers with an assurance of returning. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Publicly opposed changes to Iowa's public employee pensions after the governor's government-efficiency task force released its report.
October 21, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: iowapublicradio.org
Voted for House File 1002, which created locally chosen volunteer emergency-worker service awards and a $1.5 million matching-grant fund. The House passed it 81–0.
May 14, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 565, which allowed surviving spouses and children of qualifying state employees killed at work to continue health coverage without requiring the state to pay its cost. The House passed it 89–0.
April 24, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF267 to expand cancer-related retirement benefits for public-safety workers. Later voted for House File 969's broader protections and pension contribution changes. The House passed it 94–0.
April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 248, which required employers to give qualifying adoptive parents the same policies, benefits and protections as parents of newborns. The House passed it 87–0.
March 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF674, a bill that granted state employees up to 16 hours of paid leave annually for volunteer activities. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF282, a bill that allowed otherwise eligible striking workers to receive unemployment benefits without job-search requirements. It did not pass.
February 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted to add Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Veterans Day to Urbandale’s recognized employee holidays through a revised employee handbook. The council approved the change 5–0, expanding the city’s paid-holiday schedule for eligible employees.
April 24, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to approve a three-year labor agreement with Urbandale’s firefighter union. It provided 4% wage increases in July 2024 and July 2025, a wage reopener for 2026, and earlier eligibility for five weeks of vacation; the council approved it 5–0.
March 5, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Moved and voted to approve a five-year labor agreement with LiUNA Local 177 for Urbandale’s municipal employees. The agreement established a new wage schedule in July 2024 and 3.5% raises in 2025 and 2026, with later wage reopeners; the council approved it 5–0.
January 2, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net

Anti-Corruption · 10 support

Voted for House File 2490, which required online meeting notices and public disclosure of separation pay and allowed safeguarded court injunctions against vexatious public-record requests. The House passed it 89–0.
April 22, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2740, a bill that opened foreign agricultural landholders' registrations and the state's summary report to public disclosure. It did not pass.
March 17, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2245, which proposed public-university presidential search committees with only regents as voting members and confidential candidate identities. The House passed it 63–27; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 936, which proposed extending public-records requirements and penalties to city and township instrumentalities. The House passed it 86–0; it did not become law.
March 5, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2330, which proposed prompt acknowledgment, estimated response dates and delay notices for public-records requests. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2294, which proposed extending the deadline for public-information-board complaints from 60 to 90 days. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
February 23, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 706, which increased open-meetings penalties and required training for new governing-body members while shielding specified security-camera and access-card data. The House passed it 83–10.
April 23, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 544, which proposed extending the ban on candidate-controlled political committees to all candidates and requiring sponsor disclosure on radio and internet campaign advertising. The House passed it 94–2; it did not become law.
March 17, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 549, which required county prosecutors to issue reports and charging decisions on serious officer-involved shootings and refer conflicts to an independent prosecutor. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF554, a bill that required qualified school librarians, removed book-ban enforcement provisions and opened book-removal requests to public scrutiny. It did not pass.
February 24, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Government Efficiency · 10 support · 1 oppose

Voted for Senate File 2463, which replaced agency-specific procedural rules with uniform rules and required five-year regulatory readoption from a zero base. The House passed it 93–0.
April 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2725, which proposed employment-data sharing and return-on-investment reporting for secondary and public postsecondary education programs. The House passed it 90–6; it did not become law.
March 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2088, which changed statewide vehicle recordkeeping, electronic license services and accident-reporting rules and restricted disclosure of motorists' email addresses and phone numbers. The House passed it 85–0.
March 5, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2645, which proposed a statewide opt-out text-notification system for criminal-court participants, including appearance reminders and fee notices. The House passed it 81–16; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026Opposes Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2330, which proposed prompt acknowledgment, estimated response dates and delay notices for public-records requests. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2364, a bill that forfeited lawmakers' pay when they missed the deadline for enacting school-aid growth rates. It did not pass.
February 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 985, which proposed additional business-filing fees and ongoing appropriations for secretary-of-state business-service modernization. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 977, which proposed dedicated state staff and technical assistance to expand ambulance providers' participation in the Medicaid emergency-transportation reimbursement program. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 547, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified respiratory therapists to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 300, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified physician assistants to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 88–0.
March 10, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 532, which joined an interstate compact allowing qualified dietitians to practice across member states under shared licensing safeguards. The House passed it 95–0.
March 4, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Immigration · 4 support · 2 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 Senate File 572, which barred the governments and citizens of China, Russia and North Korea, and businesses they majority-own, from holding hospital or health-care-facility licenses. The House passed it 90–0.
March 23, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Published a statement opposing HF2041's requirements for local police to assist federal immigration enforcement, citing staffing demands and concerns from immigrant families.
February 3, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: theiowastandard.com
Publicly criticized ICE's detention of the Des Moines school superintendent as federal overreach.
September 26, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: heartlandernews.com
Voted against House File 572, which proposed a state felony offense for paid smuggling of people in violation of federal immigration law, with enhanced penalties for specified harms. The House passed it 75–14; it did not become law.
March 20, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF662, a bill that provided $2.5 million for nonprofit agencies' refugee resettlement assistance in Iowa. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 48 oppose

Voted for House File 2794, which created a publicly funded grant program for nonprofit sexual-assault examination centers. The House passed it 85–0.
May 2, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2757's nuclear-generation tax exemptions and refunds, conditioned on contributions to a new fund for public-university workforce programs and equipment. The bill appropriated the fund's money to the universities. The House passed it 83–2.
April 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2422, which changed public-assistance verification and SNAP rules, restricted retroactive Medicaid eligibility and limited unapproved coverage expansions. The House passed it 60–24.
April 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2741, which proposed a scenic-byways improvement fund supported by voluntary vehicle-registration contributions. The House passed it 93–0; it did not become law.
March 31, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2735, a bill that codified first-home purchase assistance with grants up to $10,000 and added $2.2 million for military homebuyers. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2738, a bill that funded state health-insurance subsidies replacing the expired enhanced federal premium credits for 2026. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2733, which proposed water-monitoring and conservation funding, individual income-tax and farm-property credits, and water-quality loans and grants. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2736, a bill that restored direct funding to area education agencies and ended the recurring $7.5 million reduction after 2025–26. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2731, a bill that created income-based utility payment plans with state help covering bills and overdue balances for eligible low-income households. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2492, which proposed additional state funding for schools that share career and technical education instructors. The House passed it 95–1; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2250, which proposed tuition grants for students with intellectual disabilities attending approved postsecondary transition programs. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2565, which proposed a staffed statewide human-trafficking investigative task force and specialized prosecution teams. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2356, which made the public-defender family-preservation pilot a continuing statewide child-welfare representation program. The House passed it 90–0.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2493, which expanded publicly funded preschool eligibility to certain children who recently turned five. The House passed it 88–2.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2292, which proposed doubling state psychiatric beds after federal approval of a Medicaid mental-health-institution waiver. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2514, which made children of qualifying child-care workers eligible for state child-care assistance, subject to facility, work and copayment requirements. The House passed it 86–3.
February 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2458, a bill that provided $3.5 million for grants helping high-school students and para-educators earn teaching credentials and degrees. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2223, a bill that expanded homestead credits, funded $1,000 homeowner and $500 renter rebates, and shifted local public safety pension costs to the state. It did not pass.
January 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2151, a bill that provided $5 million in grants for therapeutic classrooms serving students with emotional, social or behavioral needs. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill that removed the summer unemployment-benefit exclusion for school support workers with an assurance of returning. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1038, which appropriated opioid-settlement money for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, with spending reviews and outcome reporting. The House passed it 84–1.
May 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1002, which created locally chosen volunteer emergency-worker service awards and a $1.5 million matching-grant fund. The House passed it 81–0.
May 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 985, which proposed additional business-filing fees and ongoing appropriations for secretary-of-state business-service modernization. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 933, which recognized specialized comfort-care facilities for seriously ill children, exempted qualifying centers from state need-approval review and made them eligible for public funding. The House passed it 84–0.
May 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1032, which proposed matching grants for grocery-store improvements and local produce-processing capacity. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
April 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1007, which proposed a victim-restitution fund financed by seven percent of collected county criminal fines. The House passed it 91–2; it did not become law.
April 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1001, which proposed state and local recruitment incentives for attorneys serving eligible rural communities. The House passed it 86–6; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 977, which proposed dedicated state staff and technical assistance to expand ambulance providers' participation in the Medicaid emergency-transportation reimbursement program. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1008, which proposed municipal land-redevelopment trusts to acquire and rehabilitate abandoned, blighted and tax-delinquent property. The House passed it 92–1; it did not become law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 1000, which proposed $250,000 in matching grants for veterans service organizations to employ staff assisting veterans with benefit claims. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 579, which proposed allowing voter-approved increases in school funding for at-risk students and dropout prevention, up to five percent of district program costs. The House passed it 92–4; it did not become law.
March 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 298, which allowed qualifying juveniles without family support to receive state-funded supervised apartment placements after extended residential treatment. The House passed it 88–0.
March 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF659, which proposed low-income housing tax credits, $50 million in home-renovation grants and larger individual income-tax deductions for first-home savings. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF662, a bill that provided $2.5 million for nonprofit agencies' refugee resettlement assistance in Iowa. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF607, a bill that raised Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and infants to 375% of the poverty level and provided yearlong postpartum coverage. It did not pass.
February 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF504, a bill that provided $400,000 for school robotics grants and $100,000 for the University of Northern Iowa's robotics competition partnership. It did not pass.
February 20, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF282, a bill that allowed otherwise eligible striking workers to receive unemployment benefits without job-search requirements. It did not pass.
February 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF243, a bill that raised hourly pay for court-appointed defense lawyers by $40, to $116–$126 depending on the case. It did not pass.
February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for House File 117, which created National Guard scholarships for approved professional credentials; he also backed related changes to Guard tuition scholarships in House File 118. The House passed it 99–0.
January 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored HF152, a bill that funded Iowa's participation in the federal Summer EBT food program for children. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to accept $500,000 from Polk County for environmental remediation and demolition at 10841 Douglas Avenue. The 5–0 agreement committed Urbandale to pursue housing and human-service objectives, but did not guarantee affordable housing on the site.
November 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for Urbandale's $1.5 million Downtown Assistance Policy in 2022, passed 3–0. Later moved and voted for a $150,000 forgivable redevelopment loan to Kading Properties and Madison Flats, passed 4–0. Forgiveness depended on investment and development conditions.
September 17, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Seconded and voted to approve Polk County funding for relocation services connected to redevelopment at 7625 Hickman Road. The 5–0 agreement supported the project’s relocation assistance, following an earlier city agreement with Primary Health Care and the developer.
June 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for a $470,000 agreement helping Urbandale Food Pantry buy a larger property at 7901 Douglas Avenue. The agreement reserved part of the building for other human-service organizations for 20 years; the council approved it 5–0.
April 16, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Moved and voted to expand Urbandale’s automated license-plate camera system from 14 to 20 cameras through a five-year, $250,900 Flock Group agreement. The cameras recorded vehicle information for police investigations, with 30-day data retention; the motion passed 4–0.
July 11, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for $133,500 in federal pandemic-relief funding for Neighborhood Finance Corporation’s Urbandale Energy Advantage program. It offered deferred, zero-interest loans of up to $10,000 for energy-efficiency improvements by qualifying low-income borrowers; the agreement passed 4–0.
November 15, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for $100,000 in Urbandale’s federal pandemic-relief funds for the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot, designed to provide 110 low-income participants across three counties $500 a month for two years. He seconded the funding motion, which passed 4–1.
August 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to approve $146,000 in Ticket to Work funding requested by Children and Families of Iowa while serving on the Central Iowa Workforce Development Board. The board unanimously approved the request.
February 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted not to allocate additional Ticket to Work funds to IES for fiscal year 2021 while serving on the Central Iowa Workforce Development Board. The motion passed with 16 named members in favor, including McBurney, and one abstention.
November 12, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Public Safety and Crime Control · 26 support · 1 oppose

Voted for House File 2348, which made specified intentional companion-animal torture a felony and increased penalties for repeat animal-cruelty offenses. The House passed it 84–0.
April 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2751, which proposed expanded protections for specified workers, assault-related communicable-disease testing and penalties for obstructing first responders. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2337, which created misdemeanor penalties for falsely claiming academic credentials or regulated professional licenses. The House passed it 89–3.
April 1, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2571, which required broader dangerousness factors in commitment hearings after insanity acquittals. The House passed it 96–0.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2602, which required massage-business licenses, owner background checks and inspections. The House passed it 83–8.
March 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2629, which proposed escalating criminal trespass penalties for squatting and penalties for false occupancy documents. The House passed it 89–2; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 788, which proposed alcohol and drug testing after serious state-vehicle crashes when there is probable cause of impaired driving. The House passed it 85–1; it did not become law.
March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for Senate File 2416, which allowed court-authorized home entry and child interviews when caregivers block a law-enforcement child-abuse investigation. The House passed it 85–0.
March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2515, which barred deferred or suspended sentences for sexual exploitation of a minor. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2598, which required human-trafficking prevention training for new commercial-driver applicants. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2360, which expanded child-endangerment protections to all people under 18. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 2565, which proposed a staffed statewide human-trafficking investigative task force and specialized prosecution teams. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Co-sponsored HF2370, a bill that created confidential alerts for missing at-risk veterans, with de-escalation and protections against detention without independent grounds. It did not pass.
February 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Filed an amendment preserving local fireworks restrictions; it was ruled out of order. Voted against Senate File 303, which barred local fireworks bans on July 3, July 4 and December 31. The House passed it 51–39.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 1036, which added child-trafficking screening and victim protections and extended civil-action deadlines for sexual abuse and human trafficking. The House passed it 91–0.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 1007, which proposed a victim-restitution fund financed by seven percent of collected county criminal fines. The House passed it 91–2; it did not become law.
April 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for Senate File 583, which authorized school safety assessment teams and required specified agencies to share relevant student information with those teams. The House passed it 91–0.
April 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 899, which proposed criminal penalties for knowingly sending unsolicited and unwanted sexually explicit images electronically. The House passed it 93–0; it did not become law.
March 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 826, which proposed criminal penalties and sex-offender registration for obscene sexual depictions of minors, including depictions of minors who do not actually exist. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for Senate File 22, which restricted electronic-device use while driving to voice-operated or hands-free use, with specified exceptions. The House passed it 84–11.
March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 649, which expanded human-trafficking and prostitution offenses to cover law-enforcement decoys posing as victims or minors. The House passed it 89–0.
March 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against House File 523, which allowed police to file requested emergency protective-order petitions for people in present danger of domestic abuse. The House passed it 81–15.
March 12, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 549, which required county prosecutors to issue reports and charging decisions on serious officer-involved shootings and refer conflicts to an independent prosecutor. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 181, which banned open THC-beverage containers in motor-vehicle passenger areas on public roads. The House passed it 86–1.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 306, which increased repeat-offense penalties for giving obscene material to minors, required adult-offender registration and created an offense for minors distributing such material. The House passed it 88–0.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for House File 180, which added the crime of grooming to the sex-offender registry. The House passed it 87–5.
February 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Moved and voted to expand Urbandale’s automated license-plate camera system from 14 to 20 cameras through a five-year, $250,900 Flock Group agreement. The cameras recorded vehicle information for police investigations, with 30-day data retention; the motion passed 4–0.
July 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 21 support · 2 oppose

Voted against House File 2542, which raised habitual-offender minimum confinement to seven years and maximum terms to twenty years and tightened probation and sentencing rules. The House passed it 66–20.
May 2, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2797, which expanded police officers' court review of prosecutors' credibility-warning lists and required public payment of attorney fees when officers prevail. The House passed it 85–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against House File 2787, which banned warrant-resolution clinics, barred public support for them and imposed criminal and civil penalties. The House passed it 71–20.
April 29, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for Senate File 2284, which proposed local approval, facial-recognition restrictions, logged searches and thirty-day data deletion for automatic plate readers, alongside traffic-camera citation defenses. The House passed it 77–11; it did not become law.
April 16, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2523, which allowed parents to authorize minors' mental-health and substance-use treatment over their objections and removed specified court-review requirements. The House passed it 87–6.
April 14, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2256, which barred child-abuse findings based solely on parents' inability to obtain needed mental-health treatment despite reasonable efforts. The House passed it 90–0.
April 13, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2696, which proposed court expungement of qualifying criminal records for human-trafficking survivors. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2697, which allowed agreed victim damages and specified restitution when criminal charges are dismissed. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2695, which barred civil rulings and foreign-law provisions that deny constitutional rights, with religious, voluntary-choice and federal-law exceptions. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 2356, which made the public-defender family-preservation pilot a continuing statewide child-welfare representation program. The House passed it 90–0.
February 26, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored HF2370, a bill that created confidential alerts for missing at-risk veterans, with de-escalation and protections against detention without independent grounds. It did not pass.
February 10, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored HF2206, a bill that legalized regulated marijuana sales to adults 21 and older, reduced possession penalties and provided expungement of qualifying convictions. It did not pass.
January 29, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against Senate File 462, which increased mandatory minimum prison terms for repeated firearm possession by convicted felons. The House passed it 69–15.
May 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 472, which created expedited dismissal and other protections against lawsuits targeting public speech, association and petitioning. The House passed it 89–0.
April 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for Senate File 491, which expanded restrictions on drones flying within 400 feet of farm animals, equipment and structures without permission. The House passed it 89–7.
April 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 953, which proposed age-based counsel and guardian appointments for children in foster-care proceedings and continued representation while children remain in foster care. The House passed it 94–2; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 945, which proposed pretrial hearings for self-defense immunity claims, with the state bearing the burden after a defendant establishes an initial claim. The House passed it 89–6; it did not become law.
March 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 570, which proposed probation-term credits for compliance, education and employment, capped at 40 percent of the original term. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
March 20, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 549, which required county prosecutors to issue reports and charging decisions on serious officer-involved shootings and refer conflicts to an independent prosecutor. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for House File 367, which required substantial evidence of serious harm before a court restricts parent-child interactions in child-protection proceedings. The House passed it 91–0.
March 11, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored HF554, a bill that required qualified school librarians, removed book-ban enforcement provisions and opened book-removal requests to public scrutiny. It did not pass.
February 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored HF243, a bill that raised hourly pay for court-appointed defense lawyers by $40, to $116–$126 depending on the case. It did not pass.
February 6, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Moved and voted to expand Urbandale’s automated license-plate camera system from 14 to 20 cameras through a five-year, $250,900 Flock Group agreement. The cameras recorded vehicle information for police investigations, with 30-day data retention; the motion passed 4–0.
July 11, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Housing Affordability · 8 support

Voted for Senate File 2378, which removed the enhanced council-vote requirement triggered by neighboring owners' zoning protests. The House passed it 75–18.
April 8, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Introduced HF2735, a bill that codified first-home purchase assistance with grants up to $10,000 and added $2.2 million for military homebuyers. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Voted for Senate File 2369, which expanded accessory-dwelling-unit protections, including limits on historic-district restrictions. The House passed it 85–1.
March 5, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Introduced HF2551, a bill that limited rent increases to the higher of regional inflation or assessed property-value growth and required 90 days' notice. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Co-sponsored HF2223, a bill that expanded homestead credits, funded $1,000 homeowner and $500 renter rebates, and shifted local public safety pension costs to the state. It did not pass.
January 30, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Voted for House File 1013, which proposed four years of declining property-tax exemptions for qualifying disaster-replacement homes sold by the federal housing department. The House passed it 79–5; it did not become law.
May 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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Voted for House File 1008, which proposed municipal land-redevelopment trusts to acquire and rehabilitate abandoned, blighted and tax-delinquent property. The House passed it 92–1; it did not become law.
April 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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Co-sponsored HF659, which proposed low-income housing tax credits, $50 million in home-renovation grants and larger individual income-tax deductions for first-home savings. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
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Social Programs and Welfare · 31 support

Voted for House File 1003, which required specific best-interest findings before moving children from foster caregivers after at least nine months in their care. The House passed it 85–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2794, which created a publicly funded grant program for nonprofit sexual-assault examination centers. The House passed it 85–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against Senate File 2422, which changed public-assistance verification and SNAP rules, restricted retroactive Medicaid eligibility and limited unapproved coverage expansions. The House passed it 60–24.
April 30, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2256, which barred child-abuse findings based solely on parents' inability to obtain needed mental-health treatment despite reasonable efforts. The House passed it 90–0.
April 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Introduced HF2738, a bill that funded state health-insurance subsidies replacing the expired enhanced federal premium credits for 2026. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Introduced HF2731, a bill that created income-based utility payment plans with state help covering bills and overdue balances for eligible low-income households. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2491, which waived public-university tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying completely disabled veterans who lack other financial assistance. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2250, which proposed tuition grants for students with intellectual disabilities attending approved postsecondary transition programs. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2356, which made the public-defender family-preservation pilot a continuing statewide child-welfare representation program. The House passed it 90–0.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2292, which proposed doubling state psychiatric beds after federal approval of a Medicaid mental-health-institution waiver. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2641, which proposed transition planning and assisted-living services under the elderly Medicaid waiver. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2518, which proposed regular reviews of Medicaid and residential-care payments and development of cost-based home-and-community-care reimbursement. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 25, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 2514, which made children of qualifying child-care workers eligible for state child-care assistance, subject to facility, work and copayment requirements. The House passed it 86–3.
February 23, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF2156, a bill that removed the summer unemployment-benefit exclusion for school support workers with an assurance of returning. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 1038, which appropriated opioid-settlement money for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, with spending reviews and outcome reporting. The House passed it 84–1.
May 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Filed withdrawn HF974 amendments adding Pride plates to support emergency food aid and Slipknot plates to support school arts. Then voted against its Gadsden-flag plates funding firearm-rights and safety grants, prioritizing NRA affiliates. The House passed it 64–26; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 933, which recognized specialized comfort-care facilities for seriously ill children, exempted qualifying centers from state need-approval review and made them eligible for public funding. The House passed it 84–0.
May 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 644, which allowed the state to delegate specified medical and education decisions for children in its custody to foster caregivers, with notice requirements and a vaccination exception. The House passed it 89–0.
April 24, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 1000, which proposed $250,000 in matching grants for veterans service organizations to employ staff assisting veterans with benefit claims. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 953, which proposed age-based counsel and guardian appointments for children in foster-care proceedings and continued representation while children remain in foster care. The House passed it 94–2; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 385, which proposed suicide-risk assessments, medication supplies, aftercare plans and follow-up services when patients leave involuntary mental-health or substance-use treatment. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
March 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for House File 298, which allowed qualifying juveniles without family support to receive state-funded supervised apartment placements after extended residential treatment. The House passed it 88–0.
March 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF662, a bill that provided $2.5 million for nonprofit agencies' refugee resettlement assistance in Iowa. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF663, a bill that restored the federally funded Medicaid family-planning network and repealed the replacement state program after federal approval. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF607, a bill that raised Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and infants to 375% of the poverty level and provided yearlong postpartum coverage. It did not pass.
February 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF282, a bill that allowed otherwise eligible striking workers to receive unemployment benefits without job-search requirements. It did not pass.
February 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored HF152, a bill that funded Iowa's participation in the federal Summer EBT food program for children. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for a $470,000 agreement helping Urbandale Food Pantry buy a larger property at 7901 Douglas Avenue. The agreement reserved part of the building for other human-service organizations for 20 years; the council approved it 5–0.
April 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Seconded and voted to adopt Urbandale’s Human Services Strategic Plan, setting priorities for food insecurity, transportation, affordable housing, language support and youth services. The three-year implementation framework passed 5–0.
April 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for $133,500 in federal pandemic-relief funding for Neighborhood Finance Corporation’s Urbandale Energy Advantage program. It offered deferred, zero-interest loans of up to $10,000 for energy-efficiency improvements by qualifying low-income borrowers; the agreement passed 4–0.
November 15, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for $100,000 in Urbandale’s federal pandemic-relief funds for the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot, designed to provide 110 low-income participants across three counties $500 a month for two years. He seconded the funding motion, which passed 4–1.
August 23, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Public Education Quality · 32 support · 1 oppose

Voted for House File 2757's nuclear-generation tax exemptions and refunds, conditioned on contributions to a new fund for public-university workforce programs and equipment. The bill appropriated the fund's money to the universities. The House passed it 83–2.
April 30, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for Senate File 2428, which expanded classroom-removal and school-discipline rules and special-education training, services and review procedures. The House passed it 87–4.
April 29, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted against Senate File 2299, which proposed allowing schools to charge families for concurrent-enrollment college courses students fail or withdraw from. The House passed it 62–31; the governor vetoed it.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House File 2752, which proposed allocating teacher-recruitment scholarships to rural schools and special-education teachers and removing a graduation-rank restriction. The House passed it 91–1; it did not become law.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2725, which proposed employment-data sharing and return-on-investment reporting for secondary and public postsecondary education programs. The House passed it 90–6; it did not become law.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for Senate File 2220, which required gifted-student screening, advanced mathematics pathways and automatic enrollment of qualifying students in advanced courses. The House passed it 84–11.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House File 2230, which required teacher-preparation clinical experience serving disabled students and English learners, end-of-program assessments and specified licensing coursework. The House passed it 94–2.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2362, which proposed limits on public-university tuition increases and an optional undergraduate tuition freeze with an upfront fee. The House passed it 87–4; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Co-sponsored HF2736, a bill that restored direct funding to area education agencies and ended the recurring $7.5 million reduction after 2025–26. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House File 2491, which waived public-university tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying completely disabled veterans who lack other financial assistance. The House passed it 97–0.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House File 2492, which proposed additional state funding for schools that share career and technical education instructors. The House passed it 95–1; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2250, which proposed tuition grants for students with intellectual disabilities attending approved postsecondary transition programs. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2724, which created additional teaching endorsements and school activities-administrator credentials. The House passed it 94–2.
March 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for House File 2610, which aligned career-education standards, standardized community-college course numbers and replaced remedial prerequisites with support alongside college courses. The House passed it 95–0.
March 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2652, which proposed minimum daily play-based learning time in preschool, prekindergarten and kindergarten. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2363, which proposed open-enrollment safeguards and payments for English learners and allowed language-instruction funds to cover transportation to private schools. The House passed it 89–1; it did not become law.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2493, which expanded publicly funded preschool eligibility to certain children who recently turned five. The House passed it 88–2.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2547, which proposed changes to career academies and college-course pathways and a public-university performance-funding study. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
February 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2458, a bill that provided $3.5 million for grants helping high-school students and para-educators earn teaching credentials and degrees. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2151, a bill that provided $5 million in grants for therapeutic classrooms serving students with emotional, social or behavioral needs. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Filed withdrawn HF974 amendments adding Pride plates to support emergency food aid and Slipknot plates to support school arts. Then voted against its Gadsden-flag plates funding firearm-rights and safety grants, prioritizing NRA affiliates. The House passed it 64–26; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 288, which required pregnancy accommodations and anti-discrimination procedures at public universities and community colleges. The House passed it 92–0.
April 22, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 277, which added truancy exceptions for military service, funerals and weddings and limited engagement meetings to absences harming academic progress. The House passed it 93–0.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 835, which required school seizure-response plans and staff training to assist students with epilepsy or seizure disorders. The House passed it 94–2.
April 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 782, which required school policies restricting students' personal electronic devices during classroom instruction, with health, disability-plan and emergency safeguards. The House passed it 92–4.
April 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 784, which required elementary mathematics screening and personalized interventions and added mathematics training requirements for teachers. The House passed it 82–16.
March 18, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 579, which proposed allowing voter-approved increases in school funding for at-risk students and dropout prevention, up to five percent of district program costs. The House passed it 92–4; it did not become law.
March 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF554, a bill that required qualified school librarians, removed book-ban enforcement provisions and opened book-removal requests to public scrutiny. It did not pass.
February 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 175, which proposed expanding in-state public-college tuition eligibility for veterans, military families and qualifying survivors. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF504, a bill that provided $400,000 for school robotics grants and $100,000 for the University of Northern Iowa's robotics competition partnership. It did not pass.
February 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF273, a bill that required classroom phone-use limits, with exceptions for education, emergencies, health care and disability plans. It did not pass.
February 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF251, a bill that required publication of private schools' accreditation standards and waivers. It did not pass.
February 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 117, which created National Guard scholarships for approved professional credentials; he also backed related changes to Guard tuition scholarships in House File 118. The House passed it 99–0.
January 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Gun Control · 2 support

Voted for House File 1034, which proposed a nonrefundable income-tax credit of up to $500 for firearm safety devices and gun safes. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 924, which lowered state age thresholds for acquiring and carrying handguns to 18 while retaining the federal-dealer purchase restriction for people under 21. The House passed it 79–18.
March 25, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Women's Reproductive Rights · 4 support

Voted for House File 2564, which allowed pregnant minors to consent to pregnancy-related care when no parent, guardian or custodian is reasonably available. The House passed it 94–2.
March 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 887, which removed birth centers from institutional-health-facility requirements, including certificate-of-need review. The House passed it 95–0.
March 24, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF663, a bill that restored the federally funded Medicaid family-planning network and repealed the replacement state program after federal approval. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HJR10, proposing constitutional protection for reproductive decisions, including contraception, abortion and infertility care. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Election Integrity · 2 support

Voted for House File 2601, which restricted foreign funding and participation in ballot campaigns, required donor affirmations and limited disclosure during investigations. The House passed it 90–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2609, which proposed prominent synthetic-media labels on campaign material, with disclosure responsibility assigned to its payer. The House passed it 89–2; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Limit Foreign Influence · 3 support

Voted for House File 2601, which restricted foreign funding and participation in ballot campaigns, required donor affirmations and limited disclosure during investigations. The House passed it 90–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 572, which barred the governments and citizens of China, Russia and North Korea, and businesses they majority-own, from holding hospital or health-care-facility licenses. The House passed it 90–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2740, a bill that opened foreign agricultural landholders' registrations and the state's summary report to public disclosure. It did not pass.
March 17, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 7 support · 1 oppose

Voted for House File 2755, which proposed mandatory state participation in the federal tax-credit program for contributions to school scholarship organizations. The House passed it 89–3; it did not become law.
April 8, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2733, which proposed water-monitoring and conservation funding, individual income-tax and farm-property credits, and water-quality loans and grants. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2152, a bill that ended individual and corporate income-tax credits for donations to school tuition organizations. It did not pass.
January 26, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1034, which proposed a nonrefundable income-tax credit of up to $500 for firearm safety devices and gun safes. The House passed it 90–0; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1026, which proposed increasing the refundable adoption tax credit from $5,000 to $20,000 per adoption. The House passed it 91–0; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1020, which proposed expanding the refundable child-and-dependent-care tax credit and removing its $90,000 income cutoff. The House passed it 93–0; it did not become law.
April 23, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 988, which proposed tax-deductible catastrophe savings accounts for homeowners' insurance deductibles and uninsured disaster losses. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF659, which proposed low-income housing tax credits, $50 million in home-renovation grants and larger individual income-tax deductions for first-home savings. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Data Privacy · 11 support · 1 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 Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 2284, which proposed local approval, facial-recognition restrictions, logged searches and thirty-day data deletion for automatic plate readers, alongside traffic-camera citation defenses. The House passed it 77–11; it did not become law.
April 16, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2601, which restricted foreign funding and participation in ballot campaigns, required donor affirmations and limited disclosure during investigations. The House passed it 90–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2088, which changed statewide vehicle recordkeeping, electronic license services and accident-reporting rules and restricted disclosure of motorists' email addresses and phone numbers. The House passed it 85–0.
March 5, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2526, which protected foster parents' home addresses from disclosure to biological parents without written consent. The House passed it 90–0.
February 26, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2255, which proposed extending public property-record name redaction to elected federal and state officials. The House passed it 86–1; it did not become law.
February 26, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Opposed HSB720 at a hearing, citing risks from giving noncustodial parents and parents under restraining orders access to children's library borrowing records.
February 17, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: theiowastandard.com
Introduced HF2469, a bill that banned AI-driven individualized prices based on surveillance of customers, with consumer-fraud remedies. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2370, a bill that created confidential alerts for missing at-risk veterans, with de-escalation and protections against detention without independent grounds. It did not pass.
February 10, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 583, which authorized school safety assessment teams and required specified agencies to share relevant student information with those teams. The House passed it 91–0.
April 21, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted for Senate File 491, which expanded restrictions on drones flying within 400 feet of farm animals, equipment and structures without permission. The House passed it 89–7.
April 8, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 857, which prohibited deceptive mortgage-trigger-lead solicitations, including misleading affiliations and contact with consumers who opted out. The House passed it 96–0.
March 19, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Civil Rights · 10 support

Voted against Senate File 140, which barred requested satellite absentee-voting sites on school property for specified school ballot measures and required obscuring ballot-measure materials. The House passed it 63–29.
April 7, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2585, which required pharmacies to provide or arrange accessible prescription information at no extra cost for people with print disabilities. The House passed it 90–0.
March 9, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2698, which proposed disclosure, transfer and anti-discrimination protections for housing occupied through ownership interests in a business. The House passed it 91–6; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2250, which proposed tuition grants for students with intellectual disabilities attending approved postsecondary transition programs. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF2476, a bill that expanded voluntary disability markings on licenses and state IDs beyond autism to other nonapparent disabilities. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 288, which required pregnancy accommodations and anti-discrimination procedures at public universities and community colleges. The House passed it 92–0.
April 22, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 865, which redefined school bullying as repeated and targeted conduct and removed the requirement that it be based on a listed student trait. The House passed it 64–33.
March 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF671, a bill that made Iowa marriage law gender-neutral and affirmed eligible parties' right to marry regardless of gender. It did not pass.
February 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HF560, a bill that repealed Iowa's ban on gender-transition medicines and procedures for minors. It did not pass.
February 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Co-sponsored HJR5, proposing constitutional authorization for citizen ballot initiatives and referendums on eligible legislation. It did not pass.
January 30, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Corporate Accountability · 30 support · 3 oppose

Voted for House File 2765, which required reporting, engineering plans and timely repair for specified mining-related land collapses. The House passed it 86–0.
May 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 Senate File 2417, which required conversational-AI disclosures, child-protection safeguards and suicide-response protocols, with attorney-general enforcement and civil penalties. The House passed it 95–0.
April 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2756, which required vehicle and home service-contract company licensing and expanded contract-holder disclosures and enforcement. The House passed it 92–0.
April 8, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2434, which barred insurers from denying or charging more for covered services solely because an out-of-network primary-care provider made the referral. The House passed it 92–0.
April 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2326, which proposed debt-settlement fee limits, payment conditions and safeguards when debtors fail to complete settlement payments. The House passed it 90–2; it did not become law.
April 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 917, which limited motocross facilities' liability for inherent riding risks while preserving negligence and other specified exceptions. The House passed it 93–0.
March 31, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2583, which required qualifying electric-transmission owners to file emergency plans, coordinate restoration and report significant outages, with civil penalties. The House passed it 92–0.
March 31, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2296, which required cryptocurrency kiosk operators to obtain money-transmitter licenses and changed consumer-fraud enforcement and reporting rules. The House passed it 95–0.
March 24, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2448, which required homeowners-association fee and payment disclosures and limited home-inspection reports sellers can demand. The House passed it 95–0.
March 24, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for House File 2602, which required massage-business licenses, owner background checks and inspections. The House passed it 83–8.
March 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2585, which required pharmacies to provide or arrange accessible prescription information at no extra cost for people with print disabilities. The House passed it 90–0.
March 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2730, a bill that banned charging a higher checkout price than the price shown when a shopper selected an item. It did not pass.
March 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2635's ban on AI-only coverage denials or delays for medically necessary care. It also changed insurer approval, audit and health-facility permit rules. The House passed it 87–0.
March 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2698, which proposed disclosure, transfer and anti-discrimination protections for housing occupied through ownership interests in a business. The House passed it 91–6; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2633, which barred insurers from discriminating against living organ donors. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for House File 2232, which authorized life insurers to delay suspected exploitative transactions, notify trusted contacts and share records with regulators. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for House File 2227, which required agricultural-land restoration plans and enforcement after electric transmission-line construction. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for House File 2500, which barred specified contract terms imposed by vendors on state government, including limits on liability and legal remedies. The House passed it 88–3.
February 24, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Introduced HF2469, a bill that banned AI-driven individualized prices based on surveillance of customers, with consumer-fraud remedies. It did not pass.
February 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2104, which proposed banning eminent domain for pipelines primarily transporting carbon oxide. The House passed it 64–28; it did not become law.
January 21, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2047, a bill that required upfront disclosure of mandatory booking and ticket fees and barred early-termination fees for covered communication services. It did not pass.
January 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Introduced HF2039, a bill that capped payday-loan annual rates at 10% and required fee-free extended repayment plans for repeat borrowers. It did not pass.
January 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 383, which protected patients' pharmacy choice and set pharmacy-benefit-manager reimbursement, pricing and appeal requirements. The House passed it 75–15.
May 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 146, which banned ticket-purchasing bots that evade purchase limits, queues and other access controls. The House passed it 93–0.
April 23, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for House File 876, which required real-estate sellers to disclose lead water-service lines. The House passed it 94–0.
April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted for Senate File 460, which set home-inspection qualifications, report requirements and protections against conflicts of interest and kickbacks. The House passed it 96–0.
April 8, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 645, which shielded preexisting racing facilities from nuisance and related claims by neighboring owners who bought or built later. The House passed it 92–0.
March 27, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 875, which required health insurers to respond to provider credentialing requests within 56 days and explain denials in writing. The House passed it 94–2.
March 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 470, which restricted denial of previously authorized dental claims and added safeguards for recovering insurer overpayments. The House passed it 96–0.
March 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 857, which prohibited deceptive mortgage-trigger-lead solicitations, including misleading affiliations and contact with consumers who opted out. The House passed it 96–0.
March 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 330, which removed annual and lifetime insurance limits for autism treatment and visit limits for autism behavior-analysis services. The House passed it 92–0.
February 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 318, which proposed patient costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams no higher than for screening mammograms, with an exception for high-deductible plans. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legis.iowa.gov

Public Infrastructure · 10 support

Voted for House File 2793's railway-crossing grant fund, then against Senate File 2484, the broader infrastructure budget that incorporated it with $5 million annually for five years. The House passed the bills 85–0 and 59–26, respectively.
May 3, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2304, which allowed alternative cost recovery for water and wastewater infrastructure and changed utility-acquisition valuation rules. The House passed it 92–0.
April 6, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
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Voted for House File 2741, which proposed a scenic-byways improvement fund supported by voluntary vehicle-registration contributions. The House passed it 93–0; it did not become law.
March 31, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2583, which required qualifying electric-transmission owners to file emergency plans, coordinate restoration and report significant outages, with civil penalties. The House passed it 92–0.
March 31, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2618, which proposed repealing Iowa's smart-planning principles and related local planning guidelines. The House passed it 72–25; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2214, which allowed electric transmission lines along highway rights-of-way subject to safety safeguards and required transportation-agency coordination. The House passed it 90–0.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2511, which proposed a statewide resilience plan addressing floods, water supplies, infrastructure and long-term natural-hazard risks. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
February 25, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 886, which proposed prioritizing four-lane improvements to Highway 30 and requiring reasonable alternatives before taking century-farm or residential land. The House passed it 81–15; it did not become law.
March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 895, which proposed removing the county population threshold for creating regional public-transit districts. The House passed it 91–5; it did not become law.
March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 533, which proposed Iowa joining the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact to coordinate and promote regional passenger-rail improvements. The House passed it 95–1; it did not become law.
March 12, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legis.iowa.gov

General · 191 records

Received Iron Workers Local 67's endorsement for the 2026 election.
October 5, 2026
Source: ironworkerslocal67.com
Voted against House File 2801, which expanded refundable rural-project tax incentives and tax-credit transfers under the Major Economic Growth Attraction program. The House passed it 75–17. Both chambers approved it and sent it to the governor.
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
Published a critique of fuel-tax and homebuyer income-tax proposals, seeking details on costs, eligibility and replacement road funding.
September 29, 2026
Source: bleedingheartland.com
Received Run for Something's endorsement for the 2024 election.
August 19, 2026
Source: directory.runforsomething.net
Voted against House File 2800, which combined fiscal appropriations with changes to electrical standards, civil-rights enforcement, health care and education; the governor later vetoed three provisions. The House passed it 58–26.
May 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Filed unsuccessful SJR11 alternatives requiring two-thirds votes for corporate tax-credit increases or only individual-income tax increases. Voted against the final broader income-tax restriction. The House adopted it 57–21 for the November 2026 ballot.
May 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2472, which limited growth in local property-tax revenue and changed homestead exemptions, housing savings accounts, urban renewal and school funding. The House passed it 62–22.
May 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2799, which created corporate-headquarters and business-training incentives, repealed a jobs tax credit and changed electricity forecasting and jobs-training rules. The House passed it 78–7.
May 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2493, which exempted qualifying high-ethanol agricultural fuel from motor-fuel excise tax. The House passed it 85–1.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2497, which replaced asset-assignment law with a uniform creditor-payment and business-liquidation framework and exempted associated real-estate transfers from tax. The House passed it 86–0.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2786, which proposed increasing and extending biodiesel-production tax refunds; he also backed extending related retail biodiesel credits in House File 2785. The House passed it 83–2; it did not become law.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2488, which replaced child-abuse prevention and decategorization programs with a statewide early-childhood and family-services district system and fund. The House passed it 83–2.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2490, which changed oil and gas drilling and pooling rules, imposed a production tax and barred most local regulation while requiring surface-owner permission. The House passed it 65–21.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2465, which expanded local-food purchasing and food-bank programs, changed farm-business zoning and revised agricultural inspections, grain rules and veterinarian incentives. The House passed it 81–4.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 639, which established a specialized business court for qualifying commercial litigation. The House passed it 79–6.
May 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 2168, which expanded apprenticeship assistance and facilities programs and changed workforce scholarships, teaching credentials and unemployment case management. The House passed it 87–0.
May 1, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2788, which adds rules for abortion drugs, including an in-person exam and signed consent. The Iowa House passed it 58-29, and it became law.
May 1, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against Senate File 2039, which allowed legislative leaders to intervene in judicial review of state agency actions. The House passed it 59–25.
April 30, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 864, which required age verification for websites and apps with substantial pornographic content, with limits on retaining identifying data. The House passed it 82–2.
April 30, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2767, which proposed licensing rules for farm-to-table events and conditions for cottage-food sales at food establishments. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
April 27, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2780, which allowed cities to establish public alcohol-consumption social districts and changed wine and liquor licensing. The House passed it 83–4.
April 23, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2305, which expanded substitute health-care decision making for hospice, life-sustaining treatment and resuscitation, including some guardian decisions without court approval. The House passed it 93–0.
April 21, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2717, which proposed legislative review and approval of major administrative rules and changes to executive-branch rulemaking. The House passed it 60–32; it did not become law.
April 20, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2676's mixed changes to nutrition education, SNAP food restrictions, school meals and a psychology licensing compact. It also covered over-the-counter ivermectin and school activity and digital-instruction rules. The House passed it 61–31.
April 20, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2766, which created a life-captive reinsurance licensing framework and changed captive-insurer capital, reporting and tax-confidentiality requirements. The House passed it 91–1.
April 20, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 473, which bars the state from ruling out foster parents over their beliefs about sexual orientation or gender identity. The Iowa House passed it 58-34, and it became law.
April 20, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2754, which changed charter-school approval, funding and operations, education savings accounts, preschool participation and private instruction. The House passed it 53–34.
April 16, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 2187, which required federal verification of lawful immigration status before issuing or renewing licenses or identification cards for applicants without proof of United States citizenship. The House passed it 87–8.
April 15, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2707, which realigned health, aging, disability and volunteer services into statewide health-and-human-services districts. The House passed it 94–1.
April 15, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2320, which proposed requiring in-person concurrent-enrollment courses when available unless a superintendent approves online instruction. The House passed it 91–2; the governor vetoed it.
April 14, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 512, which reserved alteration of civil-action limitation periods to the legislature while preserving existing claim-accrual doctrines. The House passed it 93–0.
April 14, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against Senate File 2379, which expanded crime-victim confidentiality, protective orders and sexual-assault evidence retention alongside competency and restitution rules. The House passed it 78–12.
April 13, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2532, which changed inheritance-transfer deadlines, probate fee awards, wrongful-death distributions and trust-contest procedures. The House passed it 90–0.
April 13, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Endorsed Sarah Trone Garriott's congressional campaign.
April 13, 2026
Source: sarahforiowa.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2750, which proposed fees on international money transfers to fund anti-trafficking work, school security and prison infrastructure. The House passed it 60–32; it did not become law.
April 8, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2280, which expanded professional weapons permits for legislators and judicial officials and criminalized specified threats and malicious sharing of their personal information. The House passed it 91–2.
April 8, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2231, which expanded protections for student expression and access to publicly supported religious education, and changed community-provider preschool participation. The House passed it 63–25.
April 8, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2753, which proposed dedicated prison construction and recidivism-reduction accounts and a prison-infrastructure study. The House passed it 92–0; it did not become law.
April 8, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2591, which allowed eighth graders to compete in high-school athletics and standardized a 140-day varsity waiting period after school transfers. The House passed it 93–0.
April 7, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Questioned the rush to choose Tyler Technologies for a proposed $1.4 million AI budget-analysis project without reviewing other providers. Supported comparisons identifying school-district efficiencies.
April 7, 2026
Source: cbs2iowa.com
Voted against House File 2501, which makes several changes to how Iowa runs elections, including cancelling registrations with matching records. The Iowa House passed it 63-29, and it became law.
April 7, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2706, which reorganized magistrate appointments, created senior-magistrate positions and initially raised judicial salaries. The House passed it 84–8; later legislation repealed the salary provisions.
April 1, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Received the Iowa Unity Coalition's endorsement for the 2026 election.
April 1, 2026
Source: iowaunitycoalition.com
Voted for House File 1028, which expanded interdepartmental budget transfers and changed state technology funding, vendor contracts, cybersecurity confidentiality and criminal-record data sharing. The House passed it 90–2.
April 1, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 378, which raised the default highway speed limit from 55 to 60 miles per hour and widened related citation exemptions. The House passed it 76–16.
April 1, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2453, which proposed requiring public-university foundations to invest at least one percent of endowments in state-certified innovation funds. The House passed it 55–37; the governor vetoed it.
March 31, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2743, which proposed a dedicated fund for federal rural-health transformation money, with quarterly expenditure reports and federal reporting shared with legislators. The House passed it 93–0; it did not become law.
March 31, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2207, which proposed a 60-day pre-session deadline for most governor and state-agency legislative proposals. The House passed it 90–5; the governor vetoed it.
March 24, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 571, which creates the Medical Ethics Defense Act, letting providers refuse care that goes against their conscience. The Iowa House passed it 63-27, and it became law.
March 23, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2739, which replaced health-maintenance-organization premium taxes with a health-care tax, transferred taxpayer-relief funds and added $89 million for Medicaid. The House passed it 53–40.
March 19, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 853, which proposed independent court interpretation of non-licensing agency law, with unresolved doubt favoring limits on agency authority. The House passed it 76–19; it did not become law.
March 17, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2133, a bill to list kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance. The Iowa House passed it 69-26, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 17, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2674, which proposed changes to animal-business licensing, breeder exemptions and restrictions on buying animals from unlicensed establishments. The House passed it 88–3; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2642, which proposed new distillery wastewater options and removal of categorical preferences from water-permit beneficial-use decisions. The House passed it 90–1; it did not become law.
March 12, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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 against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2623, which proposed moving regular city and school elections to even-numbered years alongside general elections. The House passed it 54–38; it did not become law.
March 10, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2619, which created a voluntary family-law arbitration framework with limits on arbitrators' authority. The House passed it 93–0.
March 10, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2694, which barred governor-ordered worship restrictions and limited emergency powers over elections, homes, vaccinations and business closures. The House passed it 67–23.
March 10, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2640, which proposed felony penalties for releasing specified substances into the atmosphere to alter weather or climate, with an exception for agricultural spraying. The House passed it 59–26; it did not become law.
March 5, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2680, which created a medication-aide certification registry and standardized qualification and training rules. The House passed it 86–0.
March 5, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 2340, which barred most local restrictions on qualifying battery-powered security fences at nonresidential properties, subject to safety safeguards. The House passed it 85–1.
March 5, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 579, which stops cities and counties from passing civil rights laws broader than state law. The Iowa House passed it 60-26, and it became law.
March 5, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2649, which proposed a pilot allowing geographically eligible community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees. The House passed it 56–36; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2719, which proposed public judge-performance metrics and searchable judicial opinions, with adjustments for case complexity and reliability warnings. The House passed it 73–19; it did not become law.
March 4, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2667, which proposed mandatory statewide urban-design standards and city-project cost reporting. The House passed it 61–36; the governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2557, a bill to say raising a child consistent with the child's sex is not child abuse. The Iowa House passed it 65-31, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 4, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2718, a bill to bar state and local agencies from enforcing any red flag gun law. The Iowa House passed it 67-29, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 4, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2711, which removes affirmative action from Iowa law. The Iowa House passed it 64-29, and it became law.
March 4, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House File 2684, which proposed allowing public schools to use categorical funds generated by private-school education-savings-account pupils for any general-fund purpose. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 2705, which proposed expanded school-board access, school-funding flexibility and changes to open enrollment and public bond procedures. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 3, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2244, a bill to expand civics teaching in Iowa schools. The Iowa House passed it 70-26, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 3, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2513, a bill to bar Iowa colleges from hiring certain H-1B visa holders. The Iowa House passed it 68-27, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 3, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2539, which repeals several higher education programs, including minority educator vouchers. The Iowa House passed it 66-30, and it became law.
March 3, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate File 2096, which replaced fixed foster-parent training hours with individualized requirements set by the state. The House passed it 80–10.
March 2, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2529, a bill to make farm equipment makers share repair tools for diesel exhaust fluid systems. The Iowa House passed it 57-33, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 2, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against a Government Oversight report recommending an independent court-debt audit and private collection and distribution of court debt. The committee adopted it 6–4.
February 24, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2226, which proposed Iowa-resident priority and a 70 percent Iowa-graduate admission requirement for the University of Iowa's nursing bachelor's program. The House passed it 62–29; it did not become law.
February 24, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2246, which proposed practice-related limits on professional continuing education and bar-exam eligibility for graduates of law schools without American Bar Association accreditation. The House passed it 53–38; it did not become law.
February 24, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2488, a bill to bar private colleges whose students get state tuition grants from running diversity offices. The Iowa House passed it 57-34, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
February 24, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House File 2520, which proposed limiting vacancy-election petitions to offices with at least six months remaining and allowing elections for announced future vacancies. The House passed it 73–16; it did not become law.
February 23, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 2519, which proposed requiring state collection of interest on unpaid child support without a separate court order. The House passed it 74–15; it did not become law.
February 23, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 2201, which set state and categorical school-funding growth at two percent and changed transportation funding, enrollment calculations and education-support-personnel funding. The House passed it 58–35.
February 19, 2026
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Was named ranking member of the Iowa House Government Oversight Committee.
November 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Endorsed Josh Turek's U.S. Senate campaign.
September 3, 2025
Source: bleedingheartland.com
Served as a nonvoting legislative member of the Iowa Finance Authority board and attended its September 2 meeting.
September 2, 2025
Source: opportunityiowa.gov
Voted for HF639's hazardous-liquid pipeline and landowner safeguards, passed 85–10. After the governor's veto, signed a June 19 petition seeking a special session for an override. No override vote or enactment followed.
June 19, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 659, which changed education appropriations and agency rules, including state investigation of school-employee abuse and termination of employees found responsible. The House passed it 78–3.
May 15, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 660, which directed sports-wagering revenue to public safety, education and film programs and created a major-events tourism assistance fund. The House passed it 80–2.
May 15, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 189, which allowed qualifying private-school students to join public-school athletics through agreements between the schools. The House passed it 59–26.
May 14, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 612, which restored full refundability of historic-preservation tax credits and centralized tobacco-permit processing. The House passed it 81–0.
May 14, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 711, which created a supervised barbering and cosmetology training pathway allowing unlicensed practice with written consumer notice and a 2,000-hour licensing-exam route. The House passed it 74–12.
May 14, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 607, which reduced the wage base subject to unemployment-insurance taxes and restructured employer contribution rates. The House passed it 60–27.
May 14, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Filed an unsuccessful amendment preserving the $6 million Endow Iowa community-foundation tax-credit allocation without new limits. Then voted for Senate File 657's overhaul of business, research, investment and film incentives. The House passed it 84–3.
May 14, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 for House File 890, which changed education reporting, teacher-certification stipends and community-college instructor employment contracts. The House passed it 91–0.
May 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 641, which changed foster and kinship care, abuse-investigation access, agency audit confidentiality and behavioral-health funding. The House passed it 91–0.
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 1017, which proposed barring state and local enforcement of United Nations and World Economic Forum rules, policies and mandates. The House passed it 89–1; it did not become law.
May 12, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 787, which changed teacher-salary funding, teacher preparation and special-education placement rules. The House passed it 83–1.
May 8, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 632, which revised agricultural regulation across crop production, animal health and agricultural processing. The House passed it 84–0.
May 8, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 976, which changed tax administration, farm-income and retirement exclusions and time limits on tax exemptions for new or expanded data centers. The House passed it 84–0.
May 8, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 608, which changed grain-loss indemnity fees and reimbursement protections for grain sellers and depositors. The House passed it 81–3.
May 8, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1022, which proposed exempting laundry detergent from sales and use taxes; he also backed related toilet-paper and dietary-supplement exemptions in House Files 1019 and 1021. The House passed it 84–5; it did not become law.
April 24, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 986, which proposed changes to financial-exploitation prevention, insurance regulation and motor-vehicle liability coverage. The House passed it 84–5; it did not become law.
April 24, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 991, which proposed applying the lower residential property-tax assessment limitation to qualifying commercial child-care facilities. The House passed it 92–1; it did not become law.
April 23, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 474, which changed youth residential treatment, behavioral-health evaluation and juvenile-court service rules. The House passed it 92–0.
April 22, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 1031, which proposed raising ordinary recording fees from $5 to $10 per page and reorganizing county land-record technology funds, electronic access and privacy protections. The House passed it 79–13; it did not become law.
April 22, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 new divorce orders requiring parents to pay an adult child's college subsidy, while preserving previously entered subsidy orders. The House passed it 85–6.
April 21, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 975, which changed economic-development and housing program administration, redevelopment tax credits and tourism and arts programs. The House passed it 83–8.
April 21, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 978, which proposed regulated cultivation and medical administration of psilocybin, a psychedelic drug. The House passed it 84–6; it did not become law.
April 21, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 1006, which proposed licensing farm or home operations selling packaged meat or poultry from animals they raised, with revised food-processing fees. The House passed it 90–1; it did not become law.
April 21, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 573, which barred assignment of auto-glass insurance benefits and required disclosures about driver-assistance recalibration. The House passed it 91–0.
April 21, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 311, which barred civilian police-review boards in civil-service cities and strengthened city employees' disciplinary protections. The House passed it 81–12.
April 17, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 398, which allowed mortgage discount points and exempted qualifying mortgage loans from specified state fee limits. The House passed it 93–0.
April 17, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 619, which created natural-hazard mitigation financing and revised disaster-recovery housing assistance and insurance-adjuster regulation. The House passed it 91–1.
April 17, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 989, which proposed an agricultural permitting and environmental-regulation framework for manure-processing anaerobic digesters. The House passed it 80–13; it did not become law.
April 17, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 9, a proposed constitutional amendment permitting witness-confrontation accommodations for children and people with specified disabilities. The House adopted it 87–6; another legislature's approval and a public vote remained necessary.
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 House File 956, which changed judicial residency and retirement-age rules and remote court proceedings. The House passed it 87–6.
March 27, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 932, which proposed parenting plans and court-specified steps for seeking joint physical custody, while preserving the child's best-interest standard. The House passed it 84–9; it did not become law.
March 27, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 for House File 972, which reorganized rural-health support and health-professional recruitment and loan-repayment programs. The House passed it 95–1.
March 26, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 884, which proposed allowing schools to hire or accept volunteer chaplains without educator credentials, while barring coerced participation or replacing school counselors. The House passed it 57–39; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 970, which proposed $1 million for Double Up Food Bucks, conditioned on federal approval of restrictions on foods purchased with SNAP benefits. The House passed it 56–40; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 937, which proposed limiting the grounds for stripping police officers of their certification and expanding confidentiality for peer-support services. The House passed it 95–1; it did not become law.
March 26, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 against House File 954, which banned ranked-choice voting and changed election administration, political-party qualification and voter-registration procedures. The House passed it 65–31.
March 25, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 871, which proposed requiring public auction of most legal firearms and ammunition seized or forfeited to the public-safety department instead of destruction. The House passed it 95–0; it did not become law.
March 24, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 233, which expanded experimental-treatment access to qualifying patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses under the Right to Try Act. The House passed it 89–0.
March 20, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 509, which proposed adding autism behavior-analysis services to children's health insurance while closing and later repealing the separate autism support program. The House passed it 89–0; it did not become law.
March 20, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 851, which proposed school nutrition lessons emphasizing animal protein, dairy, fruit and vegetables, alongside changes to career education and school meals. The House passed it 60–36; it did not become law.
March 19, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 860, which barred state and local restrictions on equipment solely because it uses a particular fuel source. The House passed it 84–12.
March 19, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 870, which required schools to excuse qualifying privately provided religious instruction for one to five hours weekly, with parental notice and specified safeguards. The House passed it 96–2.
March 18, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against Senate File 75, which required single-member county-supervisor districts in counties hosting the main state-university campuses and changed vacancy-election procedures. The House passed it 65–33.
March 18, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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 Senate File 377, which excluded a trucking company's safety equipment and practices from determining whether a driver is an employee or independent contractor. The House passed it 95–0.
March 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 652, which allowed exceptions to numeric zoning limits when property conditions created practical difficulties. It retained neighborhood and public-interest safeguards. The House passed it 89–6.
March 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 317, which proposed state defense and indemnification for court-appointed attorneys accused of providing ineffective counsel. The House passed it 91–5; it did not become law.
March 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 578, which proposed making the consumer advocate independent of the attorney general and appointed by the governor from a designated officials' shortlist. The House passed it 96–0; it did not become law.
March 12, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 573, which changed involuntary-commitment filing and custody procedures, including cross-county enforcement and required action after unauthorized departures. The House passed it 96–0.
March 12, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for Senate File 153, which allowed qualifying 18-year-old drivers to transport hazardous materials within Iowa and expanded the farm-delivery exemption. The House passed it 92–4.
March 12, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
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
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 proposed court-ordered treatment for qualifying people whose psychiatric condition was deteriorating before existing commitment criteria applied. The House passed it 91–1; it did not become law.
February 20, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted for House File 383, which provided for rescheduling a specified psilocybin medicine after federal approval. The House passed it 92–0; the governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted against House File 144, which proposed a moratorium restricting new casino licenses through June 2030. The House passed it 68–31; it did not become law.
January 30, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Began serving in the Iowa House of Representatives for District 44.
January 13, 2025
Source: legis.iowa.gov
Voted to adopt updated Urbandale off-street parking and loading standards through Ordinance 2024-16. The amendment lowered some parking ratios, allowed more flexibility for unlisted uses and replaced fixed loading-berth counts with adequate loading-space requirements; final passage was 5–0.
November 19, 2024
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Received IBEW Local 347's endorsement for the 2024 election.
September 27, 2024
Source: ibewlu347.org
Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting a referendum to increase the membership of the Dallas County Board of Supervisors. The Urbandale City Council approved the support resolution 4–0; it did not itself change the county board’s size.
September 17, 2024
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Moved and voted to waive permit fees for restoration and recovery work related to the July 15, 2024 tornado in Urbandale. The council approved Resolution 200-2024 by a 5–0 vote, providing fee relief for affected property repairs.
August 5, 2024
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to adopt Urbandale’s 2024–2025 operating budget and certify city taxes, approved 5–0. The budget included about $185.9 million in expenditures across city services, debt, capital projects and water operations, with a total levy of $10.08 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
April 24, 2024
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Moved and voted to approve an agreement with Crisis Canines of the Midwest to implement a canine therapy program in Urbandale. The council approved Resolution 086-2024 by a 5–0 vote and authorized the mayor to sign the agreement.
March 5, 2024
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Was appointed again as Urbandale’s representative to Bravo Greater Des Moines for a one-year term. The council approved the mayor’s appointment through Resolution 247-2023, renewing his service with the regional arts and culture organization.
December 12, 2023
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to adopt the Forward Urbandale Comprehensive Plan, updating the city’s long-range framework for development and land use. The council approved the plan 5–0 after a public hearing that included discussion of commercial zoning, housing density and parking requirements.
December 12, 2023
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Received VoteVets PAC's endorsement.
October 30, 2023
Source: votevets.org
Voted to submit up to $43 million in general-obligation borrowing for a proposed community recreation complex and related improvements to Urbandale voters in a March 7, 2023 special election. The motion to call the referendum passed 5–0.
January 10, 2023
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Was appointed to a three-year term on the Central Iowa Water Trails Board of Directors and a one-year term on Urbandale’s Audit Committee. The council affirmed both appointments in a consent agenda approved 5–0.
December 13, 2022
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to approve Urbandale’s updated crisis-intervention agreement with the Heart of Iowa Region, pairing a police officer with a mental-health professional to respond to mental-health calls and connect residents with care. The agreement passed 4–0.
November 15, 2022
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Voted to authorize transferring up to $150,000 from the Central Iowa Workforce Development Board’s Title I Dislocated Worker program to its Title I Adult program. The board unanimously approved reallocating the workforce funds.
February 10, 2022
Source: swdb.iowa.gov
Was appointed to Urbandale’s Solar Group Buy Advisory Committee. The city council affirmed the mayor’s appointment through Resolution 056-2022, approved in a consent agenda by a 5–0 vote.
February 8, 2022
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Took the oath of office as an Urbandale city council member. He subsequently served during 2022–2024 and resigned effective December 31, 2024, leaving a vacancy in a term scheduled to end December 31, 2025.
December 28, 2021
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net
Was reappointed chair of the Central Iowa Workforce Development Board’s Planning and Operations Committee. The board unanimously renewed its leadership slate, which explicitly listed him as the committee chair.
August 13, 2020
Source: swdb.iowa.gov
Was appointed to Urbandale’s Civil Rights Commission to fill a vacancy for a term ending December 31, 2021. The city council affirmed the mayor’s appointment as part of a consent agenda approved 4–0.
December 30, 2019
Source: urbandale.civicweb.net

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State Representative District 44 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 44; Iowa · incumbent

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