Matthew Rinker

Voted for Senate File 469, which creates an emeritus medical license for doctors 60 and older who train residents. The Iowa House passed it 58-27, and it became law.

May 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House File 2254, which bans noncompete clauses at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Iowa House passed it 70-20, and it became law.

April 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability

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On 2025-05-06, Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 885 into law after Representative Matthew Rinker floor-managed the bill; the enacted law expanded disabled-veteran deer and nonresident wild-turkey licensing.

May 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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

March 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House File 2254, which bans noncompete clauses at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Iowa House passed it 70-20, and it became law.

April 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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

March 18, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

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

March 11, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

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Voted for House File 2329, which raises the interest that licensed lenders may charge on regulated loans. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.

March 12, 2026Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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

March 18, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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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

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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Immigration

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

March 26, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted for Senate File 2399, which makes it harder to be released before trial by limiting bail below the uniform bond schedule. The Iowa House passed it 72-21, and it became law.

April 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for 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, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House File 2624, a bill to require DNA samples from people arrested for a felony. The Iowa House passed it 64-30, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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

March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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

March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for 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, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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

April 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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

March 26, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

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

March 18, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

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

March 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for 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, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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

March 25, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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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

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Voted for House File 2670, which rewrites parts of what Iowa schools must teach, dropping the multicultural and gender-fair approach. The Iowa House passed it 65-28, and it became law.

April 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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

March 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate File 418, which defines sex by a person's body at birth and removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Iowa House passed it 60-36, and it became law.

February 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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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

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Voted for 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, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

May 14, 2025

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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

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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

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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

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