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Helena Hayes

Republican · IA · State Representative

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A legislator with environmental-science training and experience as a naturalist and educator. Her campaign highlights child protection and private-property rights.

Where Helena Hayes stands, based on their records

Supports

Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records), Election Integrity (2 records), Data Privacy (1 record)

Opposes

Anti-Corruption (1 record), Immigration (5 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose), Environment and Public Health (1 support · 3 oppose), Labor Rights (1 support · 3 oppose),

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate File 469, which creates an emeritus medical license for doctors 60 and older who train residents. The Iowa House passed it 58-27, and it became law.

    May 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    April 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 3 oppose
  • Voted for Senate File 2480, which taxes and regulates electronic cigarettes and other tobacco-free nicotine products. The Iowa House passed it 67-18, and it became law.

    May 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate File 304, which takes away a minor's ability to get a sexually transmitted infection vaccine without a parent's consent. The Iowa House passed it 63-29, and it became law.

    April 14, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2527, which shields farms, fuel makers and other businesses from climate change lawsuits. The Iowa House passed it 66-24, and it became law.

    February 26, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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

    March 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 1 support · 3 oppose
  • Voted for Senate File 472, which tightens the rule that public employee unions must win a new election before each contract ends. The Iowa House passed it 56-34, and it became law.

    April 28, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    April 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 27, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House File 398, which shifts power over Iowa's prisons from the Board of Corrections to the department's director. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.

    March 11, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Cost of Living Reduction

Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House File 2329, which raises the interest that licensed lenders may charge on regulated loans. The Iowa House passed it 62-29, and it became law.

    March 12, 2026Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 5 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 · researched September 10, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2102, a bill to require every driver's license test to be given in English. The Iowa House passed it 58-30, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    February 26, 2026Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2296, which bans cities and counties from issuing their own identification cards. The Iowa House passed it 69-22, and it became law.

    February 25, 2026Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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

    March 26, 2025Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
  • Voted for Senate File 2399, which makes it harder to be released before trial by limiting bail below the uniform bond schedule. The Iowa House passed it 72-21, and it became law.

    April 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2584, a bill to make the area within 300 feet of a homeless shelter a drug-free zone. The Iowa House passed it 70-21, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    February 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    March 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate File 615, which requires most adults on Medicaid expansion to work 80 hours a month to keep coverage. The Iowa House passed it 56-30, and it became law.

    May 14, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 4 support · 3 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    April 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 26, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Introduced Iowa House File 362, a bill relating to public education and prohibiting use of certain social and emotional learning resources, and referred it to the Education Committee on 2023-02-20.

    February 20, 2023Opposes Public Education Quality

    Source: legis.iowa.gov · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 2 oppose
  • Voted for Senate File 2263, a bill to let people keep guns in their vehicles in public parking lots. The Iowa House passed it 60-26, but the two chambers never agreed on the same text, so it did not become law.

    April 16, 2026Opposes Gun Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Gun Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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

    April 17, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 2 support
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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

    March 25, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support
  • Voted for House File 2763, a bill to make farm equipment makers share manuals, parts and tools with owners and repair shops. The Iowa House passed it 70-18, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    April 27, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 12 oppose
  • Voted for House File 2670, which rewrites parts of what Iowa schools must teach, dropping the multicultural and gender-fair approach. The Iowa House passed it 65-28, and it became law.

    April 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2487, a bill to give the attorney general new power to enforce the ban on diversity offices. The Iowa House passed it 62-27, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    March 12, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2711, which removes affirmative action from Iowa law. The Iowa House passed it 64-29, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    May 13, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    March 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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

    February 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 2 support · 2 oppose
  • Voted for House File 2763, a bill to make farm equipment makers share manuals, parts and tools with owners and repair shops. The Iowa House passed it 70-18, but the full Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    April 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House File 2527, which shields farms, fuel makers and other businesses from climate change lawsuits. The Iowa House passed it 66-24, and it became law.

    February 26, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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

    March 27, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • 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 · researched September 11, 2026

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