Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

IA Scorecard 2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Iowa Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Carbon-Capture Pipelines

Good Vote: Yes

HF565 Carbon-Capture Pipelines (Passed 73 to 20 on 3/22/2023). Required companies seeking to build carbon-capture pipelines to secure voluntary easements for 90 percent of the needed land before eminent domain could be used for the remainder.

2. Private-school Funding

Good Vote: No

HF68 Private-school Funding (Passed 55 to 45 on 1/23/2023). Creates education programs and funding by establishing an education savings account program.

3. Sex Changes for Minors

Good Vote: Yes

SF538 Sex Changes for Minors (Passed 58 to 39 on 3/8/2023). Prohibits activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minors.

4. School Transparency

Good Vote: Yes

SF496 School Transparency (Passed 57 to 38 on 4/20/2023). Mandates the Department of Education (DE) to oversee the review of library materials for explicit content in schools, requiring parental consent for access to certain books, introducing curriculum changes, including restrictions on gender identity and sexuality instruction before grade five, removing specific sexual education content, and implementing a civics test requirement.

5. Raw Milk

Good Vote: Yes

SF315 Raw Milk (Passed 64 to 35 on 4/12/2023). Allows raw milk dairies that comply with safety standards to sell raw milk and products derived from raw milk directly to consumers.

6. Gun Rights

Good Vote: Yes

HF654 Gun Rights (Passed 62 to 37 on 4/12/2023). Allows guns to be in vehicles in school parking lots.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ako Abdul-Samad	D	HD-035	25%	.	+	.	-	-	-
Jerome Amos	D	HD-062	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Eddie Andrews	R	HD-039	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Austin Baeth	D	HD-036	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Sean Bagniewski	D	HD-035	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Liz Bennett	D	HD-065	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Bergan	R	HD-055	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Brian Best	R	HD-012	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Jane Bloomingdale	R	HD-051	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Brooke Boden	R	HD-026	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Jacob Bossman	R	HD-006	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Mike Bousselot	R	HD-037	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steven Bradley	R	HD-058	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Timi Brown-powers	D	HD-061	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Molly Buck	D	HD-041	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Sue Cahill	D	HD-071	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Ken Carlson	R	HD-013	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Mark Cisneros	R	HD-091	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Taylor Collins	R	HD-095	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Jeff Cooling	D	HD-077	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Ken Croken	D	HD-097	20%	-	+	-	.	-	-
Tom Determann	R	HD-069	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Dave Deyoe	R	HD-049	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Zachary Dieken	R	HD-005	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Molly Donahue	D	HD-068	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jon Dunwell	R	HD-029	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Tracy Ehlert	D	HD-070	67%	+	+	-	.	.	.
Dean Fisher	R	HD-072	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
John Forbes	D	HD-040	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Joel Fry	R	HD-027	80%	.	-	+	+	+	+
Ruth Ann Gaines	D	HD-032	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Dan Gehlbach	R	HD-046	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Thomas Gerhold	R	HD-075	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Eric Gjerde	D	HD-067	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Cindy Golding	R	HD-083	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Martin Graber	R	HD-083	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Pat Grassley	R	HD-050	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Stan Gustafson	R	HD-025	80%	.	-	+	+	+	+
Bill Gustoff	R	HD-040	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Austin Harris	R	HD-026	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Helena Hayes	R	HD-088	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Robert Henderson	R	HD-002	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Megan Hess Jones	R	HD-002	40%	.	-	-	-	+	+
Steven Holt	R	HD-018	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Heather Hora	R	HD-092	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Chad Ingels	R	HD-064	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Charles Isenhart	D	HD-100	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Dave Jacoby	D	HD-074	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Lindsay James	D	HD-099	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Thomas Jeneary	R	HD-005	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Kenan Judge	D	HD-044	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Bobby Kaufmann	R	HD-073	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Barb Kniff McCulla	R	HD-037	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Jennifer Konfrst	D	HD-043	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Bob Kressig	D	HD-059	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Monica Kurth	D	HD-089	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Shannon Latham	R	HD-054	50%	+	-	-	+	-	+
Elinor Levin	D	HD-089	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Brian Lohse	R	HD-030	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Shannon Lundgren	R	HD-057	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Mary Madison	D	HD-031	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Heather Matson	D	HD-042	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Charlie McClintock	R	HD-095	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Joshua Meggers	R	HD-054	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Ann Meyer	R	HD-009	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Brian Meyer	D	HD-033	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Gary Mohr	R	HD-094	83%	+	+	+	+	+	-
Norlin Mommsen	R	HD-097	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Tom Moore	R	HD-021	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Amy Nielsen	D	HD-077	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Carter Nordman	R	HD-019	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Rick Olson	D	HD-031	20%	.	+	-	-	-	-
Anne Osmundson	R	HD-056	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Matthew Rinker	R	HD-099	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Sandy Salmon	R	HD-063	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sami Scheetz	D	HD-078	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
J.D. Scholten	D	HD-001	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Michael Sexton	R	HD-010	80%	+	-	+	.	+	+
Brad Sherman	R	HD-091	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Jeff Shipley	R	HD-082	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
David Sieck	R	HD-023	100%	.	+	+	.	+	+
Brent Siegrist	R	HD-016	80%	-	+	.	+	+	+
Ray Sorensen	R	HD-020	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Megan Srinivas	D	HD-030	20%	.	+	-	-	-	-
Art Staed	D	HD-066	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Sharon Steckman	D	HD-053	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Luana Stoltenberg	R	HD-081	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Henry Stone	R	HD-007	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Phil Thompson	R	HD-047	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Mark Thompson	R	HD-056	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Charley Thomson	R	HD-058	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Josh Turek	D	HD-020	60%	+	+	.	-	+	-
Mike Vondran	R	HD-094	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	D	HD-045	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
Cherielynn Westrich	R	HD-081	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Skyler Wheeler	R	HD-004	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Ross Wilburn	D	HD-046	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
John Wills	R	HD-001	80%	+	-	+	.	+	+
Elizabeth Wilson	D	HD-073	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Hans Wilz	R	HD-025	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
Cindy Winckler	D	HD-090	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Windschitl	R	HD-017	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Devon Wood	R	HD-017	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Derek Wulf	R	HD-076	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
David Young	R	HD-028	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Adam Zabner	D	HD-090	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	30.8%
Republican	78.5%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution