Agriculture Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the Iowa House of Representatives.

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Per the House Rules, committees of the Iowa House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House. The rules do not specify how often committees are assigned. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

House Agriculture Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Elizabeth Wilson Megan Srinivas Brian Meyer Monica Hosch Kurth Kenan Judge Jeff Cooling Sean Bagniewski J.D. Scholten	Mike Sexton Chair Chad Behn Vice Chair Derek Wulf Travis Sitzmann David Sieck Norlin Mommsen Joshua Meggers Brian Lohse Judd Lawler Heather Hora Thomas Gerhold Jason Gearhart Dean Fisher Samantha Fett Jon Dunwell

2023-2024 legislative session

House Agriculture Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Monica Hosch Kurth Ranking Member Megan Srinivas J.D. Scholten Brian Meyer Elinor Levin Kenan Judge Charles Isenhart Eric Gjerde Tracy Ehlert	Mike Sexton Chair Derek Wulf Vice Chair Megan Jones David Sieck Norlin Mommsen Joshua Meggers Chad Ingels Heather Hora Austin Harris Thomas Gerhold Dean Fisher Zach Dieken Ken Carlson Mike Vondran

2021-2022 legislative session

House Agriculture Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Kenan Judge Ranking member Mary Lynn Wolfe Dave Williams Ras Smith Rick Olson Lindsay James Steve Hansen Eric Gjerde	Ross C. Paustian Chair Chad Ingels Vice chair Norlin Mommsen John Wills Jon Thorup David Sieck Mike Sexton Shannon Latham Charlie McClintock Jarad Klein Lee Hein Thomas Gerhold Brian Best Terry Baxter

Wesley Breckenridge (D) left this committee on September 10, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

House Agriculture Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Bruce Bearinger Ranking Member Mary Lynn Wolfe Cindy Winckler Dave Williams Ras Smith Scott Ourth Rick Olson Charles Isenhart Dennis Cohoon Wesley Breckenridge Ako Abdul-Samad	Ross C. Paustian Chair David Sieck Vice Chair Norlin Mommsen John Wills Mike Sexton Jarad Klein David Maxwell David Kerr Lee Hein Thomas Gerhold Terry Baxter Louis Zumbach

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Agriculture Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)
• Todd Prichard	• Lee Hein, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Charles Holz, Vice chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Chip Baltimore
• Chris Hall	• Clel Baudler
• Curt Hanson	• Terry Baxter
• Charles Isenhart	• David Kerr
• Jerry Kearns	• Jarad Klein
• Helen Miller	• David Maxwell
• Scott Ourth	• Norlin Mommsen
	• Ross C. Paustian
	• Mike Sexton
	• David Sieck
	• John H. Wills
	• Louis Zumbach

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Agriculture Members, 2015
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (13)
• Helen Miller	• Pat Grassley, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Ross C. Paustian, Vice chair
• Nancy Dunkel	• Josh Byrnes
• Curt Hanson	• Peter Cownie
• Jerry Kearns	• Dave Deyoe
• Dan Kelley	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Scott Ourth	• Jack Drake
• Todd Prichard	• Lee Hein
• Patti Ruff	• Jarad Klein
• Sally Stutsman	• David Maxwell
	• Norlin Mommsen
	• Brian Moore
	• Mike Sexton

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Agriculture Members, 2013
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (13)
• Helen Miller	• Pat Grassley, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Jarad Klein, Vice chair
• Nancy Dunkel	• Dwayne Alons
• Curtis Hanson	• Clel Baudler
• Jerry Kearns	• Peter Cownie
• Dan Kelley	• Dave Deyoe
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Jack Drake
• Scott Ourth	• Lee Hein
• Todd Prichard	• Bobby Kaufmann
• Patti Ruff	• David Maxwell
	• Brian Moore
	• Steven Olson
	• Tom W. Shaw

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Agriculture Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (13)
• Helen Miller	• Annette Sweeney, Chair
• Andrew Wenthe	• Lee Hein, Vice chair
• Charles Isenhart	• Dave Deyoe
• Brian Quirk	• Brian Moore
• Curt Hanson	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Dan Kelley	• Clel Baudler
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Dan Rasmussen
• Kurt Swaim	• Daniel Huseman
• Roger Thomas	• Dwayne Alons
	• Jack Drake
	• Linda Miller
	• Ross C. Paustian
	• Tom W. Shaw

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Agriculture Members, 2009
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (9)
• Dolores Mertz, Chair	• Jack Drake
• Larry Marek, Vice chair	• Henry Rayhons
• Marcella Frevert	• Annette Sweeney
• McKinley Bailey	• Gary Worthan
• John Beard	• Daniel Huseman
• Andrew Wenthe	• Betty DeBoef
• Polly Bukta	• Steven Olson
• Ray Zirkelbach	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Helen Miller	• Doug Struyk
• Elesha Gayman
• Michael Reasoner

External links

• Iowa House Agriculture Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

Representatives

District 1

J.D. Scholten (D)

District 2

Robert Henderson (R)

District 3

Thomas Jeneary (R)

District 4

Skyler Wheeler (R)

District 5

Zach Dieken (R)

District 6

Megan Jones (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

Ann Meyer (R)

District 9

Henry Stone (R)

District 10

John Wills (R)

District 11

Craig Williams (R)

District 12

Steven Holt (R)

District 13

Travis Sitzmann (R)

District 14

Jacob Bossman (R)

District 15

Matt Windschitl (R)

District 16

David Sieck (R)

District 17

Devon Wood (R)

District 18

Tom Moore (R)

District 19

Brent Siegrist (R)

District 20

Josh Turek (D)

District 21

Brooke Boden (R)

District 22

Samantha Fett (R)

District 23

Ray Sorensen (R)

District 24

Sam Wengryn (R)

District 25

Hans Wilz (R)

District 26

Austin Harris (R)

District 27

Kenan Judge (D)

District 28

David Young (R)

District 29

Brian Meyer (D)

District 30

Megan Srinivas (D)

District 31

Mary Madison (D)

District 32

Jennifer Konfrst (D)

District 33

Ruth Gaines (D)

District 34

Rob Johnson (D)

District 35

Sean Bagniewski (D)

District 36

Austin Baeth (D)

District 37

Barb McCulla (R)

District 38

Jon Dunwell (R)

District 39

Rick Olson (D)

District 40

Bill Gustoff (R)

District 41

Ryan Weldon (R)

District 42

Heather Matson (D)

District 43

Eddie Andrews (R)

District 44

Larry McBurney (D)

District 45

Brian Lohse (R)

District 46

Dan Gehlbach (R)

District 47

Carter Nordman (R)

District 48

Chad Behn (R)

District 49

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)

District 50

Ross Wilburn (D)

District 51

Brett Barker (R)

District 52

David Blom (R)

District 53

Dean Fisher (R)

District 54

Joshua Meggers (R)

District 55

Shannon Latham (R)

District 56

Mark Thompson (R)

District 57

Pat Grassley (R)

District 58

Charley Thomson (R)

District 59

Christian Hermanson (R)

District 60

Jane Bloomingdale (R)

District 61

Timi Brown-Powers (D)

District 62

Jerome Amos (D)

District 63

Michael Bergan (R)

District 64

Jason Gearhart (R)

District 65

Shannon Lundgren (R)

District 66

Steven Bradley (R)

District 67

Craig Johnson (R)

District 68

Chad Ingels (R)

District 69

Tom Determann (R)

District 70

Norlin Mommsen (R)

District 71

Lindsay James (D)

District 72

Jennifer Smith (R)

District 73

Elizabeth Wilson (D)

District 74

Eric Gjerde (D)

District 75

Bob Kressig (D)

District 76

Derek Wulf (R)

District 77

Jeff Cooling (D)

District 78

Angel Ramirez (D)

District 79

Tracy Ehlert (D)

District 80

Aime Wichtendahl (D)

District 81

Daniel Gosa (D)

District 82

Bobby Kaufmann (R)

District 83

Cindy Golding (R)

District 84

Thomas Gerhold (R)

District 85

Amy Nielsen (D)

District 86

David Jacoby (D)

District 87

Jeff Shipley (R)

District 88

Helena Hayes (R)

District 89

Elinor Levin (D)

District 90

Adam Zabner (D)

District 91

Judd Lawler (R)

District 92

Heather Hora (R)

District 93

Gary Mohr (R)

District 94

Mike Vondran (R)

District 95

Taylor Collins (R)

District 96

Mark Cisneros (R)

District 97

Ken Croken (D)

District 98

Monica Kurth (D)

District 99

Matthew Rinker (R)

District 100

Blaine Watkins (R)

Republican Party (66)

Democratic Party (33)

Vacancies (1)