Appropriations Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Appropriations 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 Appropriations Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (17)	Third-party members(0)
Ross Wilburn Amy Nielsen Rob Johnson Jeff Cooling Sean Bagniewski Jerome Amos Jr. Timi Brown-Powers Adam Zabner	Gary Mohr Chair Dan Gehlbach Vice Chair Devon Wood Hans Wilz Henry Stone Ray Sorensen Norlin Mommsen Ann Meyer Brian Lohse Judd Lawler Shannon Latham Austin Harris Bill Gustoff Taylor Collins Jacob Bossman David Blom Michael Bergan

2023-2024 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Timi Brown-Powers Ranking Member Ross Wilburn Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Sami Scheetz Heather Matson Tracy Ehlert Sean Bagniewski Jerome Amos Jr. Adam Zabner	Taylor Collins Vice Chair Gary Mohr Chair Ann Meyer David Young Devon Wood Henry Stone Ray Sorensen Carter Nordman Norlin Mommsen Brian Lohse Shannon Latham Steven Holt Martin Graber Joel Fry Jacob Bossman Michael Bergan

2021-2022 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Chris Hall Ranking member Sharon Steckman Cindy Winckler Dave Williams Ross Wilburn Phyllis Thede Kirsten Running-Marquardt Jo Oldson Jennifer Konfrst John Forbes	Shannon Latham Vice chair Gary Mohr Chair Ann Meyer Gary Worthan John Wills Phil Thompson Ray Sorensen David Kerr Steven Holt Joel Fry Dave Deyoe Holly Brink Jacob Bossman Norlin Mommsen

John Landon (R) left this committee on July 29, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Chris Hall Ranking Member Cindy Winckler Dave Williams Phyllis Thede Kirsten Running-Marquardt Jo Oldson Mary Mascher Wesley Breckenridge Liz Bennett Bruce Bearinger	Pat Grassley Chair Ray Sorensen Vice Chair John Wills Mike Sexton Norlin Mommsen Gary Mohr John Landon David Kerr Ashley Hinson Joel Fry Dave Deyoe Holly Brink Brian Best Gary Worthan

2017 legislative session

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

Appropriations Members, 2017
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (15)
• Chris Hall	• Pat Grassley, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Ashley Hinson, Vice chair
• Wesley Breckenridge	• Brian Best
• Timi Brown-Powers	• Dave Deyoe
• Lisa Heddens	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Jo Oldson	• Dean Fisher
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• David Heaton
• Todd Taylor	• Jake Highfill
• Phyllis Thede	• Daniel Huseman
• Cindy Winckler	• John Landon
	• Norlin Mommsen
	• Walt Rogers
	• Mike Sexton
	• Rob Taylor
	• Gary Worthan

2015 legislative session

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

Appropriations Members, 2015
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (14)
• Chris Hall	• Chuck Soderberg, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Ken Rizer, Vice chair
• Nancy Dunkel	• Robert Bacon
• John Forbes	• Dave Deyoe
• Lisa Heddens	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Mary Mascher	• Jack Drake
• Jo Oldson	• Dean Fisher
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• David Heaton
• Sally Stutsman	• Daniel Huseman
• Todd Taylor	• John Landon
• Phyllis Thede	• Walt Rogers
	• Mike Sexton
	• Rob Taylor
	• Gary Worthan

2013-2014

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

Appropriations Members, 2013
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (14)
• Tyler Olson	• Chuck Soderberg, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Mark S. Lofgren, Vice chair
• Nancy Dunkel	• Dave Deyoe
• Chris Hall	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Lisa Heddens	• Jack Drake
• Anesa Kajtazovic	• Dean Fisher
• Daniel Lundby	• Julian B. Garrett
• Patrick Murphy	• David Heaton
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Jake Highfill
• Todd Taylor	• Daniel Huseman
• Cindy Winckler	• Kevin Koester
	• Walt Rogers
	• Ralph Watts
	• Gary Worthan

2011-2012

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

Appropriations Members, 2011
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (15)
• Tyler Olson	• Scott Raecker, Chair
• Andrew Wenthe	• Nick Wagner, Vice chair
• Chris Hall	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Cindy Winckler	• Daniel Huseman
• Dennis Cohoon	• Jack Drake
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Renee Schulte
• Lisa Heddens	• Steven Lukan
• Mary Gaskill	• Chris Hagenow
• Todd Taylor	• David Heaton
• Patrick Murphy	• Gary Worthan
	• Jason Schultz
	• Julian B. Garrett
	• Ralph Watts
	• Royd Chambers
	• Walt Rogers

2009-2010

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

Appropriations Members, 2009
Democratic members (14)	Republican members (11)
• Jo Oldson, Chair	• Scott Raecker
• Andrew Wenthe, Vice chair	• Dwayne Alons
• McKinley Bailey	• Steven Lukan
• Mark Kuhn	• Ralph Watts
• David Jacoby	• Rod Roberts
• Ray Zirkelbach	• Gary Worthan
• Todd Taylor	• Daniel Huseman
• Lisa Heddens	• Peter Cownie
• Bruce Hunter	• Betty DeBoef
• Nathan Reichert	• David Heaton
• Elesha Gayman	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Cindy Winckler
• Dennis Cohoon
• Kurt Swaim

External links

• Iowa House Appropriations 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)