Human Resources Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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

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.

See rules: House Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

House Human Resources Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Josh Turek Heather Matson Rob Johnson Tracy Ehlert Timi Brown-Powers Austin Baeth Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Carter Nordman Chair Brett Barker Vice Chair Hans Wilz Ryan Weldon Tom Moore Ann Meyer Shannon Lundgren Chad Ingels Thomas Jeneary Dan Gehlbach Steven Bradley Michael Bergan Eddie Andrews Devon Wood

2023-2024 legislative session

House Human Resources Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Ranking Member Josh Turek Heather Matson Mary Madison John Forbes Timi Brown-Powers Austin Baeth	Devon Wood Vice Chair Ann Meyer Chair Thomas Jeneary Tom Moore Shannon Lundgren Brian Lohse Barb Kniff McCulla Joel Fry Steven Bradley Brooke Boden Brian Best Michael Bergan Eddie Andrews Hans Wilz

2021-2022 legislative session

House Human Resources Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Ranking member Mary Mascher John Forbes Tracy Ehlert Timi Brown-Powers Liz Bennett Marti Anderson Kristin Sunde	Ann Meyer Chair Steven Bradley Vice chair Anne Osmundson Tom Moore Shannon Lundgren Thomas Jeneary Joel Fry Cecil Dolecheck Dennis Bush Brooke Boden Michael Bergan Robert Bacon

2019-2020 legislative session

House Human Resources Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (11)	Third-party members(0)
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Ranking Member Heather Matson Jennifer Konfrst Lindsay James John Forbes Karin Derry Timi Brown-Powers Marti Anderson Kristin Sunde	Shannon Lundgren Chair Ann Meyer Vice Chair Sandy Salmon Anne Osmundson Tom Moore Joel Fry Cecil Dolecheck Holly Brink Brian Best Michael Bergan Robert Bacon

2017 legislative session

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

Human Resources Members, 2017
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (13)
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Joel Fry, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Michael Bergan, Vice chair
• Marti Anderson	• Robert Bacon, Iowa
• Timi Brown-Powers	• Brian Best
• John Forbes	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Lisa Heddens	• Greg Forristall
• Bruce Hunter	• David Heaton
• Mary Mascher	• Steven Holt
	• Kevin Koester
	• Shannon Lundgren
	• Tom Moore
	• Sandy Salmon
	• Rob Taylor

2015 legislative session

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

Human Resources Members, 2015
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Linda Miller, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Robert Bacon, Vice chair
• Marti Anderson	• Brian Best
• Timi Brown-Powers	• Greg Forristall
• David Dawson	• Joel Fry
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Stan Gustafson
• Lisa Heddens	• David Heaton
• Charlie McConkey	• Ken Rizer
• Cindy Winckler	• Sandy Salmon
	• David Sieck
	• Rob Taylor
	• John H. Wills

2013-2014

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

Human Resources Members, 2013
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Linda Miller, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Robert Bacon, Vice chair
• Marti Anderson	• Mark Costello
• David Dawson	• Greg Forristall
• Lisa Heddens	• Joel Fry
• Bruce Hunter	• Julian B. Garrett
• Patrick Murphy	• David Heaton
• Mark Smith	• Megan Jones
• Sally Stutsman	• Kevin Koester
	• John Landon
	• Mark S. Lofgren
	• Rob Taylor

2011-2012

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

Human Resources Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Linda Miller, Chair
• Mark Smith	• Joel Fry, Vice chair
• Bruce Hunter	• Kim Pearson
• Mary Mascher	• Kevin Koester
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Richard Anderson
• Sharon Steckman	• Greg Forristall
• Cindy Winckler	• Julian B. Garrett
• Mary Wolfe	• David Heaton
• Janet Petersen	• Ron Jorgensen
	• Mark S. Lofgren
	• Glen H. Massie
	• Renee Schulte

2009-2010

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

Human Resources Members, 2009
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Mark Smith, Chair	• Linda Miller
• Deborah Berry, Vice chair	• Chuck Soderberg
• Roger Wendt	• Dwayne Alons
• Sharon Steckman	• Linda Upmeyer
• Tyler Olson	• Renee Schulte
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Clel Baudler
• Lisa Heddens	• Kevin Koester
• Bruce Hunter	• David Heaton
• Janet Petersen	• Greg Forristall
• Ako Abdul-Samad
• Mary Mascher
• Phyllis Thede

External links

• Iowa House Human Resources 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)