Labor Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Labor 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.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Labor Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (11)	Third-party members(0)
Jeff Cooling Jerome Amos Jr. Tracy Ehlert Daniel Gosa Larry McBurney	Barb Kniff McCulla Chair Joshua Meggers Vice Chair Steven Bradley Thomas Gerhold Helena Hayes Chad Ingels Thomas Jeneary Tom Moore Matthew Rinker Travis Sitzmann Ryan Weldon

2023-2024 legislative session

Labor Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (11)	Third-party members(0)
Jeff Cooling Ranking Member Tracy Ehlert Eric Gjerde Molly Buck Ken Croken Jerome Amos Jr.	Tom Moore Vice Chair Dave Deyoe Chair David Sieck Craig Johnson Austin Harris Cindy Golding Steven Bradley Jacob Bossman Brian Best Michael Bergan John Wills

2021-2022 legislative session

Labor Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Bruce Hunter Ranking member Charlie McConkey Monica Hosch Kurth Tracy Ehlert Kirsten Running-Marquardt Molly Donahue Sue Cahill	Jeff Shipley Vice chair Dave Deyoe Chair Ross C. Paustian Henry Stone Cecil Dolecheck Dennis Bush Jane Bloomingdale Brian Best Michael Bergan Gary Worthan

2019-2020 legislative session

Labor Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Bruce Hunter Ranking Member Timothy Kacena Kirsten Running-Marquardt Charlie McConkey Jeff Kurtz Monica Hosch Kurth Tracy Ehlert Timi Brown-Powers	Daniel Huseman Vice Chair Dave Deyoe Chair Phil Thompson Mary Ann Hanusa Jon Jacobsen Pat Grassley Cecil Dolecheck Holly Brink Gary Worthan

2017 legislative session

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

Labor Members, 2017
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (11)
• Bruce Hunter	• Dave Deyoe, Chair
• Timothy Kacena	• Larry Sheets, Vice chair
• Jerry Kearns	• Greg Forristall
• Charlie McConkey	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Jake Highfill
• Todd Taylor	• Steven Holt
	• Charles Holz
	• Jarad Klein
	• Ralph Watts
	• Skyler Wheeler
	• Gary Worthan

2015 legislative session

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

Labor Members, 2015
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)
• Bruce Hunter	• Greg Forristall, Chair
• Abby Finkenauer	• Larry Sheets, Vice chair
• Jerry Kearns	• Joel Fry
• Charlie McConkey	• Tedd Gassman
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Sharon Steckman	• Steven Holt
• Todd Taylor	• Ron Jorgensen
	• John Kooiker
	• Mike Sexton
	• Ralph Watts

2013-2014

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

Labor Members, 2013
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)
• Bruce Hunter	• Greg Forristall, Chair
• Deborah Berry	• Larry Sheets, Vice chair
• Jerry Kearns	• Mark Costello
• Mary Mascher	• Joel Fry
• Patrick Murphy	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Ron Jorgensen
• Todd Taylor	• Jarad Klein
	• Mark S. Lofgren
	• Jason Schultz
	• Ralph Watts

2011-2012

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

Labor Members, 2011
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (11)
• Bruce Hunter	• Lance Horbach, Chair
• Todd Taylor	• Jarad Klein, Vice chair
• Jerry Kearns	• Greg Forristall
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Ron Jorgensen
• Patrick Murphy	• Linda Miller
• Nate Willems	• Mark A. Brandenburg
	• Dave Deyoe
	• Mary Ann Hanusa
	• Brian Moore
	• Jason Schultz
	• Ralph Watts

2009-2010

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

Labor Members, 2009
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (7)
• Rick Olson, Chair	• Lance Horbach
• Nate Willems, Vice chair	• Royd Chambers
• Kerry Burt	• Pat Grassley
• Charles Isenhart	• Ralph Watts
• Todd Taylor	• Peter Cownie
• Bruce Hunter	• Jim Van Engelenhoven
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Jodi Tymeson
• Mary Mascher
• Cindy Winckler
• Jerry Kearns

External links

• Iowa House Labor 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)