Public Safety Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Public Safety 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

Public Safety Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Daniel Gosa Timi Brown-Powers Jerome Amos Jr. Eric Gjerde Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Brian Meyer Elinor Levin Bob Kressig	Mike Vondran Chair Sam Wengryn Vice Chair Bill Gustoff Jason Gearhart Dean Fisher Zach Dieken Mark Cisneros Christian Hermanson Steven Holt John Wills Charley Thomson Matthew Rinker Gary Mohr Joshua Meggers Robert Henderson

2023-2024 legislative session

Public Safety Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (13)	Third-party members(0)
Bob Kressig Ranking Member Brian Meyer Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Sami Scheetz Rick Olson Elinor Levin Jerome Amos Jr. Ako Abdul-Samad	Mike Vondran Vice Chair Phil Thompson Chair Skyler Wheeler Jeff Shipley Matthew Rinker Gary Mohr Steven Holt Robert Henderson Bill Gustoff Joel Fry Dean Fisher Zach Dieken Hans Wilz

2021-2022 legislative session

Public Safety Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (13)	Third-party members(0)
Marti Anderson Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Kristin Sunde Sharon Steckman Rick Olson Bob Kressig Ako Abdul-Samad	Jarad Klein Chair Cherielynn Westrich Vice chair Ross C. Paustian Gary Worthan Jon Thorup Sandy Salmon Eddie Andrews Thomas Jeneary Steven Holt Garrett Gobble Joel Fry Dean Fisher David Kerr

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

2019-2020 legislative session

Public Safety Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (11)	Third-party members(0)
Timothy Kacena Ranking Member Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Phyllis Thede Kristin Sunde Rick Olson Monica Hosch Kurth Jeff Kurtz Bob Kressig Wesley Breckenridge Ako Abdul-Samad	Jon Thorup Vice Chair Jarad Klein Chair Gary Mohr Matt Windschitl Sandy Salmon Ross C. Paustian David Kerr Thomas Jeneary Joel Fry Dean Fisher Gary Worthan

2017 legislative session

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

Public Safety Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Marti Anderson	• Clel Baudler, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• David Kerr, Vice chair
• Wesley Breckenridge	• Dean Fisher
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Joel Fry
• Timothy Kacena	• Kristi Hager
• Bob Kressig	• Greg Heartsill
• Monica Hosch Kurth	• Steven Holt
• Rick Olson	• Jarad Klein
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• Sandy Salmon
	• Larry Sheets
	• Skyler Wheeler
	• Gary Worthan

2015 legislative session

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

Public Safety Members, 2015
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Bob Kressig	• Clel Baudler, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Steven Holt, Vice chair
• Marti Anderson	• Terry Baxter
• Timi Brown-Powers	• Dean Fisher
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Joel Fry
• Rick Olson	• Greg Heartsill
• Art Staed	• Jarad Klein
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	• John Kooiker
• Mary Wolfe	• Brian Moore
	• Sandy Salmon
	• David Sieck
	• Gary Worthan

2013-2014

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

Public Safety Members, 2013
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Bob Kressig	• Clel Baudler, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Tom W. Shaw, Vice chair
• Marti Anderson	• Mark Brandenburg
• Deborah Berry	• Joel Fry
• David Dawson	• Greg Heartsill
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Daniel Huseman
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Jarad Klein
• Rick Olson	• Steven Olson
• Mary Wolfe	• Henry Rayhons
	• Sandy Salmon
	• Thomas Sands
	• Gary Worthan

2011-2012

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

Public Safety Members, 2011
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (13)
• Bob Kressig	• Clel Baudler, Chair
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Tom W. Shaw, Vice chair
• Deborah Berry	• Henry Rayhons
• Mary Wolfe	• Joel Fry
• Rick Olson	• Jarad Klein
• Kurt Swaim	• David Tjepkes
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Mark A. Brandenburg
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Chris Hagenow
	• Dwayne Alons
	• Steven Olson
	• Thomas Sands
	• Matt Windschitl
	• Gary Worthan

2009-2010

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

Public Safety Members, 2009
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (9)
• Jim Lykam, Chair	• Clel Baudler
• Kerry Burt, Vice chair	• Dwayne Alons
• Wesley Whitead	• Henry Rayhons
• Mark Kuhn	• Steven Lukan
• Bob Kressig	• David Tjepkes
• Deborah Berry	• Gary Worthan
• Polly Bukta	• Chris Hagenow
• Lisa Heddens	• Steven Olson
• Rick Olson	• Thomas Sands
• Nathan Reichert
• Curt Hanson

External links

• Iowa House Public Safety 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)