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The State Government 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 State Government Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Ross Wilburn Josh Turek Megan Srinivas Jeff Cooling Amy Nielsen Adam Zabner	Jennifer Smith Vice Chair Jane Bloomingdale Chair Derek Wulf Hans Wilz Brent Siegrist Shannon Lundgren Bobby Kaufmann Megan Jones Craig Johnson Thomas Jeneary Heather Hora Austin Harris Jon Dunwell Taylor Collins Jacob Bossman Michael Bergan

2023-2024 legislative session

House State Government Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Amy Nielsen Ranking Member Sharon Steckman Megan Srinivas Heather Matson Eric Gjerde Jeff Cooling Austin Baeth Adam Zabner	Jane Bloomingdale Chair Austin Harris Vice Chair Shannon Lundgren David Young Derek Wulf John Wills Brent Siegrist Mike Sexton Craig Johnson Bobby Kaufmann Cindy Golding Jon Dunwell Taylor Collins Jacob Bossman Michael Bergan

2021-2022 legislative session

House State Government Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Mascher Ranking member Dennis Cohoon Christina Bohannan Mary Lynn Wolfe Ross Wilburn Jennifer Konfrst Bruce Hunter Eric Gjerde Molly Donahue	Bobby Kaufmann Chair Brooke Boden Vice chair Carter Nordman Jacob Bossman Jane Bloomingdale Brent Siegrist Mike Sexton Joe Mitchell Tom Moore Ann Meyer Shannon Lundgren Megan Jones Jon Jacobsen Robert Bacon

2019-2020 legislative session

House State Government Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Mascher Ranking Member Sharon Steckman Amy Nielsen Vicki Lensing Jennifer Konfrst Bruce Hunter Molly Donahue Karin Derry Dennis Cohoon Marti Anderson	Bobby Kaufmann Chair Joe Mitchell Vice Chair Ray Sorensen Mike Sexton Tom Moore Jon Jacobsen Ashley Hinson Dave Deyoe Jacob Bossman Michael Bergan Robert Bacon Phil Thompson

2017 legislative session

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

State Government Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)
• Mary Mascher	• Ken Rizer, Chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Kevin Koester, Vice chair
• Bruce Hunter	• Robert Bacon, Iowa
• Vicki Lensing	• Chip Baltimore
• Amy Nielsen	• Michael Bergan
• Jo Oldson	• Peter Cownie
• Sharon Steckman	• Lee Hein
• Todd Taylor	• Jake Highfill
• Cindy Winckler	• Bobby Kaufmann
	• Tom Moore
	• Dawn Pettengill
	• Mike Sexton
	• Ralph Watts
	• Louis Zumbach

2015 legislative session

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

State Government Members, 2015
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (12)
• Vicki Lensing	• Guy Vander Linden, Chair
• Deborah Berry	• Mike Sexton, Vice chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Robert Bacon
• Bruce Hunter	• Darrel Branhagen
• Dan Kelley	• Jack Drake
• Mary Mascher	• Lee Hein
• Todd Prichard	• Jake Highfill
• Quentin Stanerson	• Kevin Koester
• Sally Stutsman	• Linda Miller
• Todd Taylor	• Dawn Pettengill
• Cindy Winckler	• Ralph Watts
	• John H. Wills

2013-2014

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

State Government Members, 2013
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (13)
• Vicki Lensing	• Guy Vander Linden, Chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Jake Highfill, Vice chair
• Bruce Hunter	• Robert Bacon
• Charles Isenhart	• Mark Costello
• Anesa Kajtazovic	• Jack Drake
• Mary Mascher	• Pat Grassley
• Todd Prichard	• Chris Hagenow
• Sharon Steckman	• Lee Hein
• Todd Taylor	• Kevin Koester
• Cindy Winckler	• Linda Miller
	• Dawn Pettengill
	• Quentin Stanerson
	• Ralph Watts

2011-2012

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

State Government Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)
• Vicki Lensing	• Peter Cownie, Chair
• Mary Gaskill	• Guy Vander Linden, Vice chair
• Anesa Kajtazovic	• Erik Helland
• Todd Taylor	• Stewart Iverson, Jr.
• Bruce Hunter	• Jeremy Taylor
• Mary Mascher	• Ron Jorgensen
• Charles Isenhart	• Jeff Kaufmann
• Brian Quirk	• Kevin Koester
• Andrew Wenthe	• Renee Schulte
	• Dawn Pettengill
	• Scott Raecker
	• Jack Drake
	• Lee Hein
	• Walt Rogers

2009-2010

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

State Government Members, 2009
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Mary Mascher, Chair	• Doug Struyk
• John Beard, Vice chair	• Renee Schulte
• Roger Wendt	• Dawn Pettengill
• Marcella Frevert	• Rod Roberts
• Brian Quirk	• Christopher Rants
• Charles Isenhart	• Jack Drake
• Nate Willems	• Scott Raecker
• Todd Taylor	• Kevin Koester
• Vicki Lensing	• Jeff Kaufmann
• Dennis Cohoon
• Mary Gaskill
• aul Shomshor, Jr.

External links

• Iowa House State Government 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)