Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Veterans Affairs 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

House Veterans Affairs Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (11)	Third-party members(0)
Elinor Levin Josh Turek Larry McBurney Ruth Ann Gaines Jerome Amos Jr. Aime Wichtendahl	Brooke Boden Chair Jason Gearhart Vice Chair Eddie Andrews Mark Thompson Ray Sorensen Matthew Rinker Christian Hermanson Chad Ingels Helena Hayes Thomas Gerhold David Blom

2023-2024 legislative session

House Veterans Affairs Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Josh Turek Ranking Member Elinor Levin Charles Isenhart Ruth Ann Gaines Sue Cahill Timi Brown-Powers Ross Wilburn	Matthew Rinker Vice Chair Chad Ingels Chair Stan Gustafson Luana Stoltenberg Thomas Jeneary Heather Hora Cindy Golding Martin Graber Ken Carlson Eddie Andrews

2021-2022 legislative session

House Veterans Affairs Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Ross Wilburn Ranking member Bruce Hunter Eric Gjerde Ruth Ann Gaines Sue Cahill Timi Brown-Powers	Martin Graber Vice chair Sandy Salmon Chair John Wills Phil Thompson Henry Stone Charlie McClintock Thomas Jeneary Stan Gustafson Brooke Boden Eddie Andrews

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

2019-2020 legislative session

House Veterans Affairs Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Monica Hosch Kurth Ranking Member Mark Smith Scott Ourth Timothy Kacena Ruth Ann Gaines Timi Brown-Powers Wesley Breckenridge Liz Bennett	Stan Gustafson Vice Chair Sandy Salmon Chair Shannon Lundgren Skyler Wheeler Phil Thompson Ray Sorensen Thomas Jeneary Dustin Hite John Wills

2017 legislative session

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

Veterans Affairs Members, 2017
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)
• Jerry Kearns	• Steven Holt, Chair
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Sandy Salmon, Vice chair
• Timothy Kacena	• Terry Baxter
• Brian Meyer	• Jim Carlin
• Helen Miller	• Stan Gustafson
• Todd Prichard	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Art Staed	• Greg Heartsill
	• Lee Hein
	• Ralph Watts
	• Louis Zumbach

2015 legislative session

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

Veterans Affairs Members, 2015
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)
• Jerry Kearns	• Quentin Stanerson, Chair
• Bruce Bearinger	• Sandy Salmon, Vice chair
• Nancy Dunkel	• Darrel Branhagen
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Stan Gustafson
• Brian Meyer	• Steven Holt
• Todd Prichard	• Bobby Kaufmann
• Art Staed	• John Kooiker
	• Zach Nunn
	• Ralph Watts
	• Matt Windschitl

2013-2014

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

Veterans Affairs Members, 2013
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (10)
• Jerry Kearns	• Dwayne Alons, Chair
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Sandy Salmon, Vice chair
• David Jacoby	• Robert Bacon
• Anesa Kajtazovic	• Mark Brandenburg
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Mark Costello
• Art Staed	• Linda Miller
• Roger Thomas	• Tom W. Shaw
	• Quentin Stanerson
	• Matt Windschitl
	• Gary Worthan

2011-2012

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

Veterans Affairs Members, 2011
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (9)
• Jerry Kearns	• Royd Chambers, Chair
• Deborah Berry	• Guy Vander Linden, Vice chair
• Dan Muhlbauer	• Jeremy Taylor
• John Wittneben	• Henry Rayhons
• Lisa Heddens	• Dwayne Alons
• Roger Thomas	• Tom W. Shaw
	• Steven Lukan
	• Annette Sweeney
	• Mary Ann Hanusa

2009-2010

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

Veterans Affairs Members, 2009
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (8)
• Ray Zirkelbach, Chair	• Royd Chambers
• Wesley Whitead, Vice chair	• Dwayne Alons
• McKinley Bailey	• Annette Sweeney
• Gene Ficken	• Ralph Watts
• Roger Thomas	• Christopher Rants
• Polly Bukta	• Matt Windschitl
• Richard Taylor	• Jim Van Engelenhoven
• Mary Mascher	• Jodi Tymeson
• Elesha Gayman
• Jerry Kearns

External links

• Iowa House Veterans Affairs 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)