Iowa House of Representatives
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Iowa House of Representatives | |
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Iowa General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 9, 2023 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 100 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Legislative Department, Section 3, Iowa Constitution |
Salary | $25,000/year + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 5, 2024 |
Redistricting | Legislative Service Agency with legislative approval |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa | |
Website | |
Iowa General Assembly |
The Iowa House of Representatives is the
Unlike the upper house, the Iowa Senate, state House representatives serve two-year terms with the whole chamber up for re-election in even-numbered years. There are no term limits for the House.
Leadership of the House
The
Leaders
Position | Name | Party | District |
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Speaker of the House | Pat Grassley | Republican | 57 |
Majority Leader |
Matt Windschitl | Republican | 15 |
Minority Leader | Jennifer Konfrst | Democratic | 32 |
Committee leadership
All chairs and vice chairs are a member of the majority party, with the chair serving as the presiding officer and the vice chair the alternate presiding officer. Ranking members are the chief representative of the minority party on the committee.
*All chairs and vice chairs are members of the
Current composition
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
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Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
End of previous legislature | 57 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
Begin 2017 | 59 | 41 | 100 | 0 |
End 2018 | 58 | 41 | 100 | 0 |
Begin 2019 | 54 | 46 | 100 | 0 |
April 23, 2019[3] | 53 | 47 | 100 | 0 |
End 2020 | 53 | 47 | 100 | 0 |
Begin 2021 | 58 | 41 | 100 | 1[4] |
October 12, 2021 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 0 |
Begin 2023 | 64 | 36 | 100 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 64% | 36% |
Past composition of the House of Representatives
Past notable members
- governor of Iowafrom 1949 to 1954
- U.S. Army major general and U.S. secretary of war from 1869 until he resigned under threat of impeachmentin 1876.
- Terry Branstad, governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and 2011 to 2017
- Dale M. Cochran, speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978 and Iowa secretary of agriculture from 1987 to 1998.
- U.S. representative, 2019 to 2021
- Robert D. Fulton, governor of Iowa for 16 days in 1969
- Chuck Grassley, current U.S. Senator, 1981 to present
- Frank Merriam, governor of California from 1934 to 1939
- William M. Stone, Civil War prisoner of war and governor of Iowa from 1864 to 1868.
- U.S. secretary of agriculturefrom 1897 to 1913.
Qualifications
A state representative must be at least 21 years of age. Other qualifications include U.S. citizenship, Iowa residency for at least one year, and district residency of 60 days prior to election.
See also
- List of current members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Iowa Senate
References
- ^ Iowa Legislative Services Agency (2011-03-31). "First Redistricting Plan" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "Committees". www.legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Republican Andy McKean (District 58) switched parties. [1] Archived 2019-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gruber-Miller, Stephen. "Iowa state Rep. John Landon dies at 71". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
External links
- Iowa Legislature official government website
- Iowa House of Representatives at Ballotpedia
- State House of Iowa at Project Vote Smart
- Iowa House Democrats
- Iowa House Republicans