Vote Tallies
2009 Votes | 2007 Votes | 2005 Votes | 2004 Votes
SF 137 - Wage Discrimination (House)
May 5th, 2009
Representatives voting no: Alons, De Boef, Dolecheck, Paulsen, Pettengill, Schultz & Worthan; This bill makes it illegal to discriminate against employees (and pay them less) because of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability. Also allows the Civil Rights Commission to award damages to a person subject to wage discrimination.
Yea: 87, Nay: 7, Not Voting: 6
SF 389 - Health Care Reform 2009 (House)
April 24th, 2009
Unanimous House vote - Republicans and Democrats voted "for."
Yea: 95, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 5
SF 484 - Atalissa Task Force Recommendations (House)
April 23, 2009
Passed House unanimously
Yea: 93, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 7
SF 484 - Atalissa Task Force Recommendations (Senate)
April 23, 2009
Passed Senate unanimously
Yea: 50, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 0
HF 712 - Private Cause of Action (Senate)
April 20, 2009
Allows Iowans to sue for fraud(Iowa was the only state to prohibit this)
Yea: 48, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 2
HF 488 - Service Animal Medicaid Waiver (Senate)
April 7, 2009
Yea: 50, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 0
HF 712 - Private Cause of Action (House)
April 5, 2009
Allows people to sue for fraud (Iowa was the only state to not allow this) - Rep. May was the sole "no" vote; Representatives Chambers (who is serving in Iraq), Mertz and Rants did not vote
Yea: 96, Nay: 1, Not Voting: 3
HF 488 - Service Animal Medicaid Waiver (House)
April 2, 2009
Yea: 97, Nay: 0, Not Voting: 3
HF 311 - Prosthetic Device Insurance Mandate (Senate)
April 1, 2009
All voted for except Senators Behn, Boettger, Feenstra, Hahn, Hamerlinck, Hartsuch, Kettering, McKinley, Reynolds& Wieck
Yea: 40, Nay: 10, Not Voting: 0
SF 389 - Health Care Reform 2009 (Senate)
March 19, 2009
Party line vote in Senate (Democrats for, Republicans against), except Senators Dandekar & Olive voted "no."
Yea: 30, Nay: 18, Not Voting: 2
HF 311 - Prosthetic Device Insurance Mandate (House)
February 18, 2009
Yea: 64, Nay: 33, Not Voting: 3
SF 137 - Wage Discrimination (Senate)
February 16, 2009
Party line vote (Democrats for; Republicans against); makes it illegal to discriminate against employees (and pay them less) because of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability. Also allows the Civil Rights Commission to award damages to a person subject to wage discrimination.
Yea: 32, Nay: 17, Not Voting: 1
HSB 6 - Mental Health & Substance Abuse Parity (House Committee)
January 26, 2009
YES (Ako Abdul-Samad, Deborah Berry, Lisa Heddens, Bruce Hunter, Mary Mascher, Tyler Olson, Janet Petersen, Mark Smith, Sharon Steckman, Phyllis Thede, Roger Wendt, Beth Wessel-Kroeschell)
NO (Dwayne Alons, Clel Baudler, Greg Forristall, Dave Heaton, Kevin Koester, Linda Miller, Renee Schulte, Chuck Soderberg, Linda Upmeyer)
Yea: 12, Nay: 9, Not Voting: 0