# Lynn Evans Lynn Evans is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 3. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0f7d8e8f-ab3e-4a0f-bde0-2ef776cdb27d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f7d8e8f-ab3e-4a0f-bde0-2ef776cdb27d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Evans sits at +0.60 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 83% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.04), from 188 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 98.4% (95.7%). 3 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-10-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2801 A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2801/ - 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2472 A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2472/ - 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2788 A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2788/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2765 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2765/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/ - 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment S-5251 be adopted? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2787 A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2787/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2781 A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2781/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2542/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2493 A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2493/ ## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 26 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 2347: A bill for an act relating to city emergency medical services property tax levies. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2347/ - SJR 2008: A joint resolution supporting devolution of power from the United States department of education to the states. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2008/ - SF 2181: A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requires certain specified school districts to… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2181/ - SF 2160: A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2160/ - SF 2116: A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, including by modifying provisions related to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2116/ - SF 2119: A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2119/ - SF 2121: A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2121/ - SF 2130: A bill for an act relating to voter registration forms at locations of hunting, fishing, and trapping license agents. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2130/ - SF 2099: A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2099/ - SF 2092: A bill for an act establishing the school health-related emergency response plan competitive grant program within the department of education, making… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2092/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $54.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=34008 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f7d8e8f-ab3e-4a0f-bde0-2ef776cdb27d