# Mark Cisneros

Mark Cisneros is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 96.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 96
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/277c38cf-3dc5-419b-b072-df34adc214e6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/277c38cf-3dc5-419b-b072-df34adc214e6 (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

Cisneros voted against the majority of Iowa House Republicans 98 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom tenth of the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 262 donors and 878 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 94.1% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 89% (96.0%). 98 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted nay · 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/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall amendment H-8456 be adopted? · SF 639 A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF639/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall amendment H-8451, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2480 A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2480/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2465 A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2465/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment H-8416, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment H-8417, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2794 A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2794/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2797 A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2797/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2617 A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2617/

## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 23 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 8.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 61 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 110: A resolution honoring the Phoenix Declaration. (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR110/
- HF 2316: A bill for an act relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, homicide and related crimes, and assault,… (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2316/
- HF 2209: A bill for an act providing for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology college of veterinary medicine. (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2209/
- HR 101: A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR101/
- HF 683: A bill for an act relating to investigations of state departments by the auditor of state. (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF683/
- HF 694: A bill for an act relating to the display of flags on and in public buildings, grounds, and vehicles, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF694/
- HF 666: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa human life protection Act, providing for civil actions and civil penalties, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF666/
- HF 463: A bill for an act establishing human trafficking prosecution units. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF463/
- HF 458: A bill for an act establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers. (in committee, 2026-05-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF458/
- HF 453: A bill for an act relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, the defense of compulsion, homicide and related… (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF453/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30656
- X: https://x.com/cisnerosforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.cisneros3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cisnerosforiowa/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@markcisnerosforiowa3451

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/277c38cf-3dc5-419b-b072-df34adc214e6