# Brent Siegrist

Brent Siegrist is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 19
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/29efffba-9a8b-473f-a66e-8be5441cbb83

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29efffba-9a8b-473f-a66e-8be5441cbb83 (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

Siegrist missed 38% of 822 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House (average 91.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 242 donors and 762 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 62% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 96.3% (96.0%). 9 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/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 21 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2342: A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2342/
- HF 2341: A bill for an act establishing a partial exemption on property taxes for certain residential properties sold in disaster areas. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2341/
- HF 2317: A bill for an act relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2317/
- 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/
- HF 2145: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of places and practices of worship by the governor. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2145/
- HF 2109: A bill for an act relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2109/
- 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/
- HR 14: A resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR14/
- HCR 7: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally… (introduced, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HCR7/
- HF 812: A bill for an act requesting that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to plan an Iowa education summit to be held in 2026. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF812/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 73% 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=30646
- Campaign site: https://www.ciclt.net/sn/clt/gsba/po_detail.aspx?ClientCode=gsba&P_ID=iash019
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/siegristforiowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-siegrist-a619a8108/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29efffba-9a8b-473f-a66e-8be5441cbb83