# Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 72.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 72
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b61e993-1cb9-4bd2-a383-46d264d298f9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b61e993-1cb9-4bd2-a383-46d264d298f9 (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

Smith sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.03), from 262 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.5% (96.0%). 12 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 29 bills: 28 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 13.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 41 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 114: A resolution honoring the Iowans who were killed in or survived the attack on the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR114/
- HF 2728: A bill for an act relating to obstructing first responders, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2728/
- HF 2311: A bill for an act relating to the use of specie as legal tender. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2311/
- HF 2288: A bill for an act relating to vaccination exemptions for certain students in clinical rotations and the qualification of postsecondary schools as eligible… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2288/
- HF 2225: A bill for an act creating a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2225/
- HF 2195: A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2195/
- HF 2166: A bill for an act relating to voter records created and retained by the state commissioner of elections. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2166/
- HF 2164: A bill for an act relating to the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2164/
- 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 2077: A bill for an act authorizing the expenditure of funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain insurance costs. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2077/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=37389&ga=91
- Campaign site: https://www.smithforiowa.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferSmithForIowa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithmissjenn

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b61e993-1cb9-4bd2-a383-46d264d298f9