# Helena Hayes

Helena Hayes is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 88
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/64d7c18c-3a40-4a0c-a5b9-51ab85b37c81

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64d7c18c-3a40-4a0c-a5b9-51ab85b37c81 (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

Hayes sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.04), from 108 donors and 594 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.8% (96.0%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted not voting · 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 nay · 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 37 bills: 36 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 49 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/
- HR 110: A resolution honoring the Phoenix Declaration. (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR110/
- HF 2722: A bill for an act relating to an indoor mold information and public awareness program, and establishing a mold remediation standard of care. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2722/
- HF 2481: A bill for an act establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2481/
- HF 2395: A bill for an act relating to the use of fluoride-based additives in private and public water supply systems. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2395/
- HF 2332: A bill for an act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2332/
- HF 2270: A bill for an act relating to standards and performance measures for public libraries. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2270/
- 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 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=33991
- Campaign site: https://www.helenaforhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rephelenahayes/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64d7c18c-3a40-4a0c-a5b9-51ab85b37c81