# Timi Brown-Powers

Timi Brown-Powers is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 61.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 61
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7467e822-4c62-4cd2-b8e1-6f72a9204fce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7467e822-4c62-4cd2-b8e1-6f72a9204fce (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

100% of Brown-Powers’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.02), from 81 donors and 1,080 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 90.7% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 96.4% (96.0%). 20 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 91 bills: 91 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 76 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 112: A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Northern Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR112/
- HF 2740: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2740/
- HF 2735: A bill for an act relating to programs administered by the Iowa finance authority including the firsthome program and home ownership assistance program for… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2735/
- HF 2738: A bill for an act establishing a state-based health insurance subsidy, and making an appropriation. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2738/
- HF 2733: A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2733/
- HF 2736: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2736/
- HF 2729: A bill for an act establishing a temporary prohibition on an increase in rates or charges by gas and electric public utilities, and including effective date… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2729/
- HR 109: A resolution honoring the Jordan House Museum for more than 180 years of historical service to the people of Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR109/
- HF 2664: A bill for an act increasing the tax on cigarettes and vapor products. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2664/
- HF 2665: A bill for an act relating to radon mitigation requirements and tax credits, including retroactive applicability provisions, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2665/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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=91&personID=14805
- X: https://x.com/timiforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rep.timi/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timik1920/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9kni4WwCK6yoa-TId1PGQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timi-brown-powers-781037a0/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7467e822-4c62-4cd2-b8e1-6f72a9204fce