# David Sieck

David Sieck is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 16
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7e4913e9-9219-461f-9842-2a96813e009e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e4913e9-9219-461f-9842-2a96813e009e (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

Sieck missed 21% of 822 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Iowa House (average 91.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 124 donors and 1,002 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 79% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.3% (96.0%). 12 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 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 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 44 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 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 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 2224: A bill for an act relating to property assessment standards and litigation. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2224/
- 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 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/
- HR 16: A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR16/
- HF 981: A bill for an act relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF981/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% 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=15920
- X: https://x.com/SieckIowaHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidsieckiowahouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-sieck-84456141/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e4913e9-9219-461f-9842-2a96813e009e