# Bill Gustoff

Bill Gustoff is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7ebd4346-a560-458d-b010-3ddd82d1cf38

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ebd4346-a560-458d-b010-3ddd82d1cf38 (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

Gustoff sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans.

## What Gustoff says (IA 2025–26 session)

32 classified statements: 32 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gustoff | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.3% | 2.9% | 121 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.1% | 9.3% | 541 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.9% | 31.9% | 527 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 1.8% | 164 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.3% | 12.7% | 515 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.1% | 1.4% | 125 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 57% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 57% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 29% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Immigration 14% (State House Republicans 4.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 445 donors and 524 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 96.5% (96.0%). 21 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 59 bills: 57 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 11.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 46 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/
- 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 2475: A bill for an act providing for the public examination of a record associated with a donation made to a government body by a nonprofit corporation. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2475/
- HF 2413: A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2413/
- HF 2370: A bill for an act relating to a green alert system for missing at-risk veterans, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2370/
- HF 2366: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction and dual enrollment, and including effective date… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2366/
- HF 2271: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to world language instruction. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2271/
- HF 2274: A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2274/
- HF 2272: A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2272/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2109816005774254476
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2098582520690258271
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2074328432813465875
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2048214326389985545
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2048234143394173036
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2048234216186405223
- 2026-04-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2041391292966449568
- 2026-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2035113666022895773
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2029774463655452717
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/BillGustoff/status/2028702241847169467

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=33978
- Campaign site: https://www.gustoff4iowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/BillGustoff
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gustoff4Iowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustoff/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ebd4346-a560-458d-b010-3ddd82d1cf38