# Rick Olson

Rick Olson is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 39
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8ef407a5-2d80-4190-a656-a23d13fb5cb4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ef407a5-2d80-4190-a656-a23d13fb5cb4 (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

Olson voted against the majority of Iowa House Democrats 46 times; party unity 88%, in the bottom tenth of the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 789 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 88% (96.0%). 46 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 89 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 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/
- HF 2394: A bill for an act creating a food bank donation matching fund and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2394/
- HF 2384: A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year. (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2384/
- HJR 2008: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to worker rights. (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HJR2008/
- HF 2373: A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, providing penalties, and including implementation provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2373/
- HF 2380: A bill for an act providing for a community-based wage enforcement program for purposes of the state wage payment collection and minimum wage laws. (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2380/
- HF 2378: A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2378/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=776
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickolsonforiowa/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdPDdSYa-apG5juPPAAvaA
- LinkedIn: https://www.olsonforiowahouse.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ef407a5-2d80-4190-a656-a23d13fb5cb4