# Dave Rowley Dave Rowley is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 5. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 5 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/93e9ba73-a053-4661-8b8b-e8e2f25d0596 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93e9ba73-a053-4661-8b8b-e8e2f25d0596 (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 Rowley missed 51% of 588 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 49 in the Iowa Senate (average 93.9%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.70 (standard error 0.04), from 227 donors and 357 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 588 roll calls. Attendance 49% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 97.9% (95.7%). 2 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/ - 2026-05-03 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2472 A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2472/ - 2026-05-03 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2788 A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2788/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2765 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2765/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall amendment S-5251 be adopted? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2787 A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2787/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2781 A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2781/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2542/ - 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2493 A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2493/ ## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 24 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 2181: A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requires certain specified school districts to… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2181/ - SF 2167: A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training for persons applying for certain commercial driver’s licenses. (in committee, 2026-05-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2167/ - SF 2131: A bill for an act relating to publication requirements for official publications. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2131/ - SR 104: A resolution recognizing and honoring the Young Men’s Christian Association (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR104/ - SR 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/SR101/ - SF 2032: A bill for an act relating to tax and special assessment collections for buildings or improvements erected on land owned by another person. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2032/ - SF 2024: A bill for an act relating to local government by modifying property tax credits and rent reimbursements, provisions governing abandoned mobile homes and… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2024/ - SF 2004: A bill for an act authorizing the expenditure of funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain insurance costs. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2004/ - SF 2025: A bill for an act relating to information required for nonresidents who apply for vehicle registration and issuance of a certificate of title. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2025/ - SF 341: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities. (in committee, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF341/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $75.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 88% 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=32458 - Campaign site: https://daverowleysenate.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dave.rowley.9277 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-rowley-cpcu-au-506b6841/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93e9ba73-a053-4661-8b8b-e8e2f25d0596