# Austin Baeth

Austin Baeth is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9aa42801-ba2e-4f2e-9448-cf5e6114fba7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9aa42801-ba2e-4f2e-9448-cf5e6114fba7 (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

4.0% of the 50 bills Baeth sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Iowa House.

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Baeth | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 50.0% | 10.4% | 3 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 39.2% | 2 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 50% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Health 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 527 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 94.7% (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 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 4.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 87 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 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 2737: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2737/
- 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 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/
- HF 2663: A bill for an act relating to cancer research, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2663/
- HF 2612: A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools, and the governing boards of… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2612/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% 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.

- 2025-08-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AustinBaeth/status/1955330188021043341
- 2025-01-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AustinBaeth/status/1880065218690113708

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33976
- Campaign site: https://austinbaeth.com/
- X: https://x.com/AustinBaeth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAustinBaeth/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinbaeth/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsDJlS0aZWauXA8j5mxPZQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-baeth-0b0877a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9aa42801-ba2e-4f2e-9448-cf5e6114fba7