# Jack Whitver Jack Whitver is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 23. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/9da58039-06dd-451e-835c-c406a493a21c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9da58039-06dd-451e-835c-c406a493a21c (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 67% of the 6 bills Whitver sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 48 in the Iowa Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.81 (standard error 0.03), from 771 donors and 919 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 588 roll calls. Attendance 91.1% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 100% (95.7%). 0 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 1 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SJR 2008: A joint resolution supporting devolution of power from the United States department of education to the states. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2008/ - 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/ - SCR 4: A concurrent resolution to provide for adjournment sine die. (passed both chambers, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SCR4/ - SR 9: A resolution deferring action on the confirmation of certain appointments. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR9/ - SR 6: A resolution relating to permanent rules of the senate for the ninety-first general assembly. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR6/ - SR 114: A resolution deferring action on the confirmation of certain appointments submitted by the Governor. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR114/ - SR 107: A resolution honoring and congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeye women’s wrestling team for winning the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Tournament. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR107/ - SR 105: A resolution honoring Caitlin Clark on her extraordinary achievements and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team and coaching staff for their… (passed one chamber, 2024-03-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR105/ - SR 104: A resolution supporting increased protections for America’s borders. (in committee, 2024-03-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR104/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $99.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=9768 - X: https://x.com/jackwhitver - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jwhitver/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-whitver-013a417a/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9da58039-06dd-451e-835c-c406a493a21c