# Liz Bennett

Liz Bennett is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a5bbbe7f-202c-4427-89e1-da8d2786d1dc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5bbbe7f-202c-4427-89e1-da8d2786d1dc (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

Bennett missed 16% of 589 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Iowa Senate (average 93.9%).

## What Bennett 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 Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bennett | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.02), from 671 donors and 945 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 98.2% (95.7%). 18 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 79 bills: 79 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 45 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2415: A bill for an act relating to provider requirements concerning the mental health of users of an artificial intelligence chatbot, and providing civil penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2415/
- SF 2397: A bill for an act relating to a public entity’s purchase or collection of health information from an entity not subject to the federal Health Insurance… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2397/
- SF 2398: A bill for an act relating to the defense of justification for violent crimes. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2398/
- SF 2414: A bill for an act relating to automated decision systems used by employers. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2414/
- SF 2381: A bill for an act relating to nonmedical pregnancy resource centers, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2381/
- SF 2360: A bill for an act relating to partial payments of property taxes and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2360/
- SF 2270: A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2270/
- SF 2272: A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2272/
- SF 2269: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2269/
- SF 2261: A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations by requiring the installation and operation of pollution monitoring systems, and making penalties… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2261/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 82% 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.

- 2025-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/lizbennettiowa/status/1893712645129138488
- 2025-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/lizbennettiowa/status/1884007859949822192

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=34000
- Campaign site: https://www.lizbennett.com/
- X: https://x.com/lizbennettiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LizBennettIowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizbennettiowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizbennettia/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5bbbe7f-202c-4427-89e1-da8d2786d1dc