# Matt Rinker

Matt Rinker is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 99.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 99
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aec12ca2-6ad3-4026-9f01-7a691566c6fc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aec12ca2-6ad3-4026-9f01-7a691566c6fc (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

Rinker voted against the majority of Iowa House Republicans 45 times; party unity 85%, in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 135 donors and 507 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 77% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 85% (96.0%). 45 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 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 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 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 50 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 114: A resolution honoring the Iowans who were killed in or survived the attack on the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR114/
- HF 2569: A bill for an act relating to recovery of costs for the demolition of abandoned buildings by cities. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2569/
- HF 2459: A bill for an act relating to liability of persons performing housing or rental inspections for a municipality. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2459/
- HF 2412: A bill for an act relating to prior authorization exemptions for certain health care providers for specific health care services. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2412/
- HF 2374: A bill for an act relating to Iowa’s delta waterfowl special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2374/
- HF 2370: A bill for an act relating to a green alert system for missing at-risk veterans, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2370/
- HF 2273: A bill for an act relating to investigations of insurance fraud related to adjusters, appraisers, and umpires. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2273/
- HF 2235: A bill for an act requiring the board of educational examiners to establish authorizations for instruction related to fine arts. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2235/
- HF 2248: A bill for an act relating to the confinement of persons found incompetent to stand trial. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2248/
- HF 2170: A bill for an act relating to minimum roster sizes for interscholastic sports. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2170/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33998
- Campaign site: https://www.rinkerforiowa.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RinkerforIowaHouse/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aec12ca2-6ad3-4026-9f01-7a691566c6fc