# Matt Windschitl Matt Windschitl is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 15. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa House, district 15 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/be1898a3-30da-45c6-810f-4751158daefc Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be1898a3-30da-45c6-810f-4751158daefc (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 Windschitl missed 26% of 822 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Iowa House (average 91.8%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.70 (standard error 0.03), from 320 donors and 1,055 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 822 roll calls. Attendance 74% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 100% (96.0%). 3 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. Recent sponsored bills: - HR 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/HR101/ - HF 621: A bill for an act relating to firearms on school property, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF621/ - HF 519: A bill for an act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture… (in committee, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF519/ - HR 3: A resolution affirming Iowa’s support for the State of Israel. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR3/ - HF 2206: A bill for an act relating to public safety personnel by modifying the retirement benefits of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, restricting bail for murder in the… (in committee, 2024-03-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HF2206/ - HR 101: A resolution affirming the State of Iowa’s support for the State of Israel and condemning the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. (passed one chamber, 2024-01-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HR101/ - HCR 10: A concurrent resolution to provide for the business of the first extraordinary session of the 2023 legislative session. (passed both chambers, 2023-07-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HCR10/ - HR 8: A resolution designating February 28, 2023, as Community College Day. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HR8/ - HF 13: A bill for an act relating to rural emergency hospitals, including licensing requirements and fees, making penalties applicable, providing emergency… (in committee, 2023-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HF13/ - HF 2: A bill for an act relating to public contracts, public fund investing, and lending practices with certain companies that engage in economic boycotts based on… (in committee, 2023-03-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/HF2/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $39.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 42% 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=6282 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Matt-Windschitl-100057947327672/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be1898a3-30da-45c6-810f-4751158daefc