# Jeff Taylor Jeff Taylor is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 2. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 2 - Serving since: 2021-01-11 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/cc1cff7e-82d6-4947-a906-f467b4017285 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc1cff7e-82d6-4947-a906-f467b4017285 (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 Taylor reported $1,300 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 30 donors and 666 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 93.2% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 92.8% (95.7%). 16 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 2.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 34 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 2084: A bill for an act relating to the inclusion of the your life Iowa program on public school internet sites. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2084/ - 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/ - SF 2079: A bill for an act relating to parole eligibility for a person under the age of twenty-one convicted of a class “A” felony and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2079/ - SF 2058: A bill for an act relating to pipeline project investor disclosures, making penalties applicable, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2058/ - 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/ - SF 2028: A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2028/ - SJR 2002: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa prohibiting the power of judicial review. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2002/ - SF 299: A bill for an act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF299/ - SF 239: A bill for an act relating to insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit. (in committee, 2025-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF239/ - SF 237: A bill for an act directing the department of education to convene a working group to study the impact of technology on the cognitive function and academic… (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF237/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $1,300 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=30544 - Campaign site: https://www.taylor4senate.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100040958931934 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylor_state_senate/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-taylor-65872299/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc1cff7e-82d6-4947-a906-f467b4017285