# Tom Shipley

Tom Shipley is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d1167ce2-5a24-4eb8-bce8-3800ea24a4d0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1167ce2-5a24-4eb8-bce8-3800ea24a4d0 (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

Shipley missed 13% of 1,411 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Iowa Senate (average 93.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 159 donors and 1,437 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

1,411 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 95.1% (95.7%). 30 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/
- 2026-10-02 · 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 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 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 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 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/

## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 19 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/
- SF 2178: A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for lifetime hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2178/
- 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 103: A resolution recognizing and honoring Easterseals Iowa on its centennial anniversary. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR103/
- 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 2042: A bill for an act relating to trains idling near residential zones, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2042/
- SF 2036: A bill for an act requiring pilot car escorts for the movement of certain implements of husbandry, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2036/
- SF 2040: A bill for an act relating to the final disposition of human remains. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2040/
- SF 421: A bill for an act relating to property law by modifying provisions related to landlord and tenant law and forcible entry and detainer actions, and including… (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF421/
- SJR 6: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, and… (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR6/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=89&personID=14814
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shipleyforia/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-shipley-47994014/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1167ce2-5a24-4eb8-bce8-3800ea24a4d0