# Jerome Amos

Jerome Amos is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 62.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 62
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d7083428-89b1-4a56-a4c8-4a40e80e30e8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7083428-89b1-4a56-a4c8-4a40e80e30e8 (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

Amos missed 54% of 822 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House (average 91.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.05), from 5 donors and 420 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 46% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.7% (96.0%). 13 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 88 bills: 87 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 6.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 68 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2737: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2737/
- HR 109: A resolution honoring the Jordan House Museum for more than 180 years of historical service to the people of Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR109/
- HF 2612: A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools, and the governing boards of… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2612/
- HF 2632: A bill for an act relating to bond election requirements applicable to school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2632/
- HF 2613: A bill for an act relating to reporting requirements for accredited nonpublic schools and the department of education concerning education savings account… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2613/
- HF 2631: A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2631/
- HR 106: A resolution urging the members of Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act to allow medically retired service members to receive full access to their… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR106/
- HF 2476: A bill for an act relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards marked to reflect a holder’s nonapparent disability status. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2476/
- HF 2422: A bill for an act relating to creation of transfer on death deeds and to disclaimers of an interest in real property. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2422/
- HF 2364: A bill for an act relating to the enactment of supplemental state aid and the suspension and forfeiture of legislative pay. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2364/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $340 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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=90&personID=6174
- Campaign site: https://jeromeamosjr.wixsite.com/my-site5
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerome.amos68/?paipv=0&eav=AfauKyI2y_F1YwJwlLmWgMp_8xWsVcvlcIGD8k1bOrNDFFI8AymPVA6Zg_fk0nXye7o&_rdr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerome-amos-jr-a54bb939/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7083428-89b1-4a56-a4c8-4a40e80e30e8