# Larry McBurney

Larry McBurney is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 44.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 44
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dcd5b341-0a0b-4f2b-bb34-d7aab8539258

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcd5b341-0a0b-4f2b-bb34-d7aab8539258 (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

McBurney reported $8,620 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.03), from 258 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.8% (96.0%). 21 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/
- 2026-05-02 · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 6.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 73 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2740: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2740/
- HF 2731: A bill for an act establishing the percentage of income payment plan program to be administered by the department of health and human services. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2731/
- HF 2735: A bill for an act relating to programs administered by the Iowa finance authority including the firsthome program and home ownership assistance program for… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2735/
- HF 2738: A bill for an act establishing a state-based health insurance subsidy, and making an appropriation. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2738/
- HF 2733: A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2733/
- HF 2736: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2736/
- HF 2730: A bill for an act relating to unlawful practices for retail pricing, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2730/
- HF 2551: A bill for an act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2551/
- HF 2458: A bill for an act establishing the teacher and para-educator grant program within the department of workforce development, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2458/
- HF 2469: A bill for an act prohibiting the use of an automated decision-making system to alter the price of a product or service for a specific individual based on… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2469/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,620 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=37383&ga=91
- Campaign site: https://www.mcburneyforiowa.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcburneyforiowa
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcburneyforiowa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@McBurneyforIowa
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mcburneyforiowa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-mcburney-9b54b2128/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcd5b341-0a0b-4f2b-bb34-d7aab8539258