# David Young

David Young is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 28
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0df02a4-7910-4538-8c3b-8152fb8f657c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0df02a4-7910-4538-8c3b-8152fb8f657c (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

Young sits at +0.74 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.74 (standard error 0.01), from 3,042 donors and 3,129 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 93.4% (96.0%). 32 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 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 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 33 bills: 32 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 55 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2728: A bill for an act relating to obstructing first responders, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2728/
- HF 2438: A bill for an act relating to health carriers and payment of claims, audits, and standards of conduct; prior authorizations and utilization review… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- HF 2370: A bill for an act relating to a green alert system for missing at-risk veterans, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2370/
- HF 2342: A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2342/
- HF 2317: A bill for an act relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2317/
- HF 2209: A bill for an act providing for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology college of veterinary medicine. (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2209/
- HF 2193: A bill for an act relating to living organ donors and life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2193/
- HF 2161: A bill for an act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2161/
- HF 2118: A bill for an act relating to an absentee ballot marking pilot program for voters with disabilities. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2118/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $156.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% 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=33972
- X: https://x.com/RepDavidYoung
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YoungForIAHouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdavidyoung/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepDavidYoung

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0df02a4-7910-4538-8c3b-8152fb8f657c