# Norlin Mommsen Norlin Mommsen is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 70. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa House, district 70 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/e8a08a29-2cc5-4b0b-a461-61983aa0771c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8a08a29-2cc5-4b0b-a461-61983aa0771c (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 27% of the 15 bills Mommsen sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Iowa House. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.03), from 214 donors and 887 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 822 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 98.1% (96.0%). 15 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 nay · 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 15 bills: 14 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 26.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 10 of 98). Recent sponsored bills: - HF 2406: A bill for an act relating to administration of and taxation on tobacco-related products including imposing a tax on alternative nicotine products and vapor… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2406/ - HF 2225: A bill for an act creating a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2225/ - 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 2191: A bill for an act relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2191/ - 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/ - HR 16: A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR16/ - HR 14: A resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR14/ - HCR 7: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally… (introduced, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HCR7/ - HF 714: A bill for an act relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF714/ - HF 625: A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits. (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF625/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $16.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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=14810 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMommsenHD97/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8a08a29-2cc5-4b0b-a461-61983aa0771c