# Taylor Collins

Taylor Collins is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 95.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 95
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb3a8905-a9a9-4016-97b3-94ce90308240

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb3a8905-a9a9-4016-97b3-94ce90308240 (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

Collins sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## What Collins says (IA 2025–26 session)

89 classified statements: 89 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Collins | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 2.9% | 381 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.6% | 9.3% | 425 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.3% | 31.9% | 537 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 1.8% | 228 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.5% | 12.7% | 573 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 74% (State House Republicans 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State House Republicans 11%); Commerce 5.3% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Environmental Protection 5.3% (State House Republicans 1.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.03), from 288 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 100% (96.0%). 3 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 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 78 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 2413: A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2413/
- HF 2182: A bill for an act relating to retirement benefits of retired members reemployed as school resource officers under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2182/
- HR 103: A resolution calling upon the United States Congress to support efforts to recognize all United States troops who served in Honduras from 1981 to 1992. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR103/
- HF 2155: A bill for an act relating to mandatory minimum sentences for certain criminal offenses, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2155/
- HF 2145: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of places and practices of worship by the governor. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2145/
- HF 2141: A bill for an act establishing an Iowa-Illinois boundary adjustment committee. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2141/
- HF 2139: A bill for an act related to eluding, including aggravated eluding and fresh pursuit, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2139/
- HF 2109: A bill for an act relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2109/
- HF 2051: A bill for an act providing for supplementary weighting for school districts that share school and career specialists. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2051/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $117.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2110857211748798497
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2089506841982067175
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2089507412919165419
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2077945321825452143
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2073234034587537817
- 2026-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2065639313694433329
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2062020143861879091
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2049307712815505701
- 2026-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2040810081948672180
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/taylorcollinsia/status/2024958714663387408

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=27618
- X: https://x.com/taylorcollinsia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTaylorCollins/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-collins-4234bb126/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb3a8905-a9a9-4016-97b3-94ce90308240