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Former Sen. Claire Celsi

Democrat · Senate District 16 · Polk

Served 2019–2025 · 4 General Assemblies

No longer in office: their service ended Monday, October 6, 2025. Renee Hardman D took the seat Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Senate District 16 now

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Official profile
1115
floor votes cast
18%
of votes missed (243)
96%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 50 times
245 of 246
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

49 of their 50 breaks with their party came on bipartisan votes, where most of both parties voted the same way, so they don’t count against the party-line record.

Votes most like

How often they voted the same way (yes or no) as each Senate colleague in the 2025 session. How it’s worked out

Closest across the aisle: Charlie McClintock (R), 65%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Sen. Claire Celsi’s contested votes in the 2025 session, compared with the sides 26 organizations registered on those bills.

Each legislator’s last floor vote on a bill is compared with the side the organization registered on it (its latest declaration; undecided doesn’t count). Only contested votes count, where at least a tenth of the chamber voted the other way, since most bills pass nearly unanimously. A vote on an amended bill may not be the version that was lobbied. Organizations with fewer than 3 such votes aren’t listed. Lining up with a group doesn’t mean it swayed the vote.

Recent votes

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Votes against their party

  • HF 972 A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system…
    May 13, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–4 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 1028 A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and includi…
    May 13, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 975 A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and th…
    May 12, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 530 A bill for an act authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, …
    April 29, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 383 A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharma…
    April 28, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 674 A bill for an act relating to vehicles, including by providing for registration and titling of motor…
    April 19, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2013 A bill for an act relating to nursing home administrator provisional licenses. Effective date: 07/01…
    April 17, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2673 A bill for an act related to state behavioral health, disability, and addictive disorder services an…
    April 16, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2556 A bill for an act relating to damages against participants in firearms regulation violations by poli…
    April 11, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2276 A bill for an act relating to the zoning of maternity group homes. (Formerly HSB 516 .) Effective da…
    April 10, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2448 A bill for an act relating to exceptions to the penalty for supplying an alcoholic beverage to certa…
    April 2, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2598 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of looting, and providing penalties. (Formerly H…
    April 1, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2488 A bill for an act relating to prior authorizations and exemptions by health benefit plans and utiliz…
    March 26, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2237 A bill for an act relating to the operation of all-terrain and off-road utility vehicles on state pa…
    March 25, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2405 A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the distribution formula for general state financi…
    March 20, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2015 A bill for an act relating to special landowner deer hunting licenses. Effective date: 07/01/2024.
    March 19, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 677 A bill for an act relating to native winery and native brewery retail alcohol licenses. (Formerly HF…
    May 4, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 574 A bill for an act relating to programs administered by the economic development authority by establi…
    May 3, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 577 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund an…
    May 3, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 700 A bill for an act establishing a dairy innovation fund and program to be administered by the departm…
    May 2, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 575 A bill for an act relating to the economic development authority, including renewable chemical produ…
    April 27, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 425 A bill for an act relating to the release of custody of a newborn infant under the newborn safe have…
    April 24, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 461 A bill for an act relating to boiler inspections. (Formerly HSB 150 .) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
    April 19, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 135 A bill for an act relating to the responsibilities of the state board of regents and the institution…
    April 17, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 316 A bill for an act relating to value-added products or services offered by insurers or producers. (Fo…
    March 22, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 601 A bill for an act relating to rate increase notice requirements for public utilities. (Formerly HSB …
    March 21, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 411 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of energy sources by counties and cities.(Formerly SSB …
    March 6, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2130 A bill for an act relating to registered all-terrain vehicles and off-road utility vehicles, and mak…
    May 24, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2374 A bill for an act concerning the regulation of food and beverages, relating to alcoholic beverage co…
    May 23, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2497 A bill for an act relating to gambling regulation and wagering, concerning cashless wagering, forfei…
    May 23, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2462 A bill for an act relating to penalties for the manufacture, delivery, or possession with the intent…
    March 22, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2373 A bill for an act relating to restrictions regarding companies boycotting Israel. (Formerly HSB 639 …
    February 28, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2356 A bill for an act authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to engage certain specifie…
    February 28, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 513 A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel wagering on horse or dog races licensed in a foreign juris…
    May 19, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–8 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 862 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the r…
    May 18, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 862 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the r…
    May 18, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 522 A bill for an act providing that a qualified confinement feeding operation may utilize an anaerobic …
    May 17, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 384 A bill for an act relating to alcohol beverage control concerning certain class “C” liquor control l…
    May 5, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 16–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 766 A bill for an act relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by retailers. (Formerly HSB 214 .)…
    April 21, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 479 A bill for an act relating to the denial of state funds to a local entity.(Formerly SSB 1203 .)
    March 10, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 353 A bill for an act relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for notices to interested p…
    February 23, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 16–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 265 A bill for an act relating to temporary parental discretion for the retention of a student at grade …
    February 23, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2339 A bill for an act providing for corporations, providing for certain fees, and including effective da…
    June 12, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2360 A bill for an act relating to classroom management and related practitioner preparation procedures f…
    June 11, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2455 A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providi…
    June 10, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2360 A bill for an act regarding the expiration of driver’s licenses of persons who are age seventy-eight…
    June 5, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2061 A bill for an act relating to persons operating a farm tractor or implement of husbandry who are exe…
    March 11, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 537 A bill for an act relating to taking coyotes while using an artificial source of light. (Formerly SF…
    March 11, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2318 A bill for an act relating to collaborative pharmacy practice allowing pharmacists to provide patien…
    March 4, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2134 A bill for an act relating to the manufacturing of canned cocktails by a beer manufacturer and inclu…
    February 6, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–2 · Roll call
    No