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Sen. Zach Wahls

Democrat · Senate District 43 · Johnson

In office since 2019 · 4 General Assemblies

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zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Official profile
1168
floor votes cast
29%
of votes missed (472)
97%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 33 times
231 of 258
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

6 of their 33 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 2026 session. How it’s worked out

Closest across the aisle: Jeff Taylor (R), 75%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Sen. Zach Wahls’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 26 organizations registered on those bills.

Most often

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

  • SF 2444 A bill for an act creating regulations for cigar bars, modifying the smokefree air Act, and includin…
    March 9, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–15 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2378 A bill for an act relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning d…
    March 2, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2039 A bill for an act providing for intervention by members of the general assembly in proceedings for j…
    February 23, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 711 A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including…
    May 12, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–14 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 516 A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for adm…
    April 14, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 860 A bill for an act prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel-powered equipment based on the equ…
    April 8, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 595 A bill for an act related to the regulation of construction, including state building codes, contrac…
    March 25, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–12 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 378 A bill for an act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excess…
    March 18, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 311 A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effe…
    March 17, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 106 A bill for an act relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles. Effective date: …
    March 17, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–7 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2325 A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effe…
    March 4, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–9 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2331 A bill for an act relating to publication requirements for official publications, and including effe…
    February 21, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–9 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2275 A bill for an act requiring notice to the general assembly in appellate actions regarding the consti…
    February 19, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 4–12 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2251 A bill for an act relating to eligibility for pregnant women and infants under the Medicaid program,…
    February 19, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2268 A bill for an act relating to assistance animals and service animals, including reasonable accommoda…
    February 19, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 219 A bill for an act relating to educational requirements for a permit to perform tattooing. Effective …
    May 4, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 595 A bill for an act relating to controlled substances including the manufacture, delivery, or possessi…
    April 17, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–9 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 248 A bill for an act relating to electric power generating facility emission plans and projects, and in…
    March 22, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–9 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 219 A bill for an act relating to educational requirements for a permit to perform tattooing. Effective …
    March 15, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 4–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2372 A bill for an act relating to state taxation and administration by modifying sales and use taxes, in…
    March 22, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2200 A bill for an act relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applic…
    March 22, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–16 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2307 A bill for an act relating to professional licensing boards, including requirements related to the s…
    March 8, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 838 A bill for an act relating to various matters under the purview of the insurance division of the dep…
    May 19, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 562 A bill for an act relating to sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction and …
    March 17, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 494 A bill for an act relating to barbering apprenticeship programs.(Formerly SF 350 .)
    March 8, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 599 A bill for an act relating to hunting by persons under the age of sixteen. (Formerly HF 164 .) Effec…
    June 13, 2020 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 2349 A bill for an act relating to the office of the chief information officer, including procurement pre…
    March 11, 2020 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2270 A bill for an act relating to the identification and use of tree stands for hunting deer placed on p…
    February 27, 2020 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–14 · Roll call
    Yes