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Sen. Molly Donahue

Democrat · Senate District 37 · Linn

In office since 2019 · 4 General Assemblies · Assistant Democratic Leader

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molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov

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1716
floor votes cast
2%
of votes missed (41)
97%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 51 times
358 of 369
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

40 of their 51 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: Charlie McClintock (R), 80%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Sen. Molly Donahue’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 71 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

  • SF 2218 A bill for an act relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by…
    April 28, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 378 A bill for an act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excess…
    April 22, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2220 A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa state…
    April 16, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2591 A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligi…
    April 14, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2399 A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162 .) Effective …
    April 7, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2404 A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program th…
    March 10, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2466 A bill for an act relating to veterans services and making appropriations.(Formerly SF 2282 , SSB 30…
    March 10, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2280 A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicia…
    February 24, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 15–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2096 A bill for an act relating to foster parent training requirements for the licensure of individual ch…
    February 10, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–8 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 711 A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including…
    May 14, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–6 · 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
  • HF 615 A bill for an act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service…
    April 21, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 190 A bill for an act relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment of student pr…
    April 15, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 579 A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 574 A bill for an act relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts. (Formerly SF 431 .…
    March 25, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–4 · Roll call
    No
  • 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
  • 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 2570 A bill for an act authorizing a county attorney to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons.…
    April 9, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–12 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2310 A bill for an act relating to certain trespassing violations and associated scheduled fines. (Former…
    April 1, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–9 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2191 A bill for an act relating to earned time applied to reduce certain mandatory minimum sentences. (Fo…
    March 19, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 4–12 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SJR 2002 A joint resolution designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the Sta…
    March 4, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2485 A bill for an act relating to regulation of watercraft and equipment on public lakes by common inter…
    February 27, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 546 A bill for an act relating to the publication of certain public notices by designated public entitie…
    April 20, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 4–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 317 A bill for an act relating to taking certain animals that are deemed a nuisance. (Formerly HF 118 .)…
    April 17, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 358 A bill for an act relating to law enforcement, including eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing l…
    April 17, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · 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 251 A bill for an act relating to school district administrative expenditures and including applicabilit…
    March 15, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–10 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 202 A bill for an act relating to explosive materials including blasting agents, detonators, and destruc…
    March 6, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 345 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain tobacco products, providing penalties, and i…
    March 6, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2165 A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to eligibility for scholarships under the future rea…
    May 24, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 23–12 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2566 A bill for an act appropriating certain tax receipts concerning internet fantasy sports contests and…
    March 24, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 35–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 384 A bill for an act allowing counties to enter into agreements to jointly share a county assessor. (Fo…
    March 22, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 30–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2497 A bill for an act relating to gambling regulation and wagering, concerning cashless wagering, forfei…
    March 2, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 24–16 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2340 A bill for an act relating to public safety nuisances concerning licensed premises where alcoholic b…
    February 28, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 21–16 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to state and local finances by making appropriations, providing for legal…
    September 30, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 23–14 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to state and local finances by making appropriations, providing for legal…
    September 30, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 21–18 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to state and local finances by making appropriations, providing for legal…
    September 29, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 19–18 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 517 A bill for an act relating to the provision of academic credit, including social studies coursework,…
    April 7, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 30–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 780 A bill for an act requiring the department of human services to allow certain licensed physicians to…
    March 25, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 23–15 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 730 A bill for an act relating to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the rental of vehicles and ma…
    March 9, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 22–15 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 522 A bill for an act providing that a qualified confinement feeding operation may utilize an anaerobic …
    February 23, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 19–18 · 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…
    February 23, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 27–10 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 309 A bill for an act restricting public agency disclosure of and access to certain personal information…
    February 23, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 28–9 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 532 A bill for an act establishing a qualified instruction funding supplement for the school budget year…
    February 18, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 14–25 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2372 A bill for an act regarding driver’s licenses, including the exemption of certain farmers and hired …
    June 12, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 25–20 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2360 A bill for an act relating to classroom management and related practitioner preparation procedures f…
    June 10, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 43–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2372 A bill for an act regarding driver’s licenses, including the exemption of certain farmers and hired …
    March 3, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 26–19 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2134 A bill for an act relating to the manufacturing of canned cocktails by a beer manufacturer and inclu…
    March 3, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 43–2 · Roll call
    No