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Former Sen. Eric Giddens

Democrat · Senate District 38 · Black Hawk

Served 2019–the 90th General Assembly · 3 General Assemblies

No longer in office after the 90th General Assembly. Senate District 38 now

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Official profile
915
floor votes cast
<1%
of votes missed (2)
96%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 39 times
170 of 201
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

8 of their 39 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 2024 session. How it’s worked out

Closest across the aisle: Charlie McClintock (R), 91%.

Recent votes

All 917 votes →

Votes against their party

  • 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
  • SF 2411 A bill for an act relating to work-based learning, including by repealing provisions related to regi…
    April 19, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2411 A bill for an act relating to work-based learning, including by repealing provisions related to regi…
    April 9, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 2605 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and m…
    April 2, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–14 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2264 A bill for an act relating to the use of county funds by ecclesiastical and sectarian institutions. …
    April 1, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 4–10 · 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
  • SF 2261 A bill for an act relating to operating-while-intoxicated offenses, including temporary restricted l…
    April 1, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2388 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of styles and materials used for residential building e…
    April 1, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2185 A bill for an act relating to personal information of the previous owner of a motor vehicle. (Former…
    March 25, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 7–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2275 A bill for an act requiring notice to the general assembly in appellate actions regarding the consti…
    March 25, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–11 · 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
  • 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 2349 A bill for an act relating to defense subpoenas in criminal cases, and providing penalties.(Formerly…
    February 27, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–14 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2395 A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, including appropriations of the moneys in …
    February 27, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–13 · 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
  • HF 661 A bill for an act providing for the issuance of annual statewide licenses for certain establishments…
    May 3, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–15 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 319 A bill for an act relating to physical examinations of personnel working in licensed or registered c…
    April 26, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–15 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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
  • SF 525 A bill for an act relating to criminal law including the disclosure of a defendant’s privileged reco…
    March 22, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–13 · 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 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 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 516 A bill for an act relating to the management of open space properties and recreational trails. (Form…
    March 14, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–14 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 381 A bill for an act regarding special minor’s driver’s licenses, and making penalties applicable. (For…
    March 14, 2023 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–12 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2147 A bill for an act making an appropriation to support efforts relating to the U.S.S. Iowa and includi…
    May 23, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · Roll call
    No
  • 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
  • SF 2328 A bill for an act relating to criminal law including the disclosure of a defendant’s privileged reco…
    March 10, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–10 · 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
  • 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 889 A bill for an act prohibiting the mandatory disclosure of whether a person has received a vaccinatio…
    May 5, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–15 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 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