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Rep. Matthew Rinker

Republican · House District 99 · Des Moines

In office since 2023 · 2 General Assemblies

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matthew.rinker@legis.iowa.gov

Official profile
1012
floor votes cast
17%
of votes missed (213)
96%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 44 times
193 of 225
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

12 of their 44 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 House colleague in the 2026 session. How it’s worked out

Closest across the aisle: Lindsay James (D), 89%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Rep. Matthew Rinker’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 77 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 2472 A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budge…
    May 3, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 58–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2800 A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifyin…
    May 3, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 57–3 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 472 A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective…
    April 28, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 56–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2676 A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutritio…
    April 20, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2717 A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including legislative review, delay, and a…
    April 20, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 60–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 473 A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities …
    April 20, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 57–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 304 A bill for an act providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of …
    April 14, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 63–1 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2299 A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment pro…
    April 14, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 60–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2750 A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the es…
    April 8, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 54–12 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2362 A bill for an act relating to tuition charged to resident undergraduate students enrolled at regents…
    March 12, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2361 A bill for an act relating to general education requirements, core curricula, other functions of reg…
    March 12, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 58–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2487 A bill for an act concerning restrictions on certain activities relating to diversity, equity, inclu…
    March 12, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2694 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Form…
    March 10, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2670 A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to summative test…
    March 10, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 59–4 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2623 A bill for an act relating to elections for school district and city officers, and including applica…
    March 10, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 51–12 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2667 A bill for an act relating to project design standards and specifications, including by providing fo…
    March 4, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 59–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2676 A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutritio…
    March 3, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 65–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2104 A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and includi…
    January 21, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 54–8 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assist…
    May 14, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 56–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 856 A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to divers…
    May 13, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 59–3 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 303 A bill for an act relating to county and city regulation of consumer fireworks. (Formerly SSB 1104 .…
    May 12, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 50–12 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 574 A bill for an act relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts. (Formerly SF 431 .…
    April 15, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–3 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 167 A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the cat…
    April 8, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 60–6 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assist…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 639 A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, pro…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 55–8 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 884 A bill for an act authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to empl…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 57–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 904 A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle accident reports, including the amount of property damag…
    March 25, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 62–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 766 A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly …
    March 25, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 52–13 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 437 A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa. (Formerl…
    March 18, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 60–4 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 856 A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to divers…
    March 18, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–4 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 269 A bill for an act prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions …
    March 18, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 63–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 524 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of tanning facilities, and making penalties applicable.…
    March 17, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 53–12 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2435 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the fundi…
    April 18, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 52–8 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2700 A bill for an act relating to salaries of state elected officials, and including effective date and …
    April 18, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 39–21 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2586 A bill for an act relating to school security, including the use of school security personnel by sch…
    April 15, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 62–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2664 A bill for an act relating to actions involving hazardous liquid pipelines, and providing fees. (For…
    March 28, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 52–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 455 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of topsoil and storm water at construction sites. (Form…
    March 6, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 44–16 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2612 A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to the duties and po…
    February 29, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 53–9 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2391 A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, including the statewide maximum allow…
    February 27, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 61–3 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2304 A bill for an act prohibiting quotas for traffic stops by peace officers.(Formerly HF 2010 .)
    February 27, 2024 · voted no; Republicans voted 63–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HCR 10 A concurrent resolution to provide for the business of the first extraordinary session of the 2023 l…
    July 11, 2023 · voted no; Republicans voted 54–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 478 A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the commencement of audit…
    April 20, 2023 · voted no; Republicans voted 55–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 353 A bill for an act relating to levee and drainage districts by establishing certain definitions and e…
    April 11, 2023 · voted no; Republicans voted 62–1 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 424 A bill for an act providing for the collaborative practice of physician assistants by allowing for t…
    March 7, 2023 · voted no; Republicans voted 60–4 · Roll call
    No