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Rep. Brett Barker

Republican · House District 51 · Story

In office since 2025

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brett.barker@legis.iowa.gov

Official profile
646
floor votes cast
<1%
of votes missed (2)
98%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 13 times
149 of 155
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

7 of their 13 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), 88%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Rep. Brett Barker’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 93 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 274 A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic ath…
    April 23, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 59–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2453 A bill for an act providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and…
    March 31, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 54–8 · 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
  • SF 274 A bill for an act relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic ath…
    March 3, 2026 · voted no; Republicans voted 63–3 · 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 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
  • HF 978 A bill for an act relating to the production and administration of psilocybin, and providing penalti…
    April 21, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 53–6 · 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
  • HF 805 A bill for an act relating to the practice of dental assistants without registration by the dental b…
    April 15, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 62–2 · 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 943 A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liqui…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 57–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 544 A bill for an act relating to matters before the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, includin…
    March 17, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 63–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 144 A bill for an act concerning the licensing and regulation of gambling games, including a moratorium …
    January 30, 2025 · voted no; Republicans voted 53–14 · Roll call
    No