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Sen. Cindy Winckler

Democrat · Senate District 49 · Scott

In office since 2001 · 13 General Assemblies · Assistant Democratic Leader

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cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

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1634
floor votes cast
7%
of votes missed (123)
97%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 48 times
362 of 372
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

38 of their 48 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), 77%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Sen. Cindy Winckler’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 80 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 2453 A bill for an act providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and…
    May 3, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 639 A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. (For…
    May 2, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2781 A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. (Formerly…
    May 2, 2026 · voted yes; Democrats voted 6–8 · Roll call
    Yes
  • SF 2187 A bill for an act relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who …
    April 21, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · Roll call
    No
  • 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
  • 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 2187 A bill for an act relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who …
    February 25, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 11–5 · 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 972 A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system…
    May 13, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–4 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 423 A bill for an act relating to deer hunting, including deer depredation and the purchasing of a youth…
    April 28, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 706 A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalt…
    April 17, 2025 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–13 · Roll call
    Yes
  • 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 259 A bill for an act limiting the release of personal information for traffic violations observed by an…
    March 26, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 469 A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medic…
    March 17, 2025 · voted no; Democrats voted 7–6 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2673 A bill for an act related to state behavioral health, disability, and addictive disorder services an…
    April 16, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2319 A bill for an act prohibiting counties and cities from providing guaranteed income programs, and inc…
    April 16, 2024 · voted yes; Democrats voted 1–13 · 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 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
  • HF 2015 A bill for an act relating to special landowner deer hunting licenses. Effective date: 07/01/2024.
    March 19, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–7 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 461 A bill for an act relating to boiler inspections. (Formerly HSB 150 .) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
    April 19, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–6 · 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 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
  • 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
  • HF 2128 A bill for an act relating to renewable fuels, including ethanol blended gasoline and biodiesel blen…
    April 26, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 28–9 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2378 A bill for an act relating to beverage containers control provisions, including handling fees, refun…
    April 12, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 21–14 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2297 A bill for an act relating to jury service disqualification for certain felons.(Formerly SF 2091 .)
    April 12, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 15–22 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2578 A bill for an act relating to appropriations for health and human services and veterans and includin…
    April 5, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 2–35 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2573 A bill for an act creating funds relating to the abatement of and response to opioid use, allowing s…
    March 30, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 26–10 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2564 A bill for an act making appropriations to the department of cultural affairs, the economic developm…
    March 24, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 19–17 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2331 A bill for an act establishing daylight saving time as the official time in this state throughout th…
    March 7, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 32–5 · 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 2462 A bill for an act relating to penalties for the manufacture, delivery, or possession with the intent…
    March 2, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 22–18 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2200 A bill for an act relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applic…
    March 2, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 31–9 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2220 A bill for an act relating to antisemitism in the state of Iowa. (Formerly HSB 538 .) Effective date…
    February 23, 2022 · voted yes; Democrats voted 8–31 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2128 A bill for an act relating to renewable fuels, including ethanol blended gasoline and biodiesel blen…
    February 2, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 32–3 · 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
  • HF 489 A bill for an act relating to the requirements for a sex offender to be granted a modification of se…
    February 17, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 26–12 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 313 A bill for an act prohibiting counties or cities from imposing restrictions on certain businesses op…
    February 16, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 24–11 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2641 A bill for an act relating to state taxation and related laws of the state, including the administra…
    June 14, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 23–17 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 457 A bill for an act relating to the criminal and juvenile justice system by modifying criminal penalti…
    June 13, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 25–19 · Roll call
    No
  • 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 2268 A bill for an act establishing the minimum age relative to various activities relating to tobacco, t…
    June 11, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 32–13 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2310 A bill for an act relating to educational instructional requirements and funding flexibility and inc…
    June 10, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 40–6 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2275 A bill for an act relating to eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle and …
    March 10, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 25–22 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2196 A bill for an act extending the repeal date of the Iowa cell siting Act and including effective date…
    March 5, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 31–13 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2573 A bill for an act modifying the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain component parts …
    March 5, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 38–7 · 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