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Sen. Janet Petersen

Democrat · Senate District 18 · Polk

In office since 2001 · 13 General Assemblies

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janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov

Official profile
1544
floor votes cast
6%
of votes missed (96)
98%
voted with their party’s majority · broke with it 37 times
361 of 363
party-line votes with their party (when the two parties split)

35 of their 37 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), 76%.

Lobbying groups they vote with

Sen. Janet Petersen’s contested votes in the 2026 session, compared with the sides 79 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 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 666 .) Effe…
    May 2, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 9–5 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 640 A bill for an act concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental a…
    April 22, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · 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
  • HF 2253 A bill for an act relating to terminology involving a pregnant female. (Formerly HSB 501 .) Effectiv…
    April 1, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–6 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2368 A bill for an act requiring cost-benefit analyses of county jail projects, and including effective d…
    March 9, 2026 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • 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 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 2598 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of looting, and providing penalties. (Formerly H…
    April 1, 2024 · voted no; Democrats voted 8–6 · Roll call
    No
  • 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
  • SF 574 A bill for an act relating to programs administered by the economic development authority by establi…
    May 3, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 14–2 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 577 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund an…
    May 3, 2023 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–6 · 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 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 2130 A bill for an act relating to registered all-terrain vehicles and off-road utility vehicles, and mak…
    May 24, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–4 · Roll call
    No
  • 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
  • HF 2462 A bill for an act relating to penalties for the manufacture, delivery, or possession with the intent…
    March 22, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2287 A bill for an act relating to used catalytic converter transactions, providing penalties, and making…
    March 2, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–4 · Roll call
    No
  • HF 2373 A bill for an act relating to restrictions regarding companies boycotting Israel. (Formerly HSB 639 …
    February 28, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 2356 A bill for an act authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to engage certain specifie…
    February 28, 2022 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · 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…
    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
  • SF 581 A bill for an act relating to fishing and hunting licenses and permits. (Formerly SF 464 , SF 427 .)…
    April 21, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 3–14 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HCR 10 A concurrent resolution relating to joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives for the E…
    March 22, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 12–5 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 479 A bill for an act relating to the denial of state funds to a local entity.(Formerly SSB 1203 .)
    March 10, 2021 · voted no; Democrats voted 10–7 · Roll call
    No
  • SF 185 A bill for an act repealing the Missouri river preservation and land use authority, and including tr…
    February 3, 2021 · voted yes; Democrats voted 5–11 · Roll call
    Yes
  • HF 2477 A bill for an act relating to county regulation of certain agricultural experiences. (Formerly HSB 6…
    March 4, 2020 · voted no; Democrats voted 13–3 · Roll call
    No