Herman C. Quirmbach
Born
1950
Contact
Email · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
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65
Bills sponsored
this session · 271 all-time
0
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 0 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
2928
Recorded votes
99%
Vote participation
voted in 99% of 2928 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
90 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Based on only 2 votes so far — treat these scores as early and low-confidence.
Party unity
100%
based on 2 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 2 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 2 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
271 billsCurrent session 65 bills
- SF2265 A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. Introduced
- SF2229 A bill for an act relating to education funding, including the amounts for the statewide preschool program and eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including applicability provisions. Introduced
- SF2228 A bill for an act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Introduced
- SF602 A bill for an act relating to modification and substitution of a death certificate based on information obtained from a brain autopsy. Introduced
- SF463 A bill for an act relating to drug paraphernalia. Introduced
- SJR2005 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of all youths of this state to a comprehensive public education. Introduced
- SF 2260 A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. In Committee
- SF 187 A bill for an act relating to wage discrimination under the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965 and making penalties applicable. In Committee
- SF 2229 A bill for an act relating to education funding, including the amounts for the statewide preschool program and eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including applicability provisions. In Committee
- SF 66 A bill for an act relating to testimony by certain witnesses by two-way closed-circuit equipment. In Committee
- SF 2267 A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. In Committee
- SF 2249 A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. In Committee
- SJR 8 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to citizen initiatives to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa. In Committee
- SF 188 A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for contraceptive devices, drugs, and services. In Committee
- SF 2047 A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs. In Committee
- SF 2262 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. In Committee
- SF 2272 A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. In Committee
- SF 2270 A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. In Committee
- SF 452 A bill for an act relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions. In Committee
- SF 381 A bill for an act relating to youth employment and providing penalties. In Committee
- SF 505 A bill for an act codifying a firsthome program administered by the Iowa finance authority. In Committee
- SF 2244 A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools. In Committee
- SF 185 A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, and including implementation provisions. In Committee
- SF 463 A bill for an act relating to drug paraphernalia. In Committee
- SF 189 A bill for an act relating to medical malpractice by exempting claims involving sexual assault from the limitations on noneconomic damages. In Committee
Historical 206 bills
- SF 2110 A bill for an act relating to the family income eligibility requirement for state child care assistance. Died
- SF 2062 A bill for an act relating to maternal and child health. Died
- SF 2218 A bill for an act relating to additional weighting for limited English proficient students and including applicability provisions. Died
- SF 2254 A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of certain confinement feeding operation structures, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions. Died
- SF 2069 A bill for an act providing for the registration of eligible electors upon review of electronic records received from state agencies and including effective date provisions. Died
- SF 2033 A bill for an act relating to providers participating in the state family planning services program. Died
- SF 2076 A bill for an act relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid members. Died
- SF 195 A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. Died
- SF 433 A bill for an act establishing requirements relating to the use and identification of open educational resources by postsecondary educational institutions and requiring exploration and action on opportunities to reduce education resources costs. Died
- SF 440 A bill for an act relating to the determination of school district enrollment for certain school districts following a disaster event and including effective date and applicability provisions. Died
- SF 423 A bill for an act requiring the use of safety belts or safety harnesses by certain passengers of motor vehicles, and making penalties applicable. Died
- SF 497 A bill for an act relating to cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products, including taxation of such products. Died
- SF 408 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act. Died
- SF 432 A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and affirmative consent. Died
- SF 72 A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority. Died
- SF 174 A bill for an act relating to the manufacturing and equipment sales and use tax exemption, and including effective date provisions. Died
- SF 146 A bill for an act requesting an interim committee relating to evaluating the current system of court debt collection. Died
- SF 95 A bill for an act removing prohibitions of counties and cities from establishing certain regulations relating to employment matters and the sale or marketing of consumer merchandise. Died
- SF 71 A bill for an act relating to the administration of medical cannabidiol by primary caregivers to students at public and nonpublic schools. Died
- SF 147 A bill for an act relating to payment for certain therapy services under the Medicaid program. Died
- SF 358 A bill for an act relating to the termination of Medicaid managed care contracts, and including effective date provisions. Died
- SF 143 A bill for an act relating to long-term services and supports provided under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions. Died
- SF 118 A bill for an act relating to boiler and unfired steam pressure vessel inspections. Died
- SF 191 A bill for an act relating to the family income eligibility requirement for state child care assistance. Died
- SF 223 A bill for an act relating to wage discrimination under the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, making penalties applicable, and establishing an equal pay task force. Died
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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SF 654
A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2768
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees’ retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and utilities commission.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 28, 2026 |
|
HF 2757
A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 28, 2026 |
|
HF 2571
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa rules of criminal procedure including commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | March 30, 2026 |
|
SF 2224
A bill for an act relating to computer science education, including by modifying provisions related to standards for computer science education, the curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | February 24, 2026 |
|
HF 1002
A bill for an act authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, and making appropriations.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 14, 2025 |
|
SF 660
A bill for an act relating to sports wagering and tourism, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? #2 |
Not Voting | pass | May 14, 2025 |
|
HF 639
A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in such proceedings, including sanctions on intervenors in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Shall amendment S-3165 to amendment S-3064 be adopted? |
Nay | fail | May 12, 2025 |
|
HF 381
A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and provide for Code editor directives.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | April 08, 2025 |
|
HF 784
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to mathematics instruction, practitioner preparation programs, and the duties of the director of the department of education, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | April 07, 2025 |
|
HF 2788
A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Not Voting | pass | May 03, 2026 |
|
HF 2800
A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Not Voting | pass | May 03, 2026 |
|
SF 2472
A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of revenue, and funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying and making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 03, 2026 |
|
SF 2453
A bill for an act providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2694
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
SF 639
A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2598
A bill for an act relating to a required course of instruction regarding human trafficking prevention for persons applying for the initial issuance of certain commercial driver’s licenses, and including applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 1036
A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions.
Shall amendment S-5251 be adopted? |
Yea | fail | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2769
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2756
A bill for an act relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2493
A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2797
A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 1036
A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2787
A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2782
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2765
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
SF 2490
A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2781
A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2615
A bill for an act relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2531
A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2771
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2542
A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
SF 2497
A bill for an act providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related tax on the transfer of real estate, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2799
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; and establishing the new jobs training program interim study committee; and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
SF 2484
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund, and renewable fuel infrastructure fund, providing for related matters including financial assistance eligibility for regional sports authority districts, department of health and human services information technology systems, the railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and eligibility for entities to receive financial assistance from both the Iowa major events and tourism fund and the sports tourism infrastructure program, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2770
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2602
A bill for an act relating to the licensure of massage establishments, and making penalties applicable.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2794
A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2026 |
|
HF 2617
A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles.
Shall the bill pass? |
Not Voting | pass | May 01, 2026 |
|
SF 2488
A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, making appropriations, convening an early childhood Iowa interim study committee, and including applicability, retroactive applicability, and effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | May 01, 2026 |
|
HF 1003
A bill for an act relating to child placements.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 01, 2026 |
|
SF 2474
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia board and requiring the department of education to prepare a report related to cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators.
Shall the bill pass? |
Not Voting | pass | May 01, 2026 |
|
HF 2526
A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | May 01, 2026 |
|
SF 2284
A bill for an act relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
HF 2757
A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
SF 2422
A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
SF 2168
A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
HF 2783
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education council.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
HF 2230
A bill for an act relating to teacher education and licensing, including by modifying provisions related to practitioner preparation programs and licenses issued by the board of educational examiners.
Shall the bill pass? |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
HF 1028
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Shall the bill pass? |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2026 |