SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 101 Adopted

To approve and confirm the appointment of Bernardo Granwehr as Ombudsman

Sponsor Mike Klimesh (R-SD-032) Last action Message from House. S.J. 459. — March 4, 2026 Full text Iowa Legislature ↗

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Introduced

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Passed subcommittee

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Passed committee

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Passed one chamber

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Adopted

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Date	Chamber	Action
Jan 13, 2026	Senate	Introduced, referred to Rules and Administration. S.J. 63.
Feb 4, 2026	Senate	Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 203.
Feb 4, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar.
Feb 10, 2026	Senate	Resolution adopted. S.J. 229.
Feb 10, 2026	Senate	Immediate message. S.J. 230.
Feb 11, 2026	House	Message from Senate. H.J. 256.
Feb 19, 2026	House	Read first time, referred to Administration and Rules. H.J. 348.
Feb 23, 2026	House	Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 396.
Feb 23, 2026	House	Committee vote: Yeas, 13. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 396.
Feb 23, 2026	House	Placed on calendar. H.J. 396.
Mar 3, 2026	House	Passed House, yeas 94, nays 0. H.J. 487.
Mar 3, 2026	House	Immediate message. H.J. 523.
Mar 4, 2026	Senate	Message from House. S.J. 459.

Vote summaries

Date	Chamber	Vote	Result	Yea	Nay	Not voting	Democrats	Republicans	Pattern
Feb 10, 2026	Senate	Resolution	Passed	45	1	4	17–0	28–1	Bipartisan Support
Mar 3, 2026	House	Resolution	Passed	94	0	6	29–0	65–0	Unanimous

Party columns count yea–nay. Committee votes are not shown.

Individual votes

Shall the resolution be adopted?

Passed 45 to 1 · Democrats 17 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 28 yea, 1 nay · 4 not voting

How each senator voted (50)

District	Legislator	Party	Vote
1	Catelin Drey	Democrat	Yea
2	Jeff Taylor	Republican	Yea
3	Lynn Evans	Republican	Yea
4	Tim Kraayenbrink	Republican	Absent
5	Dave Rowley	Republican	Absent
6	Jason Schultz	Republican	Yea
7	Kevin Alons	Republican	Yea
8	Mark Costello	Republican	Yea
9	Tom Shipley	Republican	Yea
10	Dan Dawson	Republican	Yea
11	Julian Garrett	Republican	Absent
12	Amy Sinclair	Republican	Yea
13	Cherielynn Westrich	Republican	Yea
14	Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Yea
15	Tony Bisignano	Democrat	Yea
16	Renee Hardman	Democrat	Yea
17	Izaah Knox	Democrat	Yea
18	Janet Petersen	Democrat	Yea
19	Ken Rozenboom	Republican	Yea
20	Mike Pike	Republican	Yea
21	Mike Bousselot	Republican	Yea
22	Matt Blake	Democrat	Yea
23	Jack Whitver	Republican	Yea
24	Jesse Green	Republican	Absent
25	Herman Quirmbach	Democrat	Yea
26	Kara Warme	Republican	Yea
27	Annette Sweeney	Republican	Yea
28	Dennis Guth	Republican	Yea
29	Sandy Salmon	Republican	Yea
30	Doug Campbell	Republican	Nay
31	William Dotzler	Democrat	Yea
32	Mike Klimesh	Republican	Yea
33	Carrie Koelker	Republican	Yea
34	Daniel Zumbach	Republican	Yea
35	Mike Zimmer	Democrat	Yea
36	Thomas Townsend	Democrat	Yea
37	Molly Donahue	Democrat	Yea
38	Dave Sires	Republican	Yea
39	Liz Bennett	Democrat	Yea
40	Art Staed	Democrat	Yea
41	Kerry Gruenhagen	Republican	Yea
42	Charlie McClintock	Republican	Yea
43	Zach Wahls	Democrat	Yea
44	Adrian Dickey	Republican	Yea
45	Janice Weiner	Democrat	Yea
46	Dawn Driscoll	Republican	Yea
47	Scott Webster	Republican	Yea
48	Mark Lofgren	Republican	Yea
49	Cindy Winckler	Democrat	Yea
50	Jeff Reichman	Republican	Yea

Shall the resolution be adopted?

Passed 94 to 0 · Democrats 29 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay · 6 not voting

How each representative voted (100)

District	Legislator	Party	Vote
1	J.D. Scholten	Democrat	Yea
2	Robert Henderson	Republican	Yea
3	Thomas Jeneary	Republican	Yea
4	Skyler Wheeler	Republican	Yea
5	Zachary Dieken	Republican	Absent
6	Megan Hess Jones	Republican	Yea
7	Wendy Larson	Republican	Yea
8	Ann Meyer	Republican	Yea
9	Henry Stone	Republican	Yea
10	John Wills	Republican	Yea
11	Craig Williams	Republican	Yea
12	Steven Holt	Republican	Yea
13	Travis Sitzmann	Republican	Yea
14	Jacob Bossman	Republican	Yea
15	Matt Windschitl	Republican	Yea
16	David Sieck	Republican	Yea
17	Devon Wood	Republican	Yea
18	Tom Moore	Republican	Yea
19	Brent Siegrist	Republican	Yea
20	Josh Turek	Democrat	Absent
21	Brooke Boden	Republican	Yea
22	Samantha Fett	Republican	Yea
23	Ray Sorensen	Republican	Yea
24	Sam Wengryn	Republican	Yea
25	Hans Wilz	Republican	Yea
26	Austin Harris	Republican	Yea
27	Kenan Judge	Democrat	Yea
28	David Young	Republican	Yea
29	Brian Meyer	Democrat	Yea
30	Megan Srinivas	Democrat	Yea
31	Mary Madison	Democrat	Absent
32	Jennifer Konfrst	Democrat	Yea
33	Ruth Ann Gaines	Democrat	Yea
34	Rob Johnson	Democrat	Yea
35	Sean Bagniewski	Democrat	Yea
36	Austin Baeth	Democrat	Yea
37	Barb Kniff McCulla	Republican	Yea
38	Jon Dunwell	Republican	Yea
39	Rick Olson	Democrat	Yea
40	Bill Gustoff	Republican	Yea
41	Ryan Weldon	Republican	Yea
42	Heather Matson	Democrat	Yea
43	Eddie Andrews	Republican	Yea
44	Larry McBurney	Democrat	Yea
45	Brian Lohse	Republican	Yea
46	Dan Gehlbach	Republican	Yea
47	Carter Nordman	Republican	Yea
48	Chad Behn	Republican	Yea
49	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Democrat	Yea
50	Ross Wilburn	Democrat	Yea
51	Brett Barker	Republican	Yea
52	David Blom	Republican	Yea
53	Dean Fisher	Republican	Yea
54	Joshua Meggers	Republican	Yea
55	Shannon Latham	Republican	Yea
56	Mark Thompson	Republican	Yea
57	Pat Grassley	Republican	Yea
58	Charley Thomson	Republican	Yea
59	Christian Hermanson	Republican	Yea
60	Jane Bloomingdale	Republican	Yea
61	Timi Brown-powers	Democrat	Yea
62	Jerome Amos	Democrat	Absent
63	Michael Bergan	Republican	Yea
64	Jason Gearhart	Republican	Yea
65	Shannon Lundgren	Republican	Yea
66	Steven Bradley	Republican	Yea
67	Craig Johnson	Republican	Yea
68	Chad Ingels	Republican	Yea
69	Tom Determann	Republican	Yea
70	Norlin Mommsen	Republican	Yea
71	Lindsay James	Democrat	Absent
72	Jennifer Smith	Republican	Yea
73	Elizabeth Wilson	Democrat	Yea
74	Eric Gjerde	Democrat	Yea
75	Bob Kressig	Democrat	Yea
76	Derek Wulf	Republican	Yea
77	Jeff Cooling	Democrat	Yea
78	Angel Ramirez	Democrat	Yea
79	Tracy Ehlert	Democrat	Yea
80	Aime Wichtendahl	Democrat	Yea
81	Daniel Gosa	Democrat	Yea
82	Bobby Kaufmann	Republican	Yea
83	Cindy Golding	Republican	Yea
84	Thomas Gerhold	Republican	Absent
85	Amy Nielsen	Democrat	Yea
86	Dave Jacoby	Democrat	Yea
87	Jeff Shipley	Republican	Yea
88	Helena Hayes	Republican	Yea
89	Elinor Levin	Democrat	Yea
90	Adam Zabner	Democrat	Yea
91	Judd Lawler	Republican	Yea
92	Heather Hora	Republican	Yea
93	Gary Mohr	Republican	Yea
94	Mike Vondran	Republican	Yea
95	Taylor Collins	Republican	Yea
96	Mark Cisneros	Republican	Yea
97	Ken Croken	Democrat	Yea
98	Monica Kurth	Democrat	Yea
99	Matthew Rinker	Republican	Yea
100	Blaine Watkins	Republican	Yea

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Date	Time	Type	Description	Location
Feb 4, 2026	12:00 AM	Hearing	Senate Rules and Administration Committee	RM 22
Feb 23, 2026	1:30 PM	Hearing	House Administration and Rules Committee	RM 103