The Iowa General Assembly is the

legislative branch A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with th ...

of the

state government A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonom ...

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

. Like the federal

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, ...

, the General Assembly is a

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate Deliberative assembly, assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate ...

body, composed of the

upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the Iowa, state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . Each Senat ...

and the

lower Lower may refer to: * ''Lower'' (album), 2025 album by Benjamin Booker *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is sit ...

Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...

respectively. The Senate consists of four year terms and the House consists of two year terms. The General Assembly convenes within the

Iowa State Capitol The Iowa State Capitol, commonly called the Iowa Statehouse, is in Iowa's capital city, Des Moines. As the seat of the Iowa General Assembly, the building houses the Iowa Senate, Iowa House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, and the ...

Des Moines Des Moines is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Iowa, most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County with parts extending into Warren County, Iowa, Wa ...

since the capital was moved there in 1857. The assembly convenes annually on the second Monday in January.

Composition

The Iowa General Assembly consists of 50 senators and 100 representatives. Each senator represents about 63,848 people and each representative about 31,924 people as of the 2020 United States census. The current legislative maps were enacted on November 4, 2021 for the

2022 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2022. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2022 United Nations Security Council election * 2022 national electoral calendar * 2022 local e ...

and the 90th General Assembly. Officials in the Senate are President

Amy Sinclair Amy Sinclair (born 1975) is an American politician serving as the president of the Iowa Senate since 2023, having represented the Iowa's 12th Senate district, 12th district since 2013. A member of the Iowa Republican Party, Republican Party, she ...

(R), and President Pro Tempore

Brad Zaun Bradley Zaun ( R- Urbandale) is an Iowa politician who represented the 22nd District, as well as serving the Iowa Senate President pro tempore. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election. ...

(R). Partisan Senate leaders include Majority Leader

Jack Whitver Jack Whitver (born September 4, 1980) is an American businessman and politician, who is currently the Iowa State Senator for the 23rd District. Since 2018 he has served as Senate Majority Leader. Business career Whitver founded Acceleratio ...

(R) and Democratic Leader

Pam Jochum Mary Pamela Jochum ( Hingtgen; born September 26, 1954) is an American politician serving as the Iowa State Senator from the Iowa Senate District 36, 36th District and former President of the Iowa Senate. A Iowa Democratic Party, Democrat, she was ...

(D). In the House, the Speaker is

Pat Grassley Patrick Grassley (born May 26, 1983) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he is the grandson of Iowa United States Senator Chuck Grassley. He has served as the Iowa State Representative for its 57th District since 2023, ...

(R), and the Speaker Pro Tempore John Wills (R). Partisan House leadership includes Majority Leader

Matt Windschitl Matt W. Windschitl (born December 30, 1983) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 15th District and Majority Leader of the House. Early life and education Born in 1983 in Mar ...

(R), and Minority Leader

Jennifer Konfrst Jennifer Glover Konfrst (born December 24, 1973) is an American politician in the state of Iowa. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, she has been a member of the Iowa House of Representatives representing the Iowa's 32nd House of Repres ...

(D). The Republican Party currently holds a 2/3rds

super-majority A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fund ...

in the Senate.

Composition of the 90th General Assembly of Iowa (2023–2024)

References

External links

Iowa Legislature
''official government website''
Iowa General Assembly official website

Iowa Code

Iowa Constitution
{{Authority control 1846 establishments in Iowa

Composition

Composition of the 90th General Assembly of Iowa (2023–2024)

See also

References

External links