Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, today is releasing updated Senate Republican committee assignments for the 2026 legislative session.
“Senate Republicans are ready for the start of the 2026 legislative session and focused on making Iowa an affordable place to live and raise a family, reducing the cost of government, and bringing common-sense solutions to the problems Iowans are facing,” said Senator Klimesh. “There are many issues that Iowans are dealing with and expect us to face head on, and Senate Republicans are ready to hit the ground running come January.”
Committee assignments, listed with number of members on the committee, number of Republicans and Democrats, and Senate Republican committee members, are as follows:
Administrative Rules Review
Rowley – Co-Chair
Bousselot
Dawson
Agriculture (16 members, 11 R/5 D)
Driscoll – Chair
Rozenboom – Vice Chair
Costello
Green
Gruenhagen
Guth
McClintock
Shipley
Sires
Sweeney
Zumbach
Appropriations (22 members, 15 R/7 D)
Kraayenbrink – Chair
Zumbach – Vice Chair
Bousselot
Costello
Dawson
Garrett
Green
Gruenhagen
Guth
Koelker
Reichman
Rowley
Shipley
Warme
Whitver
Admin & Reg
Guth – Chair
Rowley – Vice Chair
Pike
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Shipley – Chair
Sweeney – Vice Chair
Zumbach
Economic Development
Gruenhagen – Chair
Dickey – Vice Chair
Sires
Education
Green – Chair
Evans – Vice Chair
Salmon
Justice System
Garrett – Chair
Westrich – Vice Chair
Reichman
Health and Human Services
Costello – Chair
Warme – Vice Chair
McClintock
Transportation, Infrastructure and Capitals
Koelker – Chair
Bousselot – Vice Chair
Webster
Commerce (19 members, 13 R/6 D)
Bousselot – Chair
Koelker – Vice Chair
Dickey
Driscoll
Gruenhagen
Reichman
Rowley
Schultz
Sweeney
Warme
Webster
Whitver
Zumbach
Education (16 members, 11 R/5 D)
Evans – Chair
Taylor – Vice Chair
Garrett
Green
Gruenhagen
Kraayenbrink
Pike
Rozenboom
Salmon
Shipley
Sinclair
Ethics (6 members, 3 R/3 D)
Rowley – Chair
Evans – Vice Chair
Westrich
Government Oversight (5 members, 3 R/2 D)
Gruenhagen – Chair
Evans – Vice Chair
Kraayenbrink
Health & Human Services (16 members, 11 R/5 D)
Warme – Chair
Costello – Vice Chair
Alons
Garrett
Guth
Lofgren
Pike
Rowley
Salmon
Sweeney
Webster
Judiciary (20 members, 14 R/6 D)
Schultz – Chair
Garrett – Vice Chair
Bousselot
Dawson
Dickey
Evans
Green
Lofgren
Reichman
Rowley
Shipley
Taylor
Webster
Westrich
Local Government (13 members, 9 R/4 D)
Webster – Chair
Bousselot – Vice Chair
Alons
Driscoll
Guth
Lofgren
Sires
Taylor
Westrich
Natural Resources & Environment (15 members, 10 R/5 D)
Sweeney – Chair
Shipley – Vice Chair
Costello
Evans
Pike
Rozenboom
Schultz
Sires
Westrich
Zumbach
Rules & Administration (10 members, 7 R/3 D)
Klimesh – Chair
Sinclair – Vice Chair
Dickey
Koelker
Kraayenbrink
Rozenboom
Whitver
State Government (18 members, 12 R/6 D)
Rozenboom – Chair
Reichman – Vice Chair
Bousselot
Dawson
Driscoll
Green
Guth
Koelker
Salmon
Schultz
Webster
Westrich
Technology (11 members, 7 R/4 D)
McClintock – Chair
Kraayenbrink – Vice Chair
Alons
Sires
Sweeney
Taylor
Warme
Transportation (17 members, 11 R/6 D)
Zumbach – Chair
Webster – Vice Chair
Costello
Dickey
Garrett
Kraayenbrink
Lofgren
Pike
Rozenboom
Shipley
Warme
Veterans Affairs (12 members, 8 R/4 D)
Reichman – Chair
Salmon – Vice Chair
Alons
Costello
Dawson
McClintock
Pike
Warme
Ways and Means (18 members, 12 R/6 D)
Dawson – Chair
Rowley – Vice Chair
Bousselot
Dickey
Driscoll
Green
Gruenhagen
Koelker
Reichman
Schultz
Sweeney
Taylor
Workforce (12 members, 8 R/4 D)
Dickey – Chair
Schultz – Vice Chair
Driscoll
Koelker
Lofgren
Pike
Sires
Taylor
