Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla
Republican Iowa House · District 37 · Iowa
+0.493Left–right score (within House)−1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative in this chamber. Only compare with others in the same chamber.
#79 of 96Chamber rank, liberal→conservative#1 is the most liberal ranked member of this chamber.
99.1%Party unityHow often they vote the same way as most of their own party.
1642Roll calls (94 missed/absent)Recorded votes we have for this session; “missed” means they didn’t vote.
In office since 2023-01-01 · barb.kniffmcculla@legis.iowa.gov · legis.iowa.gov/…/newsletter?id=33977&ga=9 · legis.iowa.gov/…/legislator?ga=90&personI · legis.iowa.gov/…/legislator?personID=3397 · Open States ID 5aa1870f-0eb7-4a82-9788-7b159d28a287
Capitol: State Capitol Building 1007 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50319 515-281-3221
Where they sit in the Iowa House
Each gray bar counts how many ranked members of the Iowa House have a score in that range, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). The colored line is Barb Kniff McCulla. Scores are relative to this chamber only.
Chamber, by party
Each tick is one ranked member, placed by their score (blue D, red R, purple I/other). The tall tick is Barb Kniff McCulla.
Committees
- Economic Growth and Technology
- Education
- International Relations
- Labor and Workforce (chair)
- Local Government
Recent votes (latest 60 of 1642 in the current session data)
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | SF 639 Shall amendment H-8456 be adopted? A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. | Nay | Fail 8–77 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 639 Shall amendment H-8456 be adopted? A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. | Nay | Fail 8–77 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8451, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Yea | Pass 82–3 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8451, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Yea | Pass 82–3 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2800 Shall amendment H-8494, to amendment H-8491, be adopted? 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 i | Nay | Fail 28–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2800 Shall amendment H-8494, to amendment H-8491, be adopted? 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 i | Nay | Fail 28–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8485? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8485? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall amendment H-8490 be adopted? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall amendment H-8490 be adopted? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2480 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Yea | Pass 67–18 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2480 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Yea | Pass 67–18 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2465 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the r | Yea | Pass 81–4 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2465 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the r | Yea | Pass 81–4 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2785 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act extending the biodiesel blended fuel tax credit. | Yea | Pass 84–1 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2785 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act extending the biodiesel blended fuel tax credit. | Yea | Pass 84–1 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8416, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Nay | Fail 27–58 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8416, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Nay | Fail 27–58 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8417, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Nay | Fail 29–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall amendment H-8417, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Nay | Fail 29–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2794 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2794 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2797 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2797 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2617 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2617 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8482? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 22–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8482? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 22–56 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8488? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8488? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2488 Shall the bill pass? 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 | Yea | Pass 83–2 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2488 Shall the bill pass? 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 | Yea | Pass 83–2 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 469 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. | Yea | Pass 58–27 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 469 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. | Yea | Pass 58–27 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2480 Shall amendment H-8467 be adopted? A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Nay | Fail 30–55 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2480 Shall amendment H-8467 be adopted? A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Nay | Fail 30–55 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2490 Shall amendment H-8477 be adopted? 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, impositi | Nay | Fail 25–61 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2490 Shall amendment H-8477 be adopted? 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, impositi | Nay | Fail 25–61 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8484? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | SJR 11 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8484? A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. | Absent | Fail 21–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Yea | Pass 54–31 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2770 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. | Yea | Pass 54–31 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 1003 Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment H-8459? A bill for an act relating to child placements. | Yea | Pass 57–28 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 1003 Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment H-8459? A bill for an act relating to child placements. | Yea | Pass 57–28 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2769 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8454, to amendment H-8449? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. | Nay | Fail 27–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2769 Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8454, to amendment H-8449? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. | Nay | Fail 27–57 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 1003 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to child placements. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 1003 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to child placements. | Yea | Pass 85–0 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2484 Shall the bill pass? 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 a | Yea | Pass 59–26 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2484 Shall the bill pass? 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 a | Yea | Pass 59–26 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2769 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. | Yea | Pass 56–29 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2769 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. | Yea | Pass 56–29 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2478 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fun | Yea | Pass 85–1 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2478 Shall the bill pass? A bill for an act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fun | Yea | Pass 85–1 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2542 Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment H-8470? A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. | Yea | Pass 68–18 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2542 Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment H-8470? A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. | Yea | Pass 68–18 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2472 Shall the bill pass? 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 fo | Yea | Pass 62–22 |
| 2026-05-02 | SF 2472 Shall the bill pass? 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 fo | Yea | Pass 62–22 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2799 Shall the bill pass? 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 f | Yea | Pass 78–7 |
| 2026-05-02 | HF 2799 Shall the bill pass? 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 f | Yea | Pass 78–7 |