Joni Ernst
Senator · IA · R
Current term Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the Senate since Jan 6, 2015
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Senator · IA · R
Current term Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the Senate since Jan 6, 2015
Official websiteContact formBiographical Directory
Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)
100 sponsored bills and resolutions, from Congress.gov.
S.Res. 572 · A resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard and United States Army Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who were killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, in a targeted assault against United States service members on December 13, 2025.
Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action (Dec 18, 2025): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8893-8894; text: CR S8926)
Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Dec 17, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Dec 3, 2025 · Labor and Employment
Latest action (Dec 3, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 3260 · Ending Subsidies for Political Junk Mail Act
Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 3240 · McSCUSE ME Act of 2025
Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Agriculture and Food
Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 3173 · Stop 8(a) Contracting Fraud Act
Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Commerce
Latest action (Dec 10, 2025): Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
S. 3166 · Returning Unspent COVID Funds Act
Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Economics and Public Finance
Latest action (Nov 8, 2025): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266.
S.Res. 482 · A resolution recognizing the week of November 3 through November 7, 2025, as "National Veterans Small Business Week".
Introduced Nov 4, 2025 · Commerce
Latest action (Nov 4, 2025): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7905; text: CR S7904)
Introduced Oct 30, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Oct 30, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7851)
S. 3005 · Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
Introduced Oct 14, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Oct 14, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S.Res. 438 · A resolution condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023, and supporting an outcome that ensures the forever survival of Israel, the complete denial of Hamas's ability to reconstitute in the region, and the release of all the remaining hostages from the Gaza Strip, including two United States citizens.
Introduced Oct 7, 2025 · International Affairs
Latest action (Oct 7, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6982)
S. 2953 · Dismantling Double Dippers Act of 2025
Introduced Sep 30, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Sep 30, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Sep 11, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Education
Latest action (Sep 10, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Immigration
Latest action (Aug 1, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 2610 · Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025
Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action (Jul 31, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 2591 · Ethanol for America Act of 2025
Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Environmental Protection
Latest action (Jul 31, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Environmental Protection
Latest action (Jul 23, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 2215 · Restoring America’s Floodplains Act
Introduced Jul 9, 2025 · Agriculture and Food
Latest action (Jul 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 2173 · For Sale Act of 2025
Introduced Jun 25, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Jun 25, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.Res. 295 · A resolution supporting the designation of the week of June 23 through June 29, 2025, as "National Women's Sports Week" to celebrate the anniversary of the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the growth of women's sports.
Introduced Jun 23, 2025 · Sports and Recreation
Latest action (Jun 24, 2025): Star Print ordered on the resolution.
S. 2100 · Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act
Introduced Jun 17, 2025 · Taxation
Latest action (Jan 14, 2026): Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
S. 1991 · Delivering On Government Efficiency in Spending Act
Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Dec 10, 2025): Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Introduced Jun 2, 2025 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action (Jun 2, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.