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How did Sarah Trone Garriott vote on Iowa's school voucher bill?

Matches stated direction. She voted against the 2023 bill creating education savings accounts for private school costs, which passed the Iowa Senate 31 to 18 and became law.

Sarah Trone Garriott

Schools: Iowa's education savings accounts

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What they say

Her campaign criticizes diverting taxpayer money to private school vouchers.

“diverting millions of taxpayer dollars to private school vouchers”

What the record shows ·

She voted Nay when the Iowa Senate passed House File 68, 31 to 18, on January 23, 2023. The bill set up education savings accounts that can pay tuition and fees at a nonpublic school. The governor signed it the next day.

Limit: Her vote ran the way her statement does. The bill became law over her vote.

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  1. Where I Stand: Protect great public schools for every child, in every communityhttps://sarahforiowa.com/issue/protect-great-public-schools-for-every-child-in-every-community/

    Sarah for Iowa · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    The campaign's own issue page, read from the Internet Archive snapshot of September 4, 2026, because the live site returns HTTP 403 to automated readers. Snapshot: http://web.archive.org/web/20260904190055/https://sarahforiowa.com/issue/protect-great-public-schools-for-every-child-in-every-community/.

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  2. Iowa Senate Journal, January 23, 2023 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Jan 23, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Roll call on final passage of H.F. 68, pages 165-166: Trone Garriott among the 18 nays.

    official legislative record

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  3. House File 68 (2023), education savings accountshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?ga=90&billName=HF68

    Iowa Legislature · Published Jan 23, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Bill history: passed the Senate 31 to 18 on 2023-01-23; signed by the Governor 2023-01-24.

    official legislative record

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  4. House File 68 (2023), enrolled text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Jan 24, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Defines qualified educational expenses to include tuition and fees at a nonpublic school.

    official legislative record

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