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Did Ashley Hinson vote for the Ratepayer Protection Act on data centers?

Matches stated record claim. She voted yes when the House passed it 417-3 in September 2026; a Senate vote to take it up fell short, so it is not law.

Ashley Hinson

Her vote on data centers and electric rates

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What they say

In the October 7 debate, Hinson said she was proud to vote for the House's ratepayer protection bill, so electric customers are not on the hook for data centers' costs.

“I was proud to vote for that”

What the record shows ·

She voted yes on September 16, 2026 when the House passed H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, 417-3. It would have each state consider a rule that utilities charge data centers using 100 megawatts or more the full cost of grid upgrades built to serve them. On September 30 a Senate vote to start debate on it fell short, 57-43; it is not law.

Limit: Rep. Gabe Evans sponsored the bill. This checks her vote, not a part in writing it.

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  1. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Hinson on the ratepayer protection billhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=2526s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    42:06 to 42:12, and again at 44:32. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

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  2. Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate, transcripthttps://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/special/14524/iowa-press-debates-us-senate

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The host's own transcript of the October 7 debate, the second copy for quoted words.

    candidate statement

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  3. Roll Call 312, H.R. 9340 passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026312

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Ratepayer Protection Act, motion to suspend the rules and pass; Hinson recorded Yea; passed 417 to 3.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 9340 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr9340eh/html/BILLS-119hr9340eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    A federal standard, for states to consider, that utilities charge large data-center customers (100 megawatts or more) the full cost of upgrades built to serve them.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 9340 (119th Congress), Ratepayer Protection Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9340/all-actions

    Congress.gov · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans. Senate cloture on the motion to proceed failed 57-43 on September 30, 2026, and the motion was withdrawn.

    official legislative record

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