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Michael H. Rohl

State Senate · District 01

Michael H. Rohl

Republican
67%Senate

Pro-resident voting record on data center bills

Sided with residents on 67% of votes across 11 data center bills.

About

Michael Rohl earned a degree in accounting from Drake University. Rohl's career experience includes working as a general manager of hotel chains.

Background sourced from Ballotpedia.

Note

Received PAC contributions from Steve DelBianco (president of NetChoice) as an individual donation who lobbied in Pierre for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections.

Voting record

On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record

HB 1038Voted For

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

SB 135Voted For

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

SB 239Voted For

modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.