Senator Bill Heckroth was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2006.  He represents Senate District 9, which includes Bremer County, Butler County,
north & west Fayette County, and northern Black Hawk County.

Senator Heckroth is vice-chair of the Commerce Committee and the Economic Development Budget Subcommittee. He also serves on the Education, Local Government, and Transportation committees.

In addition to his committee work, Senator Heckroth serves on the Commission on Elder Affairs, the Education Policy Task Force for the Council of State Governments, and the Economic Development, Workforce Development and Labor Task Force for the Council of State Governments Midwest.   

Senator Heckroth is a 20-year resident of Waverly, where he owns a financial consulting business, Financial Architects.  He is active with several community organizations, including the Waverly–Shell Rock High School Booster Club, the United Way of Waverly-Shell Rock, the Waverly Parks and Recreation Board, St. Mary's Catholic Church Parish Council, and Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community’s Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Directors and Foundation.  Heckroth has also been a volunteer baseball coach at Wartburg College and Waverly-Shell Rock High School and was founder and director of the Coca-Cola Waverly Youth Baseball/Softball Tournament.

Heckroth was raised in Dysart, a farming community in Tama County. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Management and played on the Iowa Hawkeye baseball team, earning 1st Team “All Big 10” as a pitcher his senior year and leading the Hawkeyes to the Big 10 Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, NE.

Senator Heckroth is married to Jan Heckroth, a staff chaplain and Spiritual Care Team Leader at Allen Hospital in Waterloo. They have three sons: Thomas, a graduate of the University of Iowa; Andrew, a sophomore at the University of Iowa; and Patrick, a graduate of Waverly-Shell Rock High School.