Term of state legislature in Minnesota, US
92nd Minnesota Legislature Term January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05 ) – January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03 )
Members 67 senators President Jeremy Miller (R )Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R ) until September 9, 2021 Jeremy Miller (R ) since September 9, 2021Minority Leader Susan Kent
(DFL ) until September 14, 2021Melisa Franzen (DFL ) since September 14, 2021
Members 134 representatives Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL )Majority Leader Ryan Winkler (DFL )Minority Leader Kurt Daudt (R )2021 January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05 ) – May 17, 2021 (2021-05-17 ) 2022 January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31 ) – May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23 )
2021 June 14, 2021 (2021-06-14 ) – July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07 )
The Ninety-second Minnesota Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota from January 5, 2021, to January 3, 2023. It is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives , based on the results of the 2020 Senate election and 2020 House election .
March 23, 2021: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Orders for Protection Act [ 2] (Laws 2021, chapter 6 )
May 25, 2021: Energy Conservation and Optimization Act[ 3] (Laws 2021, chapter 29 )
Omnibus appropriations acts
June 26, 2021: Omnibus higher education act[ 4] (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2 )
June 26, 2021: Omnibus agriculture act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 3 )
June 26, 2021: Omnibus commerce and energy act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 4 )
June 26, 2021: Omnibus transportation act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5 )
June 29, 2021: Omnibus environment and natural resources act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 6 )
June 29, 2021: Omnibus health and human services act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7 )
June 29, 2021: Omnibus housing act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 8 )
June 30, 2021: Omnibus capital investment act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 9 )
June 30, 2021: Omnibus workforce and labor act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10 )
June 30, 2021: Omnibus public safety and judiciary act[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11)
June 30, 2021: Omnibus state government, military affairs, and veterans affairs act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12 )
June 30, 2021: Omnibus education act[ 8] (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 13 )
June 26, 2021: Omnibus legacy act (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1 )
July 1, 2021: Omnibus tax act[ 9] [ 10] (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14 )
April 29, 2022: Unemployment insurance and frontline worker payments act[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] (Laws 2022, chapter 50 )
May 10, 2022: Supplementary veterans and military affairs act (Laws 2022, chapter 50 )
May 22, 2022: Supplementary legacy act (Laws 2022, chapter 77 )
May 22, 2022: Omnibus liquor act[ 14] [ 15] (Laws 2022, chapter 86 )
May 26, 2022: Omnibus drought relief and rural broadband act[ 16] (Laws 2022, chapter 95 )
June 2, 2022: Omnibus mental health act[ 17] (Laws 2022, chapter 99 )
June 3, 2022: Environment and natural resources trust fund act (Laws 2022, chapter 94 )
Boldface indicates the bill was passed by its house of origin.
Political composition [ edit ]
Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.
Senate composition 34 Republican
31 DFL
2 Independent
House of Representatives [ edit ]
House composition by caucus 69 DFL
59 Republican
4 New Republican
1 Independent Republican
1 Independent
Majority (Republican) leadership[ edit ]
Minority (DFL) leadership[ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Majority (DFL) leadership[ edit ]
Minority (Republican) leadership[ edit ]
Senate districts Republican
DFL
Independent
House districts by caucus DFL
Republican
New Republican
Republican (no caucus)
Independent
129 (64.2%) members of the 92nd Legislature were male, while 72 (35.8%) were female. The House had a slightly higher proportion of women than the Senate.[ 41]
27 legislators identified themselves or were identified in a newspaper or book as a member of a minority group.[ 41]
Not a minority: 174 (86.6%)
A minority: 27 (13.4%)
32 members (15.9%) had doctoral-level degrees .[ 41]
Changes in membership [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (Chair: Housley, Vice-Chair: Koran, DFL Lead: Eken)
Agriculture and Rural Development Finance andPolicy (Chair: Westrom, Vice-Chair Dahms, DFL Lead: Murphy)
Capital Investment (Chair: Bakk, Vice-Chair: Senjem, DFL Lead: Pappas)
Civil Law and Data Practices Policy (Chair: Mathews, Vice-Chair: Limmer, DFL Lead: Bigham)
Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance andPolicy (Chair: Dahms, Vice-Chair: Howe, DFL Lead: Kent)
Education Finance and Policy (Chair: Chamberlain, Vice-Chair: Eichorn, DFL Lead: Wiger)
Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy (Chair: Senjem, Vice-Chair: Mathews, DFL Lead: Frentz)
Environment and Natural Resources Finance (Chair: Ingebrigtsen, Vice-Chair: Rudd, DFL Lead: Torres Ray)
Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance (Chair: Rudd, Vice-Chair: Weber, DFL Lead: Hawj)
Finance (Chair: Rosen, Vice-Chair: Ingebrigtsen, DFL Lead: Marty)
Health and Human Services Finance and Policy (Chair: Utke, Vice-Chair: Draheim, DFL Lead: Wiklund)
Higher Education Finance and Policy (Chair: Tomassoni, Vice-Chair: Rarick, DFL Lead: Clausen)
Housing Finance and Policy (Chair: Draheim, Vice-Chair: Duckworth, DFL Lead: Dziedzic)
Human Services Licensing Policy (Chair: Benson, Vice-Chair: Abeler, DFL Lead: Eaton)
Human Services Reform Finance and Policy (Chair: Abeler, Vice-Chair: Benson, DFL Lead: Hoffman)
Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy (Chair: Pratt, Vice-Chair: Housley, DFL Lead: Champion)
Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy (Chair: Limmer, Vice-Chair: Johnson, DFL Lead: Latz)
Labor and Industry Policy (Chair: Rarick, Vice-Chair: Dornink, DFL Lead: McEwen)
Local Government Policy (Chair: Jasinski, Vice-Chair: Newman, DFL Lead: Cwodzinski)
Mining and Forestry Policy (Chair: Eichorn, Vice-Chair Goggin, DFL Lead: Kunesh)
Redistricting (Chair: Johnson, Vice-Chair: Kiffmeyer, DFL Lead: Isaacson)
Rules and Administration (Chair: Miller, Vice-Chair: Johnson), DFL Lead: Franzen)
State Government Finance and Policy and Elections (Chair: Kiffmeyer, Vice-Chair: Howe, DFL Lead: Carlson)
Taxes (Chair: Nelson, Vice-Chair: Coleman, DFL Lead: Rest)
Subcommittee on Property Taxes (Chair: Weber, Vice-Chair Chamberlain, DFL Lead: Klein)
Technology and Reform Policy (Chair: Koran, Vice-Chair: Westrom, DFL Lead: Port_
Transportation Finance and Policy (Chair: Newman, Vice-Chair: Jasinski, DFL Lead: Dibble)
Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy (Chair: Lang, Vice-Chair: Anderson, DFL Lead: Newton)
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Agriculture Finance and Policy (Chair: Sundin, Vice-Chair: Vang, GOP Lead: Anderson)
Capital Investment (Chair: Lee, Vice-Chair: Murphy, GOP Lead: Urdhal)
Climate and Energy Finance and Policy (Chair: Long, Vice-Chair: Acomb, GOP Lead: Swedzinski)
Commerce Finance and Policy (Chair: Stephenson, Vice-Chair: Kotyza-Witthuhn, GOP Lead: O'Driscoll)
Early Childhood Finance and Policy (Chair: Pinto, Vice-Chair: Pryor, GOP Lead: Franson)
Education Finance (Chair: Davnie, Vice-Chair: Sandstede, GOP Lead: Kresha)
Education Policy (Chair: Richardson, Vice-Chair: Hassan, GOP Lead: Erickson)
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy (Chair: Hansen, Vice-Chair: Wazlawik, GOP Lead: Heintzeman)
Ethics (Chair: Davnie, GOP Lead Erickson)
Health Finance and Policy (Chair: Liebling, Vice-Chair: Huot, GOP Lead: Schomacker)
Preventative Health Policy Division (Chair: Freiberg, Vice-Chair: Bierman, GOP Lead: Gruenhagen)
Higher Education Finance and Policy (Chair: Bernardy, Vice-Chair: Christensen, GOP Lead: O'Neill)
Housing Finance and Policy (Chair: Hausman, Vice-Chair: Howard, GOP Lead: Theis)
Human Services Finance and Policy (Chair: Schultz, Vice-Chair: Bahner, GOP Lead: Albright)
Behavioral Health Policy Division (Chair: Fischer, Vice-Chair: Frederick, GOP Lead: Franke)
Preventing Homelessness Division (Chair: Gomez, Vice-Chair: Keeler, GOP Lead: Neu Brindley)
Industrial Education and Economic Development Finance and Policy (Chair: Pelowski, Vice-Chair: Sandell, GOP Lead: Kiel)
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law (Chair: Becker-Finn, Vice-Chair: Moeller, GOP Lead: Scott)
Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs (Chair: Ecklund, Vice-Chair Xiong, T., Co-GOP Leads: Dettmer, McDonald)
Legacy Finance (Chair: Lillie, Vice-Chair: Jordan, GOP Lead: Green)
Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy (Chair: Mariani, Vice-Chair: Frazier, GOP Lead: Johnson)
Redistricting (Chair: Murphy, Vice-Chair: Klevorn, GOP Lead: Torkelson)
Rules and Legislative Administration (Chair: Winkler, Vice-Chair: Agbaje, GOP Lead: Daudt)
Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform (Chair: Pelowski, Vice-Chair: Wolgamott, GOP Lead: Daudt)
State Government Finance and Elections (Chair: Nelson, M., Vice-Chair: Carlson, GOP Lead: Nash)
Local Government Division (Chair: Masin, Vice-Chair: Elkins, GOP Lead: Quam)
Taxes (Chair: Marquart, Vice-Chair: Lislegard, GOP Lead: Davids)
Property Taxes Division (Chair: Youakim, Vice-Chair: Gomez, GOP Lead: Hertaus)
Transportation Finance and Policy (Chair: Hornstein, Vice-Chair Koegel, GOP Lead: Petersburg)
Ways and Means (Chair: Moran, Vice-Chair: Olson, L., GOP Lead: Garofalo)
Workforce and Business Development (Chair: Noor, Vice-Chair: Xiong, J., GOP Lead: Hamilton)
Administrative officers [ edit ]
Secretary: Cal Ludeman [ 44]
First Assistant Secretary: Colleen Pacheco[ 44]
Second Assistant Secretary: Mike Linn[ 44]
Engrossing Secretary: Melissa Mapes[ 44]
Sergeant at Arms: Sven Lindquist[ 44]
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Marilyn Logan[ 44]
Chaplain: Mike Smith[ 44]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Chief Clerk: Patrick Murphy[ 45]
First Assistant Chief Clerk: Tim Johnson[ 45]
Second Assistant Chief Clerk: Gail Romanowski[ 45]
Chief Sergeant at Arms: Bob Meyerson[ 45]
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Erica Brynildson[ 45]
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Andrew Olson[ 45]
Index Clerk: Carl Hamre[ 45]
^ Four Republicans announced on December 8, 2018, they would not join the Republican caucus in the 91st Legislature and would instead form their own caucus, the "New House Republican Caucus."[ 19]
^ Erik Mortensen was removed from the New House Republican Caucus. Minority Leader Daudt confirmed that Mortensen would not be welcome in the main Republican caucus."[ 20]
^ Lost re-election in 2006 . Elected again in 2012 .
^ a b c d e f g Elected in a special election.[ 38]
^ Lost re-election 2010 . Elected again in 2012 .
^ a b c d e f g h i Elected in a special election.[ 39]
^ Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2008 . Elected again in 2010 .
^ Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2006 . Elected again in 2008 .
^ Did not seek re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2012 .
^ Resigned effective July 1, 2015. Elected again in 2018 .
^ Lost re-election in 2010 . Elected again in 2012 .
^ Elected in 2020 as a member of the DFL , Effective September 15, 2021, Thompson will serve as an Independent after being expelled from the DFL caucus.[ 40]
^ Croman, John. "2021 Session off to a mostly virtual start" . kare11.com . Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ Stockton, Gracie (April 2, 2021). "Walz signs law bill to honor Canadian restraining orders" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Orenstein, Walker (May 19, 2021). "In a session with few big legislative achievements, Minnesota lawmakers pass a 'significant' energy conservation bill" . MinnPost .
^ Faircloth, Ryan (June 10, 2021). "Minnesota lawmakers agree on $100 million funding boost for colleges" . Star Tribune .
^ Faircloth, Ryan; Van Berkel, Jessie (June 26, 2021). "Minnesota legislators reach public safety deal at Capitol" . Star Tribune .
^ Orenstein, Walker (June 27, 2021). "Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on public safety; bill includes restrictions on no-knock warrants, requirements for responding to mental health crises" . MinnPost .
^ Lopez, Ricardo (June 28, 2021). "Compromise public safety bill with limited police reforms prompts pushback from progressives" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Eischens, Rilyn (June 22, 2021). "Minnesota lawmakers reach education budget deal" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Eischens, Rilyn (June 16, 2022). "Legislators reach agreement on tax bill" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Kaul, Greta (May 17, 2021). "Legislature agrees to deal on exempting unemployment, PPP payments from Minnesota taxes" . MinnPost .
^ Thiede, Dana (June 7, 2022). "Applications for frontline worker pay now open" . KARE11 .
^ Lopez, Ricardo (April 28, 2022). "Legislative leaders broker tentative deal on pandemic hazard pay, unemployment insurance fund" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Wong, Timothy; Yerkes, Kenneth (May 16, 2022). "New Minnesota Law Provides Frontline Worker Bonus Payments" . National Law Review .
^ "Omnibus Liquor Bill Signed by Governor" . League of Minnesota Cities . May 24, 2022.
^ Callaghan, Peter (May 20, 2022). "Not so vice: Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on growler sales while bill to legalize sports betting hits major hurdle" . MinnPost .
^ Orenstein, Walker. "Minnesota Legislature approves bill to address 2021 drought, fund broadband infrastructure" . MinnPost .
^ Lopez, Ricardo (May 25, 2022). "Lawmakers approve $93 million for mental health funding in final minutes of legislative session" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Griffith, Michelle (12 August 2022). "Minnesota Iron Range Sen. David Tomassoni dies at 69" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ Bakst, Brian (December 8, 2018). "Renegade House members split from GOP caucus" . Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
^ Gockowski, Anthony (May 17, 2021). "New House GOP ousts Erik Mortensen from caucus" . Alpha News. Retrieved May 26, 2021 .
^ Tabke, Brad (17 May 2021). "Rep. Erik Mortensen has been ousted from the New House Republican Caucus" . Twitter . Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 18 May 2021 .
^ Freie, Mark (2021-09-15). "Minnesota DFL expels Rep. John Thompson from caucus" . Audacy . Retrieved 2021-09-30 .
^ "Five-term member Albright to resign from House - Session Daily - Minnesota House of Representatives" . www.house.leg.state.mn.us . Minnesota House Public Information. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Salisbury, Bill (2021-01-08). "Bipartisan deal puts Jeremy Miller back as MN Senate president. Here's the back story" . Pioneer Press . Archived from the original on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ "Minnesota State Senate" . Minnesota State Senate . Retrieved 2021-09-30 .
^ BringMeTheNews. "MN Senate GOP takes steps to keep majority in case of a Klobuchar cabinet position" . Bring Me The News . Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ Griffith, Michelle (12 August 2022). "Minnesota Iron Range Sen. David Tomassoni dies at 69" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ a b c "As Minnesota Legislature's 2021 session begins, here's a Who's Who of those in charge" . Twin Cities . 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ Montemayor, Stephen (2021-09-09). "Minnesota Senate GOP elects Jeremy Miller to take over as majority leader" . Star Tribune . Retrieved 2021-09-30 .
^ "Senate Republicans Announce Leadership Team" . Minnesota Senate Republicans . 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ Bierschbach, Briana (2021-09-03). "DFL Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent stepping down" . Star Tribune . Retrieved 2021-09-30 .
^ Bierschbach, Briana (2021-09-14). "Senate Democrats elect Melisa López Franzen as leader" . Star Tribune . Retrieved 2021-09-30 .
^ "MN State Senate" . www.senate.mn . Retrieved 2021-01-15 .
^ Van Berkel, Jessie (November 9, 2018). "Hortman, Gazelka are chosen as Minnesota legislative leaders" . Star Tribune . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
^ a b c "- Speaker Hortman appoints Rep. Liz Olson Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore" . www.house.leg.state.mn.us . Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ a b c d "Minnesota House of Representatives - Leadership" . www.house.leg.state.mn.us . Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ Van Berkel, Jessie (November 9, 2018). "Kurt Daudt will continue to lead Minnesota House Republicans" . Star Tribune . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present" . Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present" . Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
^ "Rep. John Thompson says he'll serve as an independent after House DFLers expel him" . September 15, 2021.
^ a b c "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present" . Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved 2022-10-20 .
^ Griffith, Michelle (12 August 2022). "Minnesota Iron Range Sen. David Tomassoni dies at 69" . Minnesota Reformer .
^ "Five-term member Albright to resign from House - Session Daily - Minnesota House of Representatives" . www.house.leg.state.mn.us . Minnesota House Public Information. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g "Tuesday, January 8, 2019" (PDF) . Journal of the Senate . January 8, 2019. pp. 4, 14. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g "Tuesday, January 8, 2019" (PDF) . Minnesota House of Representatives . January 8, 2019. pp. 8, 19. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
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