92nd_Minnesota_Legislature

92nd Minnesota Legislature

92nd Minnesota Legislature

Term of state legislature in Minnesota, US

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.

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Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Proposed

Boldface indicates the bill was passed by its house of origin.

Political composition

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.

Senate

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Senate composition
  34 Republican
  31 DFL
  2 Independent

House of Representatives

More information Party (Shading indicates majority caucus), Total ...
House composition by caucus
  69 DFL
  59 Republican
  4 New Republican
  1 Independent Republican
  1 Independent

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (DFL) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (DFL) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

Senate

Senate districts
  Republican
  DFL
  Independent
More information District, Name ...

House

House districts by caucus
  DFL
  Republican
  New Republican
  Republican (no caucus)
  Independent
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Demographics

Gender

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]

Race and ethnicity

27 legislators identified themselves or were identified in a newspaper or book as a member of a minority group.[41]

Education

32 members (15.9%) had doctoral-level degrees.[41]

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

  • 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

  • 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

Senate

  • 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

  • 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]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    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]
  2. [N 2]
    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]
  3. [N 3]
    Lost re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2012.
  4. [N 4]
    Elected in a special election.[38]
  5. [N 5]
    Lost re-election 2010. Elected again in 2012.
  6. [N 6]
    Elected in a special election.[39]
  7. [N 7]
    Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2008. Elected again in 2010.
  8. [N 8]
    Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2008.
  9. [N 9]
    Did not seek re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2012.
  10. [N 10]
    Resigned effective July 1, 2015. Elected again in 2018.
  11. [N 11]
    Lost re-election in 2010. Elected again in 2012.
  12. [N 12]
    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]

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