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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.
Major events
January 5, 2021: On the first day of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature, new legislators were sworn in via videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Major legislation
= Enacted
=March 23, 2021: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Orders for Protection Act (Laws 2021, chapter 6)
May 25, 2021: Energy Conservation and Optimization Act (Laws 2021, chapter 29)
Omnibus appropriations acts
June 26, 2021: Omnibus higher education act (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 (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 (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 (Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14)
April 29, 2022: Unemployment insurance and frontline worker payments act (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 (Laws 2022, chapter 86)
May 26, 2022: Omnibus drought relief and rural broadband act (Laws 2022, chapter 95)
June 2, 2022: Omnibus mental health act (Laws 2022, chapter 99)
June 3, 2022: Environment and natural resources trust fund act (Laws 2022, chapter 94)
= Proposed
=Boldface indicates the bill was passed by its house of origin.
Omnibus cannabis bill (H.F. 600/S.F. 757)
Sports betting bill (H.F. 778/S.F. 574)
Universal school lunch and breakfast bill (H.F. 1729)
Supplemental education finance and policy bill (H.F. 3401/S.F. 2822)
Transgender sanctuary state bill (H.F. 4822/S.F. 4525)
Proposed constitutional amendment establishing a fundamental right to a quality public education bill (H.F. 874)
Parental rights in schools bill (H.F. 3436/S.F. 2909)
Right to counsel in public housing evictions bill (H.F. 450/S.F. 1290)
Political composition
Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.
= Senate
== House of Representatives
=Leadership
= Senate
=President: Jeremy Miller (R)
President pro tempore: David Tomassoni (I) (until August 11, 2022)
Majority (Republican) leadership
Majority Leader:
Paul Gazelka (until September, 2021)
Jeremy Miller (since September 9, 2021)
Deputy Majority Leader: Mark Johnson
Assistant Majority Leaders:
Roger Chamberlain
Zach Duckworth
Karin Housley
John Jasinski
Bill Weber
Minority (DFL) leadership
Minority Leader:
Susan Kent (until September, 2021)
Melisa Franzen (since September 14, 2021)
Assistant Minority Leaders:
Nick Frentz
Mary Kunesh
Foung Hawj
Minority Whips:
Kent Eken
John Hoffman
Ann Rest
= House of Representatives
=Speaker: Melissa Hortman (DFL)
Speaker pro tempore: Liz Olson (DFL)
Majority (DFL) leadership
Deputy Majority Leader: Liz Olson (DFL)
Majority Leader: Ryan Winkler
Majority Whip: Kaohly Vang Her
Assistant Majority Leaders:
Heather Edelson
Emma Greenman
Michael Howard
Todd Lippert
Kelly Morrison
Dan Wolgamott
Minority (Republican) leadership
Minority Leader: Kurt Daudt
Deputy Minority Leader: Anne Neu Brindley
Assistant Minority Leaders:
Dave Baker
Peggy Bennett
Lisa Demuth
Jim Nash
Paul Novotny
Bjorn Olson
Peggy Scott
Paul Torkelson
Members
= Senate
== House
== 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.
Race and ethnicity
27 legislators identified themselves or were identified in a newspaper or book as a member of a minority group.
Not a minority: 174 (86.6%)
A minority: 27 (13.4%)
Black (ex. Somali): 8 (5.7%)
Hispanic: 6 (3.0%)
Hmong: 6 (3.0%)
American Indian: 4 (2.0%)
Somali: 3 (1.5%)
Education
32 members (15.9%) had doctoral-level degrees.
Changes in membership
= Senate
=Sen. David Tomassoni passed away August 11, 2022.
= House of Representatives
=Rep. Tony Albright resigned effective August 5, 2022.
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
First Assistant Secretary: Colleen Pacheco
Second Assistant Secretary: Mike Linn
Engrossing Secretary: Melissa Mapes
Sergeant at Arms: Sven Lindquist
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Marilyn Logan
Chaplain: Mike Smith
= House of Representatives
=Chief Clerk: Patrick Murphy
First Assistant Chief Clerk: Tim Johnson
Second Assistant Chief Clerk: Gail Romanowski
Chief Sergeant at Arms: Bob Meyerson
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Erica Brynildson
Assistant Sergeant at Arms: Andrew Olson
Index Clerk: Carl Hamre
Notes
References
External links
Legislature
2019 Regular Session Laws
2019, 1st Special Session Laws
2020 Regular Session Laws
2020, 1st Special Session Laws
2020, 2nd Special Session Laws
2020, 3rd Special Session Laws
Senate
List of bill summaries prepared by the Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis Office
List of act summaries prepared by the Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis Office
Fiscal tracking spreadsheets prepared by the Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis Office
House of Representatives
List of bill summaries prepared by the House Research Department
List of act summaries prepared by the House Research Department
Fiscal tracking spreadsheets prepared by the House Fiscal Analysis Department
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