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92nd Minnesota Legislature
Legislature of Minnesota, 2021-2023 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.[1]
Major legislation
Enacted
- 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)
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)
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Political composition
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.
Senate

34 Republican
31 DFL
2 Independent
House of Representatives

69 DFL
59 Republican
4 New Republican
1 Independent Republican
1 Independent
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Leadership
Senate
- President: Jeremy Miller (R)[24][25]
- President pro tempore: David Tomassoni (I)[26] (until August 11, 2022)[18]
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader:
- Paul Gazelka (until September, 2021)[27]
- Jeremy Miller (since September 9, 2021)[28]
- Deputy Majority Leader: Mark Johnson[27]
- Assistant Majority Leaders:[29]
Minority (DFL) leadership
- Minority Leader:
- Susan Kent (until September, 2021)[27][30]
- Melisa Franzen (since September 14, 2021)[31]
- Assistant Minority Leaders:[32]
- Minority Whips:
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Melissa Hortman (DFL)[33]
- Speaker pro tempore: Liz Olson (DFL)[34]
Majority (DFL) leadership
- Deputy Majority Leader: Liz Olson (DFL)[34]
- Majority Leader: Ryan Winkler[34]
- Majority Whip: Kaohly Vang Her[35]
- Assistant Majority Leaders:[35]
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Kurt Daudt[36]
- Deputy Minority Leader: Anne Neu Brindley[35]
- Assistant Minority Leaders:[35]
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Members
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Senate

Republican
DFL
Independent
House

DFL
Republican
New Republican
Republican (no caucus)
Independent
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.[40]
Race and ethnicity
27 legislators identified themselves or were identified in a newspaper or book as a member of a minority group.[40]
- 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.[40]
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Changes in membership
Senate
- Sen. David Tomassoni passed away August 11, 2022.[18]
House of Representatives
- Rep. Tony Albright resigned effective August 5, 2022.[23]
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)
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Administrative officers
Senate
House of Representatives
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Notes
References
External links
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