The Ninety-second Minnesota Legislature is the

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of the

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

from January 5, 2021, to January 3, 2023. It is composed of the

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and

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, 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

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due to the

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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. 600S.F. 757
:* Sports betting bill
H.F. 778S.F. 574
:* Universal school lunch and breakfast bill
H.F. 1729
:* Supplemental education finance and policy bill
H.F. 3401S.F. 2822
:* Transgender sanctuary state bill
H.F. 4822S.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. 3436S.F. 2909
:* Right to counsel in public housing evictions bill
H.F. 450S.F. 1290

Political composition

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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(R) * President pro tempore:

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(I) (until August 11, 2022)

Majority (Republican) leadership

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(until September, 2021) **

(since September 9, 2021) * Deputy Majority Leader: Mark Johnson * Assistant Majority Leaders: ** Roger Chamberlain **

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Karin Housley Karin Housley ( ; née Locke; born January 20, 1964) is an American politician, businesswoman, and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, she represents Forest Lake, Stillwater, and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the Rep ...

** John Jasinski **

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Minority (DFL) leadership

* Minority Leader: ** Susan Kent (until September, 2021) **

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(since September 14, 2021) * Assistant Minority Leaders: **

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** Mary Kunesh **

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* Minority Whips: **

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** John Hoffman ** Ann Rest ***

House of Representatives

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(DFL) * Speaker pro tempore: Liz Olson (DFL)

Majority (DFL) leadership

* Deputy Majority Leader: Liz Olson (DFL) *

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* Majority Whip: Kaohly Vang Her * Assistant Majority Leaders: **

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** Emma Greenman **

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** Kelly Morrison **

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Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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* Deputy Minority Leader: Anne Neu Brindley * Assistant Minority Leaders: ** Dave Baker **

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** Jim Nash **

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** Bjorn Olson **

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** 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%) **

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( Somali): 8 (5.7%) **

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: 6 (3.0%) **

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: 6 (3.0%) ** American Indian: 4 (2.0%) **

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: 3 (1.5%)

Education

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

Changes in membership

Senate

*Sen.

passed away August 11, 2022.

House of Representatives

*Rep.

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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:

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* 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

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