Aric Putnam
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Complete Vote History
HF1 Removing Illegals From MinnesotaCare (Passed 48 to 16 on 6/9/2025). Changed MinnesotaCare eligibility by removing access for illegal migrants.
Climate and Energy Spending Senate
HF2442 Climate and Energy Spending (Passed 36 to 31 on 5/12/2025). Appropriates state funding for a wide range of climate, energy, and renewable-development programs for the 2026-27 biennium.
SF2077 Environment and Natural-resources Spending (Passed 35 to 30 on 4/29/2025). Minnesota's omnibus environment and natural-resources policy and appropriation bill for fiscal years 2026-27.
HF688 Property and Contract Rights Violation (Passed 60 to 2 on 4/25/2025). Imposes that landlords and homeowners' associations cannot charge extra pet fees for training service dogs.
Nanny State: Scuba Divers Senate
HF1355 Nanny State: Scuba Divers (Passed 54 to 10 on 4/10/2025). Adds new safety requirements for anyone using scuba gear while commercially removing or managing aquatic plants.
SR15 Condemning Trump's January 6 Pardons (Passed 34 to 22 on 4/1/2025). Condemns President Donald Trump's pardon of participants of the January 6 incident.
SF5289 "Jobs and Economic Development" Omnibus (passed 36 to 25 on 5/18/2024). Appropriates approximately $783 million for “jobs and economic development,” including grants to “LGBTQ+-owned small businesses,” “African Immigrants Community Services,” and the “Black Women’s Wealth Alliance.”
SF5289 "Jobs and Economic Development" Omnibus (passed 36 to 25 on 5/18/2024). Appropriates approximately $783 million for “jobs and economic development,” including grants to “LGBTQ+-owned small businesses,” “African Immigrants Community Services,” and the “Black Women’s Wealth Alliance.”
SF4097 "Gender-Affirming" Health Plan Mandate (passed 34 to 32 on 5/15/2024). Mandates that all health plans provide coverage for “gender-affirming care,” with certain exceptions.
Government-Run Education Senate
SF3567 Government-Run Education (passed 35 to 31 on 5/13/2024). Extends “four-day school week” approvals; implements “language access plans” for non-English-speaking students; and specifies criteria for the “federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program.”
SF3567 Government-Run Education (passed 35 to 31 on 5/13/2024). Extends “four-day school week” approvals; implements “language access plans” for non-English-speaking students; and specifies criteria for the “federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program.”
State Minimum Wage Senate
SF3852 State Minimum Wage (passed 34 to 33 on 5/13/2024). Requires small and large businesses to pay their employees the same minimum wage and stipulates an annual increase by the lesser of 5 percent or the inflation-rate percentage.
HF2609 Expanding Restrictions on Firearms (passed 34 to 33 on 5/9/2024). Clarifies that the “trigger activator" ban covers semiautomatic firearms with a “binary firing system” and expands the crime of a “straw purchase” to involve the transfer of “all firearms” to an “ineligible person.”
HF2609 Expanding Restrictions on Firearms (passed 34 to 33 on 5/9/2024). Clarifies that the “trigger activator" ban covers semiautomatic firearms with a “binary firing system” and expands the crime of a “straw purchase” to involve the transfer of “all firearms” to an “ineligible person.”
HF197 Federal Equal Rights Amendment (Passed 42 to 25 on 5/17/23). Urges Congress to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
SF37 Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment (passed 43 to 23 on 5/17/2023). Would propose an “equal rights” amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Voting Changes Senate
HF3 Voting Changes (Passed 34 to 33 on 4/26/23). Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.
Sex Changes for Minors Senate
HF146 Sex Changes for Minors (Passed 34 to 30 on 4/21/23). Prohibits the enforcement or application of a law from another state that allows a state agency to remove a child from their parent or guardian for permitting the child to undergo sex-change surgery.
HF146 Sex Changes for Minors (Passed 34 to 30 on 4/21/23). Prohibits the enforcement or application of a law from another state that allows a state agency to remove a child from their parent or guardian for permitting the child to undergo sex-change surgery.
Free School Meals Senate
HF5 Free School Meals (Passed 38 to 26 on 3/14/23). Enacts that the department is required to allocate state funding to every Minnesota school enrolled in the free school meals program.
Renewable Energy Senate
HF7 Renewable Energy (Passed 34 to 33 on 2/2/23). Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.
Unemployment Expansion Senate
SF40 Unemployment Expansion (Passed 56 to 10 on 1/12/23). Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.
HF2 Omnibus Public Education Bill (passed 65 to 0 on 6/30/2021). Serves as the $21.2 billion omnibus PreK-12 public education bill, which allocates $554.2 million in new spending, incorporates provisions from the Increase Teachers of Color Act, and prohibits “lunch shaming.”
HF2 Omnibus Public Education Bill (passed 65 to 0 on 6/30/2021). Serves as the $21.2 billion omnibus PreK-12 public education bill, which allocates $554.2 million in new spending, incorporates provisions from the Increase Teachers of Color Act, and prohibits “lunch shaming.”
HF4 Federal COVID-19 Funds for Housing Subsidies (passed 66 to 0 on 6/28/2021). Provides for the use of federal COVID-19 funds for rental and housing assistance in Minnesota.
HF33 Expanding Government 'Entitlement' Programs (passed 62 to 4 on 6/26/2021). Appropriates $18.8 billion to extend Medicaid coverage, raise welfare payouts for low-income families, and assist with child care and student loan forgiveness.
HF164 Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) Act (passed 58 to 9 on 5/17/2021). Aims to reduce statewide energy consumption, specifically by requiring utility “load management” and “fuel switching.”
SC5 Terminating the COVID-19 State of Emergency (passed 38 to 29 on 3/18/2021). Would have ended the COVID-19 peacetime public emergency declared by Governor Tim Walz on March 13, 2021, under Executive Order 20-1 and extended under subsequent executive orders.
SC5 Terminating the COVID-19 State of Emergency (passed 38 to 29 on 3/18/2021). Would have ended the COVID-19 peacetime public emergency declared by Governor Tim Walz on March 13, 2021, under Executive Order 20-1 and extended under subsequent executive orders.
SF395 Enforcement of Canadian Orders for Protection (passed 66 to 0 on 3/8/2021). Allows Minnesota law enforcement agencies to enforce orders for protection issued in Canada without a requirement that such orders be filed with a court in the United States.
SF395 Enforcement of Canadian Orders for Protection (passed 66 to 0 on 3/8/2021). Allows Minnesota law enforcement agencies to enforce orders for protection issued in Canada without a requirement that such orders be filed with a court in the United States.
