Minnesota Vote Reports

2025 MN Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Minnesota Legislature in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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2024 MN Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Minnesota Legislature in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate Votes

  • "Jobs and Economic Development" Omnibus

    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."

  • “Gender-Affirming” Health Plan Mandate

    Mandates that all health plans provide coverage for "gender-affirming care," with certain exceptions.

  • Government-Run Education

    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

    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.

  • Expanding Restrictions on Firearms

    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."

  • Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment

    Would propose an "equal rights" amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.

House Votes

  • Ranked-Choice Voting for Local Offices

    Would permit the use of ranked-choice voting in all local jurisdictions.

  • "Jobs and Economic Development" Omnibus

    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."

  • Expanding Restrictions on Firearms

    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."

  • “Gender-Affirming” Health Plan Mandate

    Mandates that all health plans provide coverage for "gender-affirming care," with certain exceptions.

  • Government-Run Education

    Extends "four-day school week" approvals; implements "language access plans" for non-English-speaking students; enforces compliance with the prohibition on American Indian mascots; and specifies criteria for the "federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program."

  • Physician-Assisted Suicide

    As the "End-of-Life Option Act," establishes a process for a terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to obtain and self-administer "medical aid in dying medication."

2023 MN Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Minnesota Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate Votes

  • Unemployment Expansion

    Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.

  • Renewable Energy

    Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.

  • Free School Meals

    Enacts that the department is required to allocate state funding to every Minnesota school enrolled in the free school meals program.

  • Sex Changes for Minors

    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.

  • Voting Changes

    Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.

  • Federal Equal Rights Amendment

    Urges Congress to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

House Votes

  • Unemployment Expansion

    Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.

  • Paid Family Leave

    Establishes a state-run insurance program to provide Minnesota workers with up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and up to an additional 12 weeks of paid medical leave per year.

  • Renewable Energy

    Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.

  • Homeless Prevention

    Allocates $50,000,000 from the general fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the family homeless prevention and assistance program.

  • Voting Changes

    Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.

  • Protect Reproductive Options Act

    Enacts that every individual possesses a fundamental right to autonomously make decisions regarding their reproductive health, including abortion.

2022 MN Legislative Scorecard 2021-

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Minnesota Legislature in 2021 and 2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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