92nd Minnesota Legislature
The Ninety-second Minnesota Legislature was the legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota from January 5, 2021, to January 3, 2023. It was composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, based on the results of the [2020 Minnesota Minnesota Senate|Senate election|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
- May 25, 2021: Energy Conservation and Optimization Act
- Omnibus appropriations acts
- * June 26, 2021: Omnibus higher education act
- * June 26, 2021: Omnibus agriculture act
- * June 26, 2021: Omnibus commerce and energy act
- * June 26, 2021: Omnibus transportation act
- * June 29, 2021: Omnibus environment and natural resources act
- * June 29, 2021: Omnibus health and human services act
- * June 29, 2021: Omnibus housing act
- * June 30, 2021: Omnibus capital investment act
- * June 30, 2021: Omnibus workforce and labor act
- * June 30, 2021: Omnibus public safety and judiciary act ]
- * June 30, 2021: Omnibus state government, military affairs, and veterans affairs act
- * June 30, 2021: Omnibus education act
- June 26, 2021: Omnibus legacy act
- July 1, 2021: Omnibus tax act
- April 29, 2022: Unemployment insurance and frontline worker payments act
- May 10, 2022: Supplementary veterans and military affairs act
- May 22, 2022: Supplementary legacy act
- May 22, 2022: Omnibus liquor act
- May 26, 2022: Omnibus drought relief and rural broadband act
- June 2, 2022: Omnibus mental health act
- June 3, 2022: Environment and natural resources trust fund act
Leadership
Senate
- President: Jeremy Miller
- President pro tempore: David Tomassoni
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader:
- * Paul Gazelka
- * Jeremy Miller
- 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
- * Melisa Franzen
- Assistant Minority Leaders:
- * Nick Frentz
- * Mary Kunesh
- * Foung Hawj
- Minority Whips:
- *Kent Eken
- *John Hoffman
- *Ann Rest
- **
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Melissa Hortman
- Speaker pro tempore: Liz Olson
Majority (DFL) leadership
- Deputy Majority Leader: Liz Olson
- 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
Demographics
Gender
129 members of the 92nd Legislature were male, while 72 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
- A minority: 27
- * Black : 8
- * Hispanic: 6
- * Hmong: 6
- * American Indian: 4
- * Somali: 3
Education
32 members had doctoral-level degrees.Changes in membership
Senate
- Sen. David Tomassoni died August 11, 2022.
House of Representatives
- Rep. Tony Albright resigned effective August 5, 2022.
Committees
Senate
- Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
- Agriculture and Rural Development Finance andPolicy
- Capital Investment
- Civil Law and Data Practices Policy
- Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance andPolicy
- Education Finance and Policy
- Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy
- Environment and Natural Resources Finance
- Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance
- Finance
- Health and Human Services Finance and Policy
- Higher Education Finance and Policy
- Housing Finance and Policy
- Human Services Licensing Policy
- Human Services Reform Finance and Policy
- Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy
- Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
- Labor and Industry Policy
- Local Government Policy
- Mining and Forestry Policy
- Redistricting
- Rules and Administration
- State Government Finance and Policy and Elections
- Taxes
- * Subcommittee on Property Taxes
- Technology and Reform Policy
- Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy
House of Representatives
- Agriculture Finance and Policy
- Capital Investment
- Climate and Energy Finance and Policy
- Commerce Finance and Policy
- Early Childhood Finance and Policy
- Education Finance
- Education Policy
- Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
- Ethics
- Health Finance and Policy
- * Preventative Health Policy Division
- Higher Education Finance and Policy
- Housing Finance and Policy
- Human Services Finance and Policy
- * Behavioral Health Policy Division
- * Preventing Homelessness Division
- Industrial Education and Economic Development Finance and Policy
- Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
- Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs
- Legacy Finance
- Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy
- Redistricting
- Rules and Legislative Administration
- * Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
- State Government Finance and Elections
- * Local Government Division
- Taxes
- * Property Taxes Division
- Transportation Finance and Policy
- Ways and Means
- Workforce and Business Development
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