Harry Niska

Authored a proposal for $6.1 million to address contaminated private wells in Andover; the House included that funding in its passed HF 670 infrastructure package.

March 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted against HF 7, which set a 100 percent carbon-free electricity standard for Minnesota by 2040.

January 26, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted against HF 2, the state paid family and medical leave program, on House passage.

May 2, 2023Opposes Labor Rights

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted for SF 856, creating an independent state inspector general to investigate fraud in public programs, on House passage.

May 7, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: house.mn.gov

His HF 3395 Fraud Isn’t Free Act received seven favorable votes to six opposed but failed to advance from the House State Government Committee.

March 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: house.mn.gov

Introduced HF 20 to open more attorney-general investigation data to public disclosure. After a tied vote, he switched to no so he could move reconsideration; the bill was tabled.

February 20, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted for SF 856, creating an independent state inspector general to investigate fraud in public programs, on House passage.

May 7, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: house.mn.gov

His HF 3395 Fraud Isn’t Free Act received seven favorable votes to six opposed but failed to advance from the House State Government Committee.

March 3, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: house.mn.gov

Submitted testimony to a U.S. Senate committee calling for greater state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

February 12, 2026Supports Immigration

Source: hsgac.senate.gov

Voted for House File 1, which ended MinnesotaCare health coverage for adults living in the country without legal permission. The Minnesota House passed it 68-65, and it became law.

June 9, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for the final SF 4612 health and human services budget, which funded Hennepin County Medical Center and other safety-net services.

May 17, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: house.mn.gov

Authored a proposal for $6.1 million to address contaminated private wells in Andover; the House included that funding in its passed HF 670 infrastructure package.

March 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted against HF 5, which provided free breakfast and lunch at Minnesota schools and appropriated funding for the program.

February 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted for Senate File 2200, which keeps what people say in a restorative justice meeting out of court. The Minnesota House passed it 98-36, and it became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for HF 3489, which revised school resource officer rules and training requirements, on final House passage.

March 13, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: house.mn.gov

Joined House Republicans in asking the governor to call a special session to revise the school resource officer law.

September 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted for the final SF 4612 health and human services budget, which funded Hennepin County Medical Center and other safety-net services.

May 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted against HF 5, which provided free breakfast and lunch at Minnesota schools and appropriated funding for the program.

February 9, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: house.mn.gov

Voted against HF 1, the Protect Reproductive Options Act, when it passed the Minnesota House.

January 19, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: house.mn.gov

His complaint about falsely claimed Republican endorsements in a judicial election led to a 2014 appeals ruling upholding the false-endorsement violation and reversing a separate false-statement finding.

March 10, 2014Supports Election Integrity

Source: minnlawyer.com

Authored a proposal for $6.1 million to address contaminated private wells in Andover; the House included that funding in its passed HF 670 infrastructure package.

March 6, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: house.mn.gov

His House companion bill for electronic estate-planning documents became law when the governor signed SF 3602 as 2026 Chapter 45.

April 14, 2026

Source: revisor.mn.gov

His HF 747 update to Minnesota business-corporation law was enacted as 2025 Chapter 11.

April 30, 2025

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Petitioned the House Ethics Committee to declare the District 54A election inconclusive because ballots were missing; the committee voted to make no recommendation and the elected member kept his seat.

April 10, 2025

Source: house.mn.gov

Became the House Republican floor leader and co-chair of the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee.

March 17, 2025

Source: lrl.mn.gov

Was named a respondent in a House-quorum case; the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that 68 members were required for a quorum, rejecting the 67-member position he and other Republican leaders had advanced.

January 24, 2025

Source: mncourts.gov

Became the House Republican majority leader and chair of the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee at the start of the 2025 session.

January 14, 2025

Source: house.mn.gov

His HF 3926 proposal to restore a religious-organization exemption in the Minnesota Human Rights Act reached second reading in the House but did not pass as a standalone bill.

April 29, 2024

Source: revisor.mn.gov

The City of Ramsey Charter Commission’s 2015 annual report listed him as vice chair; the commission approved its 2014 and 2015 activity reports.

December 11, 2015

Source: weblink.cityoframsey.com