Scott Jensen

Introduced Senate File 4459 barring lobbying activities by legislators; it remained in committee.

April 14, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3216 barring former legislators from registering as lobbyists for four years after leaving office; it remained in committee.

February 17, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chief-authored Senate File 2675, which became 2018 Minnesota Laws Chapter 180 and expanded permitted uses of the state's all-payer health-care claims data.

May 16, 2018Supports Government Efficiency

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3122 proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the size of the Minnesota Legislature; it remained in committee.

March 8, 2018Supports Government Efficiency

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 1692 to eliminate a state interoperable electronic-health-record mandate; it remained in committee.

March 2, 2017Supports Government Efficiency

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Released an education plan supporting public scholarships for private-school tuition, greater parental access to curriculum, truancy enforcement, and possible conversion of low-performing schools.

September 2, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: axios.com

Introduced Senate File 4084, a prescription-drug price transparency measure; it remained in committee.

March 5, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Co-chaired the Minnesota attorney general's Advisory Task Force on Lowering Pharmaceutical Drug Prices, which issued a final report with 14 recommendations and 57 action steps.

February 19, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: ag.state.mn.us

Chief-authored Senate File 278, the Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act, which passed the Senate 67-0 and became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 39.

May 20, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3033 requiring health care providers and health plans to disclose prices to patients; it remained in committee.

March 8, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Won a federal appeals ruling that revived his free-speech lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice over its investigations of his COVID-19 statements. The Eighth Circuit sent the case back to the lower court.

September 15, 2026

Source: ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov

Appealed to the Eighth Circuit after a federal district court dismissed his amended lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for lack of standing.

April 21, 2025

Source: cbsnews.com

A federal court reported that all medical-board complaints concerning his 2020-2022 public statements were dismissed without a contested hearing or corrective action and did not advance beyond information collection.

March 29, 2024

Source: govinfo.gov

Won a partial Carver County District Court order requiring the attorney general’s office to release 11 withheld documents; the court also rejected several of his broader data-practices claims.

March 28, 2024

Source: umlc.org

Publicly urged Minnesota Republicans to rethink the party's endorsement process and abortion strategy after the party's 2022 losses.

July 24, 2023

Source: axios.com

Received the Minnesota Republican Party endorsement for governor at its state convention.

May 14, 2022

Source: fox9.com

Publicly backed the Minnesota Senate’s 36-31 vote to end Governor Walz’s COVID-19 peacetime emergency powers.

July 14, 2020

Source: mnsenaterepublicans.com

Chief-authored Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 to terminate Minnesota’s COVID-19 peacetime emergency; the Senate did not enact it.

May 16, 2020

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Served as the sole Senate author and a conference-committee member for House File 3100, the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act, which became 2020 Minnesota Laws Chapter 73.

April 16, 2020

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3380 to permit local jurisdictions to adopt ranked-choice voting; it remained in committee.

February 20, 2020

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3110 to set minimum safety standards for vaccines required for school enrollment; it remained in committee.

February 13, 2020

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chief-authored Senate File 1618, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 37 and designated the Captain Jeffrey Vollmer Memorial Highway.

May 20, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chief-authored Senate File 2089, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 57 and modified membership of the nonemergency medical transportation advisory committee.

May 20, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chief-authored Senate File 2081, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 46 and modified requirements for Minnesota's volunteer health-care provider program.

May 18, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Was the lead author of a 2019 law changing an exception to Minnesota's ban on building new hospitals, written for Carver County (Senate File 328, Chapter 41). The Senate passed it 66-0 and the House 126-0.

May 17, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chief-authored Senate File 1732, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 22 and authorized qualifying outpatient surgical centers to share facilities.

May 13, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Voted against an amendment barring conversion therapy for minors after saying he supported restrictions but would not risk defeat of the full health and human services budget bill.

May 3, 2019

Source: fox9.com

Introduced Senate File 1960 to let pharmacists prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives and certain other medications; it remained in committee.

March 4, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 919 proposing a Minnesota constitutional amendment providing gender equality under the law; it remained in committee.

February 7, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 66 establishing a prescription-drug repository program; it remained in committee.

January 10, 2019

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Signed on as an author of a bill requiring criminal background checks for firearm transfers, then had his name taken off the bill on May 1, 2018. It never left committee (Senate File 3279).

May 1, 2018

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 4032 to reimburse qualifying firearm-safety training and change firearm transferee-permit validity; it remained in committee.

April 23, 2018

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3668 to reduce Minnesota’s corporate franchise tax rate; it remained in committee.

March 21, 2018

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 3108 to modify the minimum wage for tipped employees; it remained in committee.

March 8, 2018

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Chaired the Senate Select Committee on Health Care Consumer Access and Affordability, which held nine meetings to develop affordability ideas for the health and human services budget committee.

July 12, 2017

Source: lrl.mn.gov

Chief-authored a law broadening what Minnesota can recover from the estates of people who died after receiving medical assistance (Chapter 46, Laws of 2017). It passed 64-0 in the Senate and 129-0 in the House.

May 15, 2017

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 1309 to prohibit restrictive physician noncompete agreements; it remained in committee.

February 22, 2017

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Introduced Senate File 1148 to move MNsure to the federally facilitated health-insurance marketplace; it remained in committee.

February 20, 2017

Source: revisor.mn.gov

Signed a Campaign Finance Board agreement acknowledging that his gubernatorial committee inadvertently accepted excess contributions from five people and accepting a $2,750 civil penalty, $2,050 of it stayed subject to compliance.

February 28, 2023

Source: cfb.mn.gov

Signed a conciliation agreement for his gubernatorial campaign committee acknowledging an inaccurate disclaimer on five Facebook advertisements and accepting a $250 civil penalty.

May 27, 2022

Source: cfb.mn.gov