Ron Latz

Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN · Minnesota State Senator, District 46

Senator for St. Louis Park, first elected to the House in 2002 and to the Senate in 2006, who chairs the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee. He authored the state's extreme risk protection and bias crime laws.

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Reduce Wealth Gap (3 records), Government Efficiency (18 records), Immigration (2 records),

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (56 support · 2 oppose), Environment and Public Health (42 support · 1 oppose), Labor Rights (31 support · 3 oppose),

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Healthcare Affordability · 56 support · 2 oppose

On 2025-06-09, voted against HF1's state-funded MinnesotaCare cuts for undocumented adults. It stopped their new enrollment on 2025-06-15 and ended eligibility on 2026-01-01, keeping children under 18 eligible. The Senate passed it 37–30; signed 2025-06-14.
June 9, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2020-06-19 to extend temporary COVID-19 rules allowing remote health and human-service visits, including medical cannabis assessments. The law set a 2021-06-30 end date for certain waivers and a 60-day transition for others. It also funded a temporary housing-support change.
June 19, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2020-05-17 for a health policy law allowing trained pharmacists to prescribe certain birth control, quit-smoking drugs and overdose-reversal drugs. It required patient records within 30 days of a written request and expanded eligibility for lower medical cannabis enrollment fees. It also blocked age-related macular degeneration from the program’s qualifying conditions.
May 17, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Backed a failed insulin-assistance proposal in 2019. On 2020-04-14, he voted for a safety net providing eligible patients with emergency insulin and ongoing help from drug makers. It capped pharmacy charges at $35 for a 30-day emergency supply and $50 for a 90-day continuing supply. He also backed failed changes to lower the earlier emergency charge to $25 and remove a proposed expiration date. The bill became law.
April 14, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Voted against bills in 2011 and 2017 that barred state health programs from paying for abortions, except when needed to keep federal funding. The 2017 bill applied to programs run by Human Services. Both bills were vetoed. He opposed the 2017 bill on 2017-05-04.
May 4, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill reducing annual grants for uninsured patients from $2.5 million to $1.25 million. The bill became law on 2015-06-13.
June 13, 2015Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2015-05-13 to move up a review of severe pain as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis and protect health staff who handled it for registered patients. The bill also changed how the state took over troubled nursing homes. It became law.
May 13, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Cosponsored a bill letting patients stop nonprofit-hospital collections when hospitals failed to explain available financial help. The bill became law on 2015-05-07.
May 7, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for medical cannabis proposals in 2007 and 2009. The first stalled and the second was vetoed. In 2014, he backed a broader plan allowing dried cannabis in a vaporizer, then voted for a narrower law allowing pills, liquids and oil for listed illnesses. It barred smoking and dried plant products and set up two makers and eight distribution sites. He voted for the narrower final bill on 2014-05-16.
May 16, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Coauthored Steve's Law, expanding access to overdose reversal drugs and granting limited drug-charge immunity to people seeking emergency help. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored HF322 on 2004-03-04 to require hospitals to offer emergency contraception to female sexual-assault patients and provide it on request. That bill did not become law. Voted on 2007-04-18 for a later bill requiring those services when medically appropriate and legally prescribed, plus antibiotic offers for sexual-assault patients. The later bill became law on 2007-05-04.
April 18, 2007Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: senate.mn
Supported the human-services conference bill on 2004-05-15 after supporting an earlier House policy bill and opposing an earlier health-budget package. He supported adopted ovarian-risk testing and secure-treatment restrictions on 2004-04-02. The final law retained testing coverage and qualified treatment restrictions, with added safeguards and no blanket private-lawsuit ban. It retained a qualified infant-care subsidy within 3% of existing funding and changed mental-health and assistance rules. His adopted WIC home-delivery request on 2004-04-22 was omitted from the final law. It became law on 2004-05-29. He supported excluding qualifying county adoption assistance from welfare income calculations on 2004-04-12. His 2004-02-12 foster-care cosponsorship preserved later placement consideration for relatives who initially declined. Both changes were retained in the final law. He supported skilled-nursing coverage for qualifying people enrolled in both Medical Assistance and Medicare hospice on 2004-04-22. The final health law retained this coverage and county managed-care partnerships. He supported the earlier human-services technical bill on 2004-04-22. The final law retained qualifying diversionary-work families' transition-year child-care eligibility and a limit of one General Assistance Medical Care copayment per day per provider for specified visits and eyeglasses.
May 15, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-15 to allow discounts and short free supplies of prescribed drugs and medical products, with limits tied to patients' costs and public health program rules. The bill barred most rewards for continued product use. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a limited charitable-gift exception to Medical Assistance asset-transfer rules on 2004-05-15. It covered documented prior donations or volunteer service, with exclusions involving existing care needs or benefit applications. The bill became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported accepting qualifying controlled-drug prescriptions from practitioners licensed beyond Minnesota’s neighboring states on 2004-05-14. Licensing and federal drug-enforcement registration requirements remained. The law also ordered a proposal for prescriber education and assessment. It became law on 2004-05-27.
May 14, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported health-plan prior-authorization, provider-contract and claims rules on 2004-05-14. They required notices, coding transparency and consent for specified reimbursement changes, with enforcement and appeal protections. He earlier opposed an unsuccessful amendment on premium costs and provider payments. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 14, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed restrictions on minors’ independent medical consent and expanded parental access to health records on 2004-05-11. The proposal narrowed a specified consent provision to incest victims while retaining other statutory and federal-service exceptions. He supported an unsuccessful amendment preserving broader minor-consent rights and allowing parent-provider agreements to limit consent. It passed the House 86–47 but remained unenacted.
May 11, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for outpatient-surgery licensing and diagnostic-imaging reporting on 2004-05-10. The bill required nursing standards, financial-interest disclosures before referrals and ownership reports. It also added ambulatory surgery to public-program coverage. It passed 130–0 and became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported permission for a replacement Austin nursing home on 2004-05-06. The law authorized 60 beds replacing 45 Austin beds and 15 Albert Lea beds, including 20 dementia-care beds. Funding depended on qualifying cost-neutral closures under common ownership. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 6, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-06 for nursing-home payment rules that required refunds with interest for excess charges to private-paying residents. The law also allowed state-cost-neutral closure plans and required a recommendation for a payment system using care quality and actual costs. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 6, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for hospital-bed moratorium exceptions on 2004-05-05. They permitted 14 rehabilitation beds in an existing Itasca County hospital and 20 in a qualifying Hennepin County hospital. It became law on 2004-05-10. He later supported correcting its effective date to 2004-07-01.
May 5, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a public-health emergency proposal on 2004-05-05, when it passed the House 121–6. It proposed quarantine enforcement rules, employee protections and emergency-care safeguards. He supported the health-occupations conference bill on 2004-05-15; it passed 123–7. The law set supervision and patient-notice rules for speech therapy assistants and revised professional licensing standards. It extended existing emergency health powers through 2005-08-01 and required a health-data planning report. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 5, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changing nursing-facility inspections on 2004-05-05, when the bill passed 129–0. It required joint training, public reporting and family-council participation. He supported the amended bill on 2004-05-14; it passed 128–0. It became law on 2004-05-26.
May 5, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-05-03, cosponsored higher tobacco taxes to reduce healthcare-provider taxes and fund Minnesota's high-risk insurance pool. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 3, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for public-interest reviews of hospital expansions on 2004-05-03, when the bill passed 128–1. Reviews considered access, existing hospitals, staffing and low-income patients. He supported the amended bill on 2004-05-13; it passed 131–0. It also converted qualifying older rural-hospital loans into grants and became law on 2004-05-19.
May 3, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-15 to require a credentials-checking service for physician applicants from medical schools without the specified accreditation. The bill also authorized a $200 application fee. The law was enacted on 2004-05-29.
April 15, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored lowering many parental contributions for disabled children’s health services and increasing the income deduction for children living at home. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored a mandatory statewide health-insurance pool for school employees, jointly governed by employers and employee representatives. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored requiring health plans covering prescriptions to cover contraceptives without higher cost sharing than other covered drugs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-03, cosponsored expanded family-planning services, sexuality education and after-school programs. The proposal funded low-income services, school clinics and public contraceptive information. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 3, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported extending a supportive-housing and managed-care pilot on 2004-03-01. The law moved its sunset from 2006-06-30 to 2007-06-30. It became law on 2004-05-15.
March 1, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-02-26, cosponsored a higher top income-tax rate and a refundable credit for private-pay nursing-home residents. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 26, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored HF1998 on 2004-02-16 to pool state and interstate prescription-drug purchasing, negotiate Canadian prices, and establish a voluntary public-private drug-purchasing alliance. Canadian purchases depended on significant savings and the state program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the health and human-services budget on 2003-05-29 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported removing optional drug step therapy and allowing licensing-fee waivers. He supported failed family-cap deletion and paired management-funding reductions and opposed a chemical-abortion drug exclusion. The final law retained family-cap exceptions and fee waivers, omitted that drug exclusion and changed coverage and payment rules with federal-funding contingencies. It became law on 2003-06-05. It also retained Medicare-supplement protections and mandate evaluations, removing the earlier annual evaluation cap and funding bar on legislative enactment. He supported a separate office-visit and drug copay proposal on 2003-05-15. The final budget permitted flat copays capped at 40% of median provider charges for office visits and 50% for drugs, excluding specified public programs. Voted on 2003-03-27 to authorize twenty new rehabilitation beds at an existing Carver County hospital. He opposed the later health budget on 2003-05-29. The final law, enacted on 2003-06-05, retained those beds but barred reimbursement from Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and MinnesotaCare.
May 29, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported budget and fee corrections on 2003-05-29. The law lowered gambling-manager fees, set a lobbyist-principal reporting-fee expiry and corrected education-aid calculations. It removed specified therapy visits from General Assistance Medical Care's visit-copay definition. It became law on 2003-06-12.
May 29, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-05 and 2003-05-19 for changes to dental licensing and care. Voted on 2003-05-22 for the final bill, which let qualified dental hygienists work in certain schools and care programs without a prior dentist exam under written agreements. It also let trained hygienists and dental assistants perform specified filling and crown work with a dentist available at the clinic. The final bill became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a sex-offender treatment copayment bill on 2003-05-19 and voted for its adopted pornography restriction. The law directed copayment revenue to treatment providers and barred specified sexually explicit materials in secure state facilities treating civilly committed sex offenders. It became law on 2004-02-17.
May 19, 2003Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded physician-assistant and advanced-practice nurse authority on 2003-05-19 after supporting the earlier version on 2003-05-05. The law allowed disability-parking certifications and qualified on-duty professionals to document emergency mental-health admissions. It retained danger findings, preliminary examination and facility-head consent. It became law on 2003-05-25.
May 19, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-12 and 2003-05-19 to update psychologist licensing and oversight. The bill allowed supervision through live video, created retired status without practice rights, and allowed the board to order exams when probable cause showed that illness or substance use made practice unsafe. The final bill protected exam information as private. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 19, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the expanded health-professions bill on 2003-05-19 after supporting pharmacist vaccine authority on 2003-05-06. The final law authorized trained pharmacists to administer specified adult vaccines under physician orders or protocols, with reporting safeguards. It created professional counselor licensing and a behavioral-health board, changed occupational-therapy renewal and appropriated $320,000 across two years. It became law on 2003-05-27. He supported the earlier license-renewal proposal on 2003-05-08. It allowed occupational therapists with licenses lapsed for at least four years to renew through an unrestricted license in good standing elsewhere, with education and application safeguards; the final law retained this option.
May 19, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to let a nonprofit Hennepin County clinic serving an underserved American Indian population apply for essential community provider status. The law opened applications through 2003-06-30, for a clinic working on diabetes and immunization projects. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for victims' rights and privacy changes on 2003-05-16. The law required county payment for rape-evidence examinations without requiring a police report. It added plea-hearing notice and participation rights and limited distribution of child-abuse interview recordings while preserving defense access. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported hospital adverse-event reporting on 2003-05-16. The law required reports of specified serious events, root-cause analysis and corrective-action reporting, with public annual facility reports and confidentiality protections. It became law on 2003-05-27; amendments enacted on 2003-05-29 revised definitions and removed a planned state-funding transition. On 2004-05-05, he supported profession-board reporting, confidentiality and qualifying maltreatment-reporting exemptions within the same system. That follow-up became law on 2004-05-10.
May 16, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-15 to require state licenses for speech-language pathologists and audiologists, replacing the earlier registration system. The bill set education, clinical training, examination, and renewal requirements and kept exceptions for supervised students and limited visiting professionals. It also changed temporary nursing permits and health profession oversight. It became law on 2003-05-23.
May 15, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported health-profession disciplinary legislation on 2003-05-13 after supporting the earlier version on 2003-05-05. It authorized specified licensing boards to impose civil penalties up to $10,000 and recover investigation costs. It doubled the veterinary penalty limit from $5,000 to $10,000. It became law on 2003-05-20.
May 13, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-12 to let certified optometrists prescribe more eye medicines, including certain controlled drugs. The law kept limits on injections, surgery, and some oral drugs, and required the same drug-related standard of care as physicians. It became law on 2003-05-19.
May 12, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-22 and 2003-05-09 for changes to home care and nursing home oversight. The final bill allowed temporary safety rule waivers under safeguards, set care plan rules for incontinence checks, and allowed approved nursing home quality programs. It required reviews of home care rules and requests for federal changes. It became law on 2003-05-16.
May 9, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported requiring health insurers to explain options for keeping coverage when a dependent reached the age limit on 2003-05-06. The notices covered qualifying dependents with disabilities and students whose illness or disability reduced their course load. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 6, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported dementia-care training and disclosure requirements on 2003-05-05. The law covered nursing, home-care, housing-with-services and adult-day-care providers promoting Alzheimer’s or related-disorder services. It required training for direct-care staff and supervisors and disclosure of training content and frequency. It became law on 2003-05-12.
May 5, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported optional prepaid medical-assistance enrollment for eligible adoption-assistance children on 2003-04-22. The measure became law on 2003-05-25. Later budget legislation enacted on 2003-06-05 again listed this group among those subject to required enrollment.
April 22, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-22 to authorize a voluntary Medicaid managed-care pilot with fixed per-person payments for developmental-disability care. The law required individualized treatment plans, capped costs at fee-for-service costs and limited the initial phase to 120 people served by a nonprofit in Carver, Hennepin and Scott counties. It became law on 2003-05-15.
April 22, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported civil-commitment qualification changes on 2003-04-22. The law added registered nurses working in hospital emergency rooms to the health-officer definition and clarified qualified physicians’ and psychologists’ examination role. It became law on 2003-04-28.
April 22, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-31 and 2003-04-14 to authorize an eighty-bed city-owned nursing home in Nicollet County to replace an existing eighty-five-bed home at a hospital being replaced. The bill also kept $94,562 in previously allocated project funds available until spent. The law was enacted on 2003-04-17.
April 14, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-03, cosponsored a state program supplying defibrillators to police, fire departments and other emergency responders. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 3, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-31, cosponsored replacing MinnesotaCare provider taxes with higher cigarette and tobacco taxes, requiring insurers to pass savings through lower premiums. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 31, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-27 for $1,529,000 in added state funding for county-owned nursing-home payments. The bill added a $2,230 yearly county transfer per licensed bed and a $6.11 daily payment per licensed bed, subject to Medicare payment limits. The law was enacted on 2003-04-07.
March 27, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-10 to let a fund covering large health claims for small employers accept public and private grants and carry unused money into the next budget cycle. The law was enacted on 2003-04-23.
March 10, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-27, cosponsored prescription-drug rebates for Minnesota residents without drug coverage, passing manufacturer rebates through participating pharmacies. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 27, 2003Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Environment and Public Health · 42 support · 1 oppose

Cosponsored a bill requiring landlords to provide at least 68-degree heat during the cold season. The bill became law on 2025-06-14.
June 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-04-21 to bar mental health providers from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors and vulnerable adults. The law also barred Medicaid payment for conversion therapy and deceptive claims about it. The bill became law on 2023-04-27.
April 21, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill removing a county-only restriction on buffer-protection aid. The bill became law on 2017-05-30.
May 30, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored Steve's Law, expanding access to overdose reversal drugs and granting limited drug-charge immunity to people seeking emergency help. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2009-05-18 for a law that let police stop drivers for seat belt violations and required belts in all seating positions, with listed exceptions. The bill also allowed drivers to exceed the speed limit by 10 miles per hour while passing on certain two-lane roads.
May 18, 2009Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2009-05-12 to require child safety seats or booster seats for children younger than eight who were also shorter than four feet nine inches.
May 12, 2009Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored the Abigail Taylor Pool Safety Act, requiring safeguards against swimmers being trapped by pool drains. The bill became law on 2008-05-16.
May 16, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill requiring a state strategy to build Minnesota's renewable-energy industry. The bill became law on 2007-05-21.
May 21, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Introduced HF2411 on 2004-02-23 to ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants, including outdoor seating at bars and restaurants. That bill did not become law. Later coauthored the Freedom to Breathe Act, which banned smoking in indoor workplaces, bars and restaurants and became law on 2007-05-16. The law permitted outdoor smoking at restaurants, bars and bingo halls unless local rules restricted it.
May 16, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill requiring radon-control standards in the building code for new homes. The bill became law on 2007-05-04.
May 4, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the final natural-resources bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing the earlier House bill. He co-moved an unsuccessful wetland-protection amendment on 2004-05-13. The final law set off-road vehicle wetland standards and revised licensing, fees and park funding. It became law on 2004-05-28; earlier passenger expansions were omitted.
May 15, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the agriculture bill on 2004-05-15. He supported an unsuccessful amendment restoring farm-nuisance exceptions for negligence, health threats and water pollution. The final law broadened conditional nuisance protections and included limited dairy-investor land eligibility and ethanol-reporting changes. It became law on 2004-05-21. He opposed the earlier House agriculture proposal on 2004-04-05 and supported failed limits on first-class-city ethanol payments and narrower farm-nuisance protections. The final law omitted those amendments and the earlier proposed budget cuts. He supported the separate home-canning proposal on 2004-03-04. Its exemption for qualifying Minnesota pickles, fruits and vegetables, with sales below $5,000 and labeling safeguards, was retained in the final agriculture law.
May 15, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 and 2004-05-14 for invasive species controls. The final bill required at least 10,000 hours of boat and equipment inspections each open water season, restricted bait harvest and equipment use in infested waters, and added civil penalties for spreading invasive species or infested water. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 14, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported wastewater-system technology changes on 2004-04-22 and 2004-05-14. The law revised certification and review fees and authorized a greywater and blackwater treatment pilot with testing, trained installers, monitoring and local permits. The pilot and its limited plumbing-rule exemption expired on 2014-05-01. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 14, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported utility and school-wind provisions on 2004-05-12. The law authorized limited school wind-generation ownership and revenue retention and changed low-income electricity affordability programs. The direct half-price benchmark applied specifically to older or disabled qualifying customers. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a temporary environmental-review exemption for a qualifying iron-nugget demonstration facility on 2004-05-12. The law retained permits, public notice and emission conditions and required shutdown of existing taconite furnaces before operation. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed an ethanol-plant environmental-review exemption on 2004-05-06. The law exempted plants outside the seven-county metropolitan area producing under 125 million gallons annually from mandatory environmental impact statements. It preserved other assessment, petition and discretionary-review procedures. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 6, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a public-health emergency proposal on 2004-05-05, when it passed the House 121–6. It proposed quarantine enforcement rules, employee protections and emergency-care safeguards. He supported the health-occupations conference bill on 2004-05-15; it passed 123–7. The law set supervision and patient-notice rules for speech therapy assistants and revised professional licensing standards. It extended existing emergency health powers through 2005-08-01 and required a health-data planning report. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 5, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-03 to apply state hazardous-waste disposal, licensing, and fee rules to federally regulated PCB waste above 50 parts per million. The law allowed an annual fee waiver for early disposal of electric equipment under a verified PCB phase-out agreement. It became law on 2004-05-10.
May 3, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported stronger petroleum-tank enforcement on 2004-04-22. The law extended red-tag delivery restrictions to qualifying aboveground bulk tanks, shortened the ordinary citation-correction period from 90 to 60 days, and increased specified civil penalties. It became law on 2004-04-29.
April 22, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for extending Minnesota’s lawn-fertilizer phosphorus restriction statewide on 2004-04-19. The bill retained exceptions for tested soil deficiencies, new lawns and qualifying golf courses. It passed 88–40 and became law 2004-05-10.
April 19, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-04-08, cosponsored a resolution urging Congress to renew the federal wind-power production tax credit. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 8, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 for a motor-carrier bill that increased required rest after emergency relief from 24 to 34 hours for drivers who exceeded specified work-hour limits. It also required immediate telephone notice to Minnesota’s duty officer for specified hazardous-material incidents, accidental releases, and discovery of undeclared hazardous material. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
March 29, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-26, cosponsored medically accurate sexuality education in grades seven through twelve, with parental notice and opt-out rights. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 26, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-13 and 2003-05-23 to extend local governments’ energy-saving contracts from ten to fifteen years. The contracts still required written guarantees of savings at least equal to project costs. The law was enacted on 2003-05-30.
May 23, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the expanded health-professions bill on 2003-05-19 after supporting pharmacist vaccine authority on 2003-05-06. The final law authorized trained pharmacists to administer specified adult vaccines under physician orders or protocols, with reporting safeguards. It created professional counselor licensing and a behavioral-health board, changed occupational-therapy renewal and appropriated $320,000 across two years. It became law on 2003-05-27. He supported the earlier license-renewal proposal on 2003-05-08. It allowed occupational therapists with licenses lapsed for at least four years to renew through an unrestricted license in good standing elsewhere, with education and application safeguards; the final law retained this option.
May 19, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the combined environment, agriculture, jobs and housing budget on 2003-05-19 after opposing earlier House packages. He supported trail-grant enforcement discretion and unsuccessful private-well testing and phosphorus-limit amendments. He co-proposed removing a local tobacco-penalty cap and supported failed family-care leave and apprenticeship-funding changes. The final law retained trail sanctions with appeal rights and a phosphorus study; the tobacco cap was omitted. It became law on 2003-05-28 with an agricultural appropriation line veto.
May 19, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against an unsuccessful amendment on 2003-05-05 proposing deletion of natural resource language from state soil and water policy. Voted for the full bill that day and its revised version on 2003-05-16. The bill updated district elections, formation and closing procedures, and rules for removing supervisors for failure to perform their duties or misconduct. It became law on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to require advance maintenance plans when iron mines stopped operating. Plans had to address safe shutdowns, hazardous materials, equipment upkeep, permit compliance, and reports to the state. The law was enacted on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported authorizing trained chemical-assessment teams to take simple steps to control hazardous-material incidents on 2003-05-06. The bill included intentionally released chemical and biological hazards and extended state liability and workers' compensation coverage to regional teams working outside their home area. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 6, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-05 to apply Minnesota's cremation rules to alkaline hydrolysis, another process for reducing human remains. The bill covered facilities and the handling of remains. It became law on 2003-05-12.
May 5, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-29, cosponsored funding youth tobacco-prevention programs by taxing discounted tobacco at its undiscounted price and eliminating distributor tax discounts. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 29, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported barring fertilizers containing more than 500 parts per million of arsenic by weight on 2003-04-22. The law prohibited licensing or registering these fertilizers for sale or use in Minnesota. It became law on 2003-05-12.
April 22, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-14 for an amendment requiring property sellers to provide recent certified-laboratory results for nitrate, nitrite, coliform bacteria and arsenic in drinking-water wells, with specified exemptions. The amendment also required state testing guidance and an arsenic map. The House adopted it 95–36.
April 14, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: house.mn.gov
Supported moisture controls for new automatic landscape irrigation systems on 2003-04-10. The law required adjustable technology that stopped watering when moisture was sufficient. It applied to systems installed after 2003-07-01 and became law on 2003-05-14.
April 10, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-01, cosponsored capping mercury emissions from Minnesota power plants and requiring twenty-percent reductions by 2008 and fifty percent by 2013. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 1, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-26, cosponsored restricting phosphorus in household dishwashing detergents and requiring commercial dishwashers to use phosphorus-free detergents. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-26, cosponsored allowing school health-and-safety and capital funds to reduce students’ and staff’s exposure to diesel-bus emissions. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-20, cosponsored temporary sales-tax exemptions for fuel-efficient, hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 20, 2003Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved incorporation of statewide air-emissions, food, swimming-pool and lodging rules into city regulations on 2000-11-06. Moved adoption of open-burning permit and fireworks-display rules on 2000-11-06. The rules included exceptions for recreation, specified managed burning and certified displays.
November 6, 2000Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Defended tree-preservation revisions on 1997-06-16, saying newly planted trees needed room to grow. During later changes to replacement rules and fees, he advocated a measured approach and homeowner incentives.
June 16, 1997Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported tobacco-sale restrictions on 1996-11-18 after helping initiate them. The ordinance banned vending machines and self-service sales and required products behind counters. He moved to uphold a $250 sales-compliance penalty on 1997-11-17. He later supported changes allowing licensed under-18 employees to stock and sell tobacco, with penalties for sales to minors. He advocated a restaurant smoking ban on 2001-07-09. Seconded a railroad-routing position on 1996-11-18 seeking relocation of switching operations. He moved conditional city participation in rail-switch funding on 1999-10-04 and authorized another study on 2000-02-07. He later seconded agreement changes and supported mitigation planning. The railroad rejected proposed traffic restrictions, track removal and funding obligations.
November 18, 1996Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a request for conservation land at 9221 Frederick Avenue on 1996-02-05. The council withheld it from public sale and requested city ownership for wetland and floodplain protection.
February 5, 1996Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Reduce Wealth Gap · 3 support

Voted on 2014-04-09 to raise the state minimum wage in steps to $9.50 at large employers and $7.75 at small employers by 2016. The bill kept lower rates for some young workers and added annual inflation increases, with an economic downturn exception. It became law.
April 9, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: senate.mn
On 2004-04-08, cosponsored a pilot program helping low-income parents attend four-year colleges while receiving coordinated public assistance. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 8, 2004Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-07, cosponsored requiring income-tax adjustments if the wealthiest ten percent paid a lower effective tax rate than other income groups. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 7, 2003Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Labor Rights · 31 support · 3 oppose

Voted on 2023-05-18 to create a state program that replaced part of eligible workers’ wages during family or medical leave. It allowed up to 12 weeks of either kind and 20 weeks combined in a year, funded through payroll premiums. Employers were allowed to use approved private plans with equal or better benefits. The bill became law.
May 18, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2014-04-09 to raise the state minimum wage in steps to $9.50 at large employers and $7.75 at small employers by 2016. The bill kept lower rates for some young workers and added annual inflation increases, with an economic downturn exception. It became law.
April 9, 2014Supports Labor Rights
Source: senate.mn
Authored changes to Minnesota’s False Claims Act. The law expanded protections for workers who reported government fraud to contractors and agents, and removed a 45-day repayment exception to fraud liability. He voted for the bill on 2013-04-17.
April 17, 2013Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill defining when truck and courier drivers qualify as employees for unemployment and workers' compensation. The bill became law on 2009-05-16.
May 16, 2009Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported head varsity coaches' contract protections on 2003-05-12. HF680 required nonrenewal notice, written reasons within ten days of a request, and a response at a public board meeting. It passed the House 127–3 but was not enacted. He cosponsored a later notice-and-response bill, HF68, vetoed on 2005-05-16. He voted for the revised law on 2005-07-13; it was enacted on 2005-07-14. It required notice within fourteen days of nonrenewal and written reasons within ten days of a request. Coaches gained a board hearing, open or closed at their choice unless the board closed it to discuss nonpublic data.
July 13, 2005Supports Labor Rights
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted to ratify specified state-employee labor agreements and compensation plans on 2004-05-16. The House passed the bill 129–0. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 16, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted for expedited inmate blood testing after significant corrections-worker exposure to bloodborne pathogens on 2004-05-15. The bill required medical documentation, confidentiality safeguards and a compelling-need finding. It also required facility plans for voluntary preventive care. It passed 131–0 and became law on 2004-05-27.
May 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against allowing municipal employers to require direct deposit on 2004-05-15. The bill passed 83–47, overriding employees' written-objection protection for covered municipal employment. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revised dislocated-worker and workers’ compensation legislation on 2004-05-15. It changed eligibility, fund allocation and training requirements and covered qualifying vaccine-related work injuries. It became law on 2004-05-25. On 2003-04-25, he had supported an unenacted workers’ compensation proposal containing the same vaccine coverage and a one-year medical-fee-schedule freeze.
May 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the transportation conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier finance bill and supporting a later House policy bill. He proposed primary seatbelt enforcement on 2004-04-05; it failed. He supported unsuccessful transit-labor and toll-limit amendments and opposed English-only driver exams. The final law included restricted forest-products weight permits and rest-area financing options. It became law on 2004-05-29. Earlier finance and failed-amendment provisions were not treated as enacted. He opposed removing seatbelt-use evidence protections and supported unsuccessful transit funding and radio-operator strike-right protections. He opposed a failed proposal for private transit operations. He supported the earlier commercial-carrier registration restriction on 2003-05-05. The final law retained a revised restriction for vehicles assigned to carriers barred from interstate operations. He supported ending advisory committee review of natural-preservation route petitions on 2004-03-15; county petitions and the transportation commissioner’s designation role remained. This same unit was enacted on 2004-05-10 and retained in the later transportation law.
May 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported military-service employment and benefit protections on 2004-05-15. The law reserved qualifying childcare assistance positions, prohibited discriminatory service-status inquiries and required specified school-employee pay differentials and benefit continuation. It also transferred veterans-education administration. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported bringing an overseas-job notice proposal to the House floor on 2004-05-14. It required 90 days' written notice before Minnesota job termination caused by transferring duties abroad. Both procedural motions failed; the House did not pass the bill. He cosponsored the 90-day outsourcing-notice proposal on 2004-03-03; it did not become law.
May 14, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 for a Thief River Falls employment pilot for people with severe disabilities, with minimum wages, equal benefits, and integrated work teams. He also supported a funding-transfer amendment that required repayment to independent living centers and shared added federal funds. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 5, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a public-health emergency proposal on 2004-05-05, when it passed the House 121–6. It proposed quarantine enforcement rules, employee protections and emergency-care safeguards. He supported the health-occupations conference bill on 2004-05-15; it passed 123–7. The law set supervision and patient-notice rules for speech therapy assistants and revised professional licensing standards. It extended existing emergency health powers through 2005-08-01 and required a health-data planning report. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 5, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed manufactured-home water and sewer billing changes on 2004-03-29 and the employment-budget proposal containing those clauses on 2004-04-07. The clauses required certified meters, actual-use charges and offsetting rent reductions. He opposed a failed broadcast-worker noncompete prohibition. The broader bill proposed agency funding, licensing and tobacco-rule changes. Neither bill became law.
April 7, 2004Opposes Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the government and election proposal on 2004-04-07. He supported failed reductions in local campaign-reporting thresholds, more frequent pay-equity reports and restored workers-compensation judge funding. He supported adopted conditional local-mandate waivers, infant-care subsidies and limited public complaint summaries. The proposal also included agency appropriations and election administration; this bill did not become law.
April 7, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 for a motor-carrier bill that increased required rest after emergency relief from 24 to 34 hours for drivers who exceeded specified work-hour limits. It also required immediate telephone notice to Minnesota’s duty officer for specified hazardous-material incidents, accidental releases, and discovery of undeclared hazardous material. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
March 29, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 to bar employers from passing search-firm fees to job applicants. The bill also exempted employer-paid search firms from employment-agency licensing when they met stated conditions. The House passed it, but it did not become law.
March 29, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revised job-reference legislation on 2004-03-15 after opposing the earlier version on 2003-03-10. It limited covered employee lawsuits using a clear-and-convincing proof standard for false, defamatory and malicious disclosures, with statutory-action exceptions. It required specified school misconduct disclosures and expanded former employees’ personnel-record access. The final law strengthened disclosure safeguards and preserved collective-bargaining rights. It became law on 2004-03-22.
March 15, 2004Opposes Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored a mandatory statewide health-insurance pool for school employees, jointly governed by employers and employee representatives. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-23, introduced retroactive unemployment-insurance coverage for certain Perpich Center employees. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 23, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-19, cosponsored restoration of local-government pay-equity compliance reporting. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate companion passed but did not receive final House passage.
February 19, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the pension bill on 2003-05-24. It authorized temporary agreements preserving pension credit for qualifying public employees on reduced hours or unpaid leave through contributions, revised teacher extended-leave insurance and contribution agreements, and authorized specified public employers to contribute to qualifying plumber and pipefitter pension funds. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 24, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the education-finance budget on 2003-05-22 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported a parent-involvement pilot, removing proposed teacher arbitration and strike restrictions, and unsuccessful compensatory-funding and minority-teacher grant safeguards. He opposed mandatory school-board primaries on 2003-05-05 and supported school crisis coordination and teacher mental-health training on 2003-04-24. The final law retained these election and mental-health provisions, retained the parent pilot, omitted specified labor proposals and repealed the teacher-grant statutes. It became law on 2003-05-30. He supported a five-year cap on mandatory charter-teaching leave on 2003-03-06; the final budget retained that cap and discretionary extensions. He supported lifetime short-call substitute licenses for qualifying retired teachers on 2003-03-13; the final education law retained them.
May 22, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-14 and 2003-05-22 for unemployment insurance changes. The final bill tied employer taxes and added assessments to the trust fund's balance, lowered the cap for benefits calculated from a worker's highest earning quarter from 50% to 45% of the state average weekly wage, and extended benefit delays for severance and similar payments. It also revised rules for job misconduct and quitting work. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Opposes Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the state-government and commerce budget on 2003-05-20 after opposing an earlier House version. He opposed salary-freeze expansion and supported unsuccessful employee-contracting, pay-equity and one-year lobbying restrictions. The final law omitted the salary freeze, retained selected contracting safeguards and changed pay-equity reporting frequency. It became law on 2003-05-28. He opposed an earlier proposed public-building art cap. The final budget capped art spending at the lesser of $100,000 or 1% of construction costs and administration at 10%. Voted against making the state’s settlement-money deposit rules permanent on 2003-03-06. The later state budget, which he opposed on 2003-05-20, extended the rules through 2006-06-30. That budget was enacted on 2003-05-28.
May 20, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: house.mn.gov
Supported state-employee military salary and benefit protections on 2003-05-19. The law required qualifying military-pay differentials and coverage continuation, with training exclusions and time limits. Dependent continuation remained at employees' expense; local-government pay differentials remained optional. He earlier opposed removing retroactive state-pay language, which was removed. It became law on 2003-05-28.
May 19, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Introduced a proposal clarifying federal court access on 2003-03-31 as the lead House author. As lead House sponsor of the replacement bill, voted for it on 2003-05-19. The law clarified federal court access for state workers’ existing claims under federal age discrimination, wage, family leave, and disability rights laws. It was enacted on 2003-05-28 and applied retroactively to 2001-08-01.
May 19, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the combined environment, agriculture, jobs and housing budget on 2003-05-19 after opposing earlier House packages. He supported trail-grant enforcement discretion and unsuccessful private-well testing and phosphorus-limit amendments. He co-proposed removing a local tobacco-penalty cap and supported failed family-care leave and apprenticeship-funding changes. The final law retained trail sanctions with appeal rights and a phosphorus study; the tobacco cap was omitted. It became law on 2003-05-28 with an agricultural appropriation line veto.
May 19, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported authorizing trained chemical-assessment teams to take simple steps to control hazardous-material incidents on 2003-05-06. The bill included intentionally released chemical and biological hazards and extended state liability and workers' compensation coverage to regional teams working outside their home area. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 6, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported workplace-safety legislation on 2003-05-05. It increased the maximum penalty for specified serious violations contributing to employee deaths to $25,000. It allowed phased, partly waivable fines for qualifying small employers and extended citation posting to 20 days. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 5, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported state labor and compensation ratification on 2003-04-03. He supported failed amendments removing domestic-partner benefit exclusions and allowing elective coverage at employees’ expense. The final law excluded those partner benefits while allowing accrued sick leave for qualifying household-member illness or death. It became law on 2003-04-09.
April 3, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-02-13, cosponsored state aid for negotiated teacher-pay systems linking most raises to performance, with evaluation, collaboration and pay protections. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 13, 2003Supports Labor Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported equal employer benefit contributions for city employees choosing single or family coverage on 1999-03-22. He later seconded labor-agreement authorizations and repeated his equal-compensation rationale.
March 22, 1999Supports Labor Rights
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Anti-Corruption · 15 support · 5 oppose

Cosponsored a law creating an independent inspector-general office to investigate misuse of state money. He also offered a police-bureau amendment in 2025. The enacted provision specified 2028-01-01 as the start date for an optional police bureau and kept its police powers separate from the office’s civil powers. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-11.
May 11, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring members of the Destination Medical Center board to disclose their financial interests. The bill became law on 2014-05-16.
May 16, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored changes to Minnesota’s False Claims Act. The law expanded protections for workers who reported government fraud to contractors and agents, and removed a 45-day repayment exception to fraud liability. He voted for the bill on 2013-04-17.
April 17, 2013Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported campaign-complaint legislation on 2004-05-15. It established administrative review, hearings and civil penalties up to $5,000 through the Office of Administrative Hearings. It removed mandatory county investigation of every covered campaign complaint while retaining prosecutorial authority. The law preserved campaign-fund appropriations and reserved funding for administrative costs. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for limited closed meetings on public-property transactions on 2004-05-15. The law covered confidential appraisals, asking prices and offers, with recording and later disclosure requirements. Final purchase or sale approval remained public. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported state-account and budget reporting changes on 2004-04-26 and 2004-05-15. The law required elimination of accounts at least four years old with both average receipts and balances below $1,000, unless needed for efficient fiscal operation. It required legislative notice and separate budget-base, forecast and governor-change tables. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported removing an upon-request limitation from telephone-poll disclosures on 2004-05-14. The adopted amendment required disclosure of the commissioning entity and candidate authorization in covered polls. The House continued the bill without passage.
May 14, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 to remove proposed repeals of laws for voluntary county and municipal planning, including public notice and coordination rules. He opposed a change that kept a proposed transfer of agricultural-land annexation decisions to the administration commissioner. Both amendments were adopted, but the bill did not become law.
May 13, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported lottery governance changes on 2004-05-13. The law reduced the 2004–2005 operating cap, required legislative budget approval and changed director removal and reporting rules. He earlier supported unsuccessful ticket-service payment and advertising amendments. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported public-investment data legislation on 2004-05-10. It expressly kept investment names, industries, commitments, funded amounts, market values, returns and ages public. It protected otherwise private proprietary financial information for specified alternative investments when disclosure threatened competitive harm. The House passed it; it did not become law.
May 10, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the government and election proposal on 2004-04-07. He supported failed reductions in local campaign-reporting thresholds, more frequent pay-equity reports and restored workers-compensation judge funding. He supported adopted conditional local-mandate waivers, infant-care subsidies and limited public complaint summaries. The proposal also included agency appropriations and election administration; this bill did not become law.
April 7, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 to limit road-completion certificates to county and town contracts large enough to require sealed bids. The bill also removed a criminal penalty for officials paying certain road contracts without a certificate. The law was enacted on 2004-05-18.
March 29, 2004Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-24 for changes to government public notices. The bill required newspapers with websites to post published notices online at no extra charge. It allowed government websites or trade journals for bid notices after an initial period of newspaper publication. It also shortened the lead time for county delinquent-tax lists from 20 days to 10 days. The bill became law on 2004-05-10.
March 24, 2004Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-15 to let watershed districts and soil and water conservation districts use existing exceptions for contracts with an officer who had an interest in the contract. The governing board had to approve the contract unanimously, and the contract had to fit a listed exception. The bill became law on 2004-03-19.
March 15, 2004Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-22 to require notice and a five-business-day comment period when state agencies used an existing exception to the usual rulemaking process. The notice included the proposed rule and the agency’s reason for using the exception. The bill became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the justice budget on 2003-05-21 after opposing the earlier House version. The final law funded courts, public defense and corrections and raised selected court fees. He supported unsuccessful False Claims Act and shelter-funding safeguards and a retained human-rights certificate fee. On 2003-04-22 and 2003-05-06, he supported an earlier emergency-communications interference proposal carrying up to five years’ imprisonment; the final law set a three-year maximum. It became law on 2003-05-28. He supported immediate reporting when registered predatory offenders left a listed address on 2003-05-19. The final justice law retained these rules. On 2003-04-22, he voted against a bill requiring, to the extent possible, three meals on weekdays and two on weekends and holidays for inmates who were not routinely away. The rule became part of the justice budget enacted on 2003-05-28, after the flexibility phrase was removed and the weekend and holiday rule became at least two meals.
May 21, 2003Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: house.mn.gov
Opposed the state-government and commerce budget on 2003-05-20 after opposing an earlier House version. He opposed salary-freeze expansion and supported unsuccessful employee-contracting, pay-equity and one-year lobbying restrictions. The final law omitted the salary freeze, retained selected contracting safeguards and changed pay-equity reporting frequency. It became law on 2003-05-28. He opposed an earlier proposed public-building art cap. The final budget capped art spending at the lesser of $100,000 or 1% of construction costs and administration at 10%. Voted against making the state’s settlement-money deposit rules permanent on 2003-03-06. The later state budget, which he opposed on 2003-05-20, extended the rules through 2006-06-30. That budget was enacted on 2003-05-28.
May 20, 2003Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-24 and 2003-05-19 to let a township contract with a company that employed a town supervisor. The supervisor had to avoid preparing or negotiating the bid, abstain from all official contract actions, and explain the abstention in the meeting minutes. The law was enacted on 2003-05-25.
May 19, 2003Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to exempt Hennepin County Medical Center and its health plan from public purchasing rules for goods and services included in those purchases. Separate service purchases kept public purchasing requirements. The bill also extended limited closed-meeting and trade-secret rules to the health plan. It became law on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted to prohibit public spending on ballot-question advocacy on 2003-05-13. The proposal allowed factual information and descriptions of alternatives without advocating a vote. It passed the House 90–41 and remained unenacted.
May 13, 2003Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Government Efficiency · 18 support

Voted on 2026-05-17 for a law funding updates to state and county human-services computer systems. It created an advisory council and a legislative oversight commission, funded data sharing and fraud-detection tools, and required plans and reports.
May 17, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill allowing remote online notarization with identity checks, secure recordings and limits on sharing clients’ information. The bill became law on 2018-05-20.
May 20, 2018Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring official digital laws to be authenticated, preserved and permanently available to the public. The bill became law on 2013-03-14.
March 14, 2013Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored HF674 on 2003-03-03 to add school districts and more legislative leaders to the process for estimating proposed laws' local costs. That bill stalled. He later authored SF3325, which let more legislative leaders request public estimates of proposed legislation's costs to local governments and required copies for leaders of committees reviewing the proposal. The later bill became law on 2010-05-11. That law changed who requested and received estimates; it did not newly add school districts.
May 11, 2010Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded cooperative public purchasing on 2004-05-15. The proposal authorized qualifying national and multistate purchasing alliances, retained procurement and environmental requirements, and required annual expenditure reports. The governor vetoed the bill on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 for local cost reviews of proposed state rules and a fee for requested reviews. Voted on 2004-05-15 for a revised bill that dropped that fee and required agencies to consult the state finance department about costs and benefits to local governments. It also let county recorders decide whether to require security deposits for charge accounts. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported state-account and budget reporting changes on 2004-04-26 and 2004-05-15. The law required elimination of accounts at least four years old with both average receipts and balances below $1,000, unless needed for efficient fiscal operation. It required legislative notice and separate budget-base, forecast and governor-change tables. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a $117,000 appropriation for unfinished state technology and electronic-government projects on 2004-05-13. The appropriation used the expired technology fund's general-fund balance and remained available through 2005-06-30. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported centralized farm-product lien filings on 2004-05-06. The law required timely termination of satisfied agricultural liens, changed filing and search fees, and provided $62,000 for the system in fiscal 2005. It became law on 2004-05-13; operation of the centralized system depended on federal certification.
May 6, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-24 for changes to government public notices. The bill required newspapers with websites to post published notices online at no extra charge. It allowed government websites or trade journals for bid notices after an initial period of newspaper publication. It also shortened the lead time for county delinquent-tax lists from 20 days to 10 days. The bill became law on 2004-05-10.
March 24, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored HF1998 on 2004-02-16 to pool state and interstate prescription-drug purchasing, negotiate Canadian prices, and establish a voluntary public-private drug-purchasing alliance. Canadian purchases depended on significant savings and the state program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-16, cosponsored executive-agency consolidation and reductions in management positions. The proposal directed remaining savings to highway snowplowing. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-13 and 2003-05-23 to extend local governments’ energy-saving contracts from ten to fifteen years. The contracts still required written guarantees of savings at least equal to project costs. The law was enacted on 2003-05-30.
May 23, 2003Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against a state finance bill on 2003-05-05, then voted for its revised version on 2003-05-19. It reduced some budget reporting requirements, made paid leave for certain international athletic events optional, and let the state require direct deposit of employee pay. The revised bill became law on 2003-05-27.
May 19, 2003Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changes to zoning application and denial rules on 2003-04-22. The law defined complete written requests, required recorded and written reasons for denials, and extended missing-information notices from 10 to 15 business days. The existing 60-day decision rule remained. It became law on 2003-05-13.
April 22, 2003Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-26, cosponsored requiring inflation to be included consistently in Minnesota’s budget expenditure forecasts. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-13 to require state agencies to break down proposed rule compliance costs for governments, businesses, and individuals. Agencies also had to assess the costs or consequences of not adopting the rule. The law was enacted on 2003-03-24.
March 13, 2003Supports Government Efficiency
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported systematic code enforcement with education and discretion on 1999-08-23. He later moved a developer-violation referral to the city attorney and proposed a voluntary administrative-penalty alternative. The penalty proposal retained appeals and criminal enforcement for unresolved cases.
August 23, 1999Supports Government Efficiency
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Immigration · 2 support

Sponsored a bill to limit civil immigration arrests around court cases and set entry and privacy rules for schools, child care centers, colleges, and health facilities. It also proposed lawsuits for violations of basic rights and limits on officers wearing masks. The bill passed the Senate but did not become law. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-11.
May 11, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-01-30 for HF1, which required proof of lawful U.S. admission for driver licensing and set expiration, cancellation, notice and review rules for short-term licenses. He also supported a failed amendment removing some status-check and cancellation rules while retaining the initial lawful-admission requirement. The House passed the proposal, but it did not become law. He later voted on 2023-02-21 for HF4, which let residents get standard driver's licenses and state ID cards without proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful presence. That law kept identity checks and limited sharing data for civil immigration enforcement. It became law on 2023-03-07, with the new license rules taking effect on 2023-10-01.
February 21, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Government Spending Reduction · 8 support · 91 oppose

Voted on 2026-05-17 for a law funding updates to state and county human-services computer systems. It created an advisory council and a legislative oversight commission, funded data sharing and fraud-detection tools, and required plans and reports.
May 17, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a public-safety law that funded security for judges and lawmakers, crime-victim services, and police training. It expanded the attorney general’s power to seek records in fraud cases, created a domestic-violence task force, and funded investigations of nonfatal shootings. It added penalties for assaulting hospital security guards and stealing from vulnerable adults, set rules for police previews of seized digital evidence, and banned businesses from running or supporting specified prediction markets. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-16.
May 16, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2025-06-09, voted against HF1's state-funded MinnesotaCare cuts for undocumented adults. It stopped their new enrollment on 2025-06-15 and ended eligibility on 2026-01-01, keeping children under 18 eligible. The Senate passed it 37–30; signed 2025-06-14.
June 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved and voted on 2025-05-18 for a courts and public-safety budget funding courts, prisons, victim services and fraud investigations.
May 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill adding $9.1 million for prison operations while reducing and redirecting other corrections funding. The bill became law on 2025-05-08.
May 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved and voted on 2024-05-19 for a judiciary and public-safety law funding courts and victim services, limiting deceptive juvenile interrogations and protecting personal information of judicial officials.
May 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: senate.mn
Authored a courts and public-safety budget bill that required background checks or valid permits for many private handgun and assault-weapon transfers, with exceptions. It also allowed courts to issue temporary firearm-restriction orders when evidence showed serious risk. The bill became law on 2023-05-19.
May 19, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-05-18 to create a state program that replaced part of eligible workers’ wages during family or medical leave. It allowed up to 12 weeks of either kind and 20 weeks combined in a year, funded through payroll premiums. Employers were allowed to use approved private plans with equal or better benefits. The bill became law.
May 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2020-06-19 to extend temporary COVID-19 rules allowing remote health and human-service visits, including medical cannabis assessments. The law set a 2021-06-30 end date for certain waivers and a 60-day transition for others. It also funded a temporary housing-support change.
June 19, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: senate.mn
On 2017-08-08, signed a letter asking the U.S. transportation secretary to preserve federal transit grants and approve funding for Southwest Light Rail and other Minnesota rail and rapid bus projects.
August 8, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leg.mn.gov
Voted against bills in 2011 and 2017 that barred state health programs from paying for abortions, except when needed to keep federal funding. The 2017 bill applied to programs run by Human Services. Both bills were vetoed. He opposed the 2017 bill on 2017-05-04.
May 4, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill expanding college-test reimbursement and exempting Super Bowl parking purchases for resale from sales tax. The bill became law on 2016-06-06.
June 6, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill reducing annual grants for uninsured patients from $2.5 million to $1.25 million. The bill became law on 2015-06-13.
June 13, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a public safety law funding courts, corrections and victim services. It tightened some gun restrictions while loosening others. The bill became law on 2015-05-22.
May 22, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a budget correction law adding $88.9 million in general education aid for the 2014–15 biennium. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a $2.09 billion public safety and courts budget that funded treatment and victim services, allowed early release for qualifying nonviolent drug offenders, and strengthened gun background-check reporting. The bill became law on 2013-05-23.
May 23, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a budget adjustment providing $2.043 million for federal flood recovery matching funds and revising school and health care appropriations. The bill became law on 2011-05-31.
May 31, 2011Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill providing $36.64 million to compensate victims of the I-35W bridge collapse. The bill became law on 2008-05-08.
May 8, 2008Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2005-06-30 for a state budget bill that allowed some off-trail ATV use for hunting and trapping in state forests. The law kept existing classifications for lands north of Highway 2 until state officials changed them.
June 30, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported replacing the Profile of Learning on 2003-05-19. The law retained basic-skills tests and set state academic standards, graduation credits and local curriculum authority. He proposed district-cost reimbursement on 2003-02-17 and standards-cost safeguards on 2004-03-18; both failed. He supported the changed education conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing earlier House standards and finance versions. His college-grant proposal failed; earlier integration and funding changes were omitted. The final law set science and social-studies standards and required local health and physical-education standards. It revised student medication and disability-service rules and became law on 2004-05-26. The earlier finance proposal also included truancy licensing and school-funding changes omitted from the final law. He supported school-bus safety changes on 2004-05-10, including annual evacuation drills for public schools and private schools with publicly funded bus rides. Those rules were retained in the final education law.
May 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revised education and health appropriations on 2004-05-13 and 2004-05-15. The bill lowered general-education aid appropriations for fiscal 2004 and 2005 while increasing school-breakfast and kindergarten-milk funding. It revised health spending forecasts, shifted $240,000 from library telecom aid to basic support, and raised the Public Facilities Authority bond limit from $1 billion to $1.25 billion. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the transportation conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier finance bill and supporting a later House policy bill. He proposed primary seatbelt enforcement on 2004-04-05; it failed. He supported unsuccessful transit-labor and toll-limit amendments and opposed English-only driver exams. The final law included restricted forest-products weight permits and rest-area financing options. It became law on 2004-05-29. Earlier finance and failed-amendment provisions were not treated as enacted. He opposed removing seatbelt-use evidence protections and supported unsuccessful transit funding and radio-operator strike-right protections. He opposed a failed proposal for private transit operations. He supported the earlier commercial-carrier registration restriction on 2003-05-05. The final law retained a revised restriction for vehicles assigned to carriers barred from interstate operations. He supported ending advisory committee review of natural-preservation route petitions on 2004-03-15; county petitions and the transportation commissioner’s designation role remained. This same unit was enacted on 2004-05-10 and retained in the later transportation law.
May 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported military-service employment and benefit protections on 2004-05-15. The law reserved qualifying childcare assistance positions, prohibited discriminatory service-status inquiries and required specified school-employee pay differentials and benefit continuation. It also transferred veterans-education administration. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the pension bill on 2004-05-15. He opposed deleting a volunteer-firefighter pension study and $40,000 consultant appropriation; that deletion passed. The final law revised selected military-service credits, disability procedures and retirement options. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the changed timber bill on 2004-05-14 after supporting the earlier timber proposal and opposing the broader environment-budget proposal on 2004-04-07. The final law created a forest-timber receipts account and shifted funding between general and natural-resources funds. It revised timber-sale lot limits, permits and payment security. It became law on 2004-05-20.
May 14, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a $117,000 appropriation for unfinished state technology and electronic-government projects on 2004-05-13. The appropriation used the expired technology fund's general-fund balance and remained available through 2005-06-30. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 to create an insurance fraud law enforcement division with arrest powers limited to insurance fraud and fund it through insurer assessments. The bill also moved auto theft prevention work to the commerce department. It combined barber and cosmetology oversight, raised several cosmetology license fees, and added a licensing path for qualified workers from other states or countries. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 13, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported lottery governance changes on 2004-05-13. The law reduced the 2004–2005 operating cap, required legislative budget approval and changed director removal and reporting rules. He earlier supported unsuccessful ticket-service payment and advertising amendments. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for pension actuarial-contract changes on 2004-05-12. They transferred contracting to pension-system administrators while retaining legislative review, standards and reporting. They reduced a general-fund appropriation by $152,000 and did not raise pension benefits. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for National Guard tuition and veterans-home changes on 2004-05-12. The law removed percentage-based tuition reimbursement ceilings and revised veterans-home administration and patient classification. Existing dependent-benefit provisions remained. It became law on 2004-05-19. Voted on 2003-04-10 to reserve veterans-home woodshop profits for residents’ direct benefit. The same rule was enacted in the veterans-home law on 2004-05-19 and retained in the health law enacted on 2004-05-29.
May 12, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for adoption of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act and business-organization changes on 2004-05-10. The law included a one-time $75,000 implementation appropriation and temporary filing-fee changes. It became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a local-finance proposal on 2004-05-10. It expanded specified housing, transit and public-infrastructure financing authority. He opposed an unsuccessful personal-rapid-transit bond and loan amendment. The bill passed the House 125–5 and remained unenacted.
May 10, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported centralized farm-product lien filings on 2004-05-06. The law required timely termination of satisfied agricultural liens, changed filing and search fees, and provided $62,000 for the system in fiscal 2005. It became law on 2004-05-13; operation of the centralized system depended on federal certification.
May 6, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 for a Thief River Falls employment pilot for people with severe disabilities, with minimum wages, equal benefits, and integrated work teams. He also supported a funding-transfer amendment that required repayment to independent living centers and shared added federal funds. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 5, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-05-03, cosponsored higher tobacco taxes to reduce healthcare-provider taxes and fund Minnesota's high-risk insurance pool. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 3, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for public-interest reviews of hospital expansions on 2004-05-03, when the bill passed 128–1. Reviews considered access, existing hospitals, staffing and low-income patients. He supported the amended bill on 2004-05-13; it passed 131–0. It also converted qualifying older rural-hospital loans into grants and became law on 2004-05-19.
May 3, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the House capital-investment proposal on 2004-04-29. He supported two failed Northstar rail funding alternatives, failed limits on transportation-funded tolls and a failed removal of prison-study language. He supported an adopted reserve-payment requirement before property-tax backstops for specified bonds. The House proposal did not become law.
April 29, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-04-08, cosponsored a pilot program helping low-income parents attend four-year colleges while receiving coordinated public assistance. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 8, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed manufactured-home water and sewer billing changes on 2004-03-29 and the employment-budget proposal containing those clauses on 2004-04-07. The clauses required certified meters, actual-use charges and offsetting rent reductions. He opposed a failed broadcast-worker noncompete prohibition. The broader bill proposed agency funding, licensing and tobacco-rule changes. Neither bill became law.
April 7, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the government and election proposal on 2004-04-07. He supported failed reductions in local campaign-reporting thresholds, more frequent pay-equity reports and restored workers-compensation judge funding. He supported adopted conditional local-mandate waivers, infant-care subsidies and limited public complaint summaries. The proposal also included agency appropriations and election administration; this bill did not become law.
April 7, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the House judiciary proposal on 2004-03-31, then opposed concurrence in the different Senate supplemental budget on 2004-04-28. The House proposal addressed sex-offense sentences, methamphetamine offenses, courts and corrections. He opposed a failed removal of judicial incumbency labels and supported unsuccessful civil-legal-service funding and gang-council deletion amendments. This bill did not become law.
March 31, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-03-11, cosponsored a constitutional amendment requiring the state to cover at least 67 percent of public-college instructional costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 11, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored lowering many parental contributions for disabled children’s health services and increasing the income deduction for children living at home. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored a mandatory statewide health-insurance pool for school employees, jointly governed by employers and employee representatives. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored use of budget reserves to prevent reductions in state higher-education grants when appropriations fell short. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-03, cosponsored expanded family-planning services, sexuality education and after-school programs. The proposal funded low-income services, school clinics and public contraceptive information. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 3, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-01, introduced state reimbursement for school meals meeting religious dietary needs. It covered full special-diet lunch costs and specified breakfast costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 1, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Introduced a DWI identification-card measure on 2004-02-23 and added it to a public-safety bill on 2004-05-15. His adopted amendment preserved identifying information on clipped license cards and retained seven-day temporary licenses. He voted for the amended bill, which also established multiline 911 requirements and appropriated $3.475 million for 911 services. It passed 129–2 and became law on 2004-05-29.
February 23, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-02-23, cosponsored extra staff-development aid for schools falling short of federal progress standards. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 23, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-16, cosponsored community-education funding legislation. It set basic aid and levy amounts. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored HF1998 on 2004-02-16 to pool state and interstate prescription-drug purchasing, negotiate Canadian prices, and establish a voluntary public-private drug-purchasing alliance. Canadian purchases depended on significant savings and the state program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-12, introduced 3.6 million dollars in state bonds for preservation and building renovations at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 12, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored state bonds for a separated pedestrian and trail crossing over Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 25 near Belt Line Boulevard in St. Louis Park. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored 2.5 million dollars in state bonds for the J.D. Rivers Urban Agricultural Awareness Center at Theodore Wirth Lake. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored 1.128 million dollars in state bonds for St. Louis Park flood mitigation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, introduced $430.4 million in higher-education capital funding, primarily financed through state bonds. The proposal covered campus repairs, laboratories, classrooms and other facilities. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, cosponsored statewide gifted-and-talented program standards and dedicated funding of $10 per pupil unit. The proposal required fair identification, teacher preparation and annual evaluation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the capital-investment bill on 2003-05-29. It authorized and appropriated $236.915 million, including higher-education facilities, transportation and Roseau flood projects. He opposed an unsuccessful substitution of Central Corridor planning for Northwest Busway design and supported an unsuccessful Children’s Discovery Museum grant. The bill became law on 2003-06-12.
May 29, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the transportation and public-safety budget on 2003-05-27 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported unsuccessful gas-tax, highway-bond and transit-funding alternatives, while opposing a separate revenue-dedication amendment. He co-proposed removing the Southwest rail restriction and opposed compulsory competitive selection for Hiawatha operations. The final law retained a temporary Southwest restriction and revised the operator-selection process. His adopted HOV-access proposal was omitted. The budget became law on 2003-06-08. He supported a separate transportation administration and repeal bill on 2003-04-24. The final transportation law retained its county and municipal state-aid road revisions. Voted on 2003-03-13 to keep limited small-bus license exceptions in place and apply driver safety checks to childcare buses. He opposed the later transportation budget on 2003-05-27. Its final law, enacted on 2003-06-08, retained the same bus provisions. Introduced HF724 on 2003-03-06 to let specified taxis, limousines, buses and passenger vehicles use existing metropolitan carpool lanes regardless of occupancy. His adopted amendment on 2003-04-28 added fees and certified special-transportation vehicles. That provision was omitted from the final law.
May 27, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the tax and aid budget on 2003-05-27 after opposing the earlier House proposal. He supported unsuccessful removal of a general property-tax reverse-referendum proposal and extension of limited market value. He supported a failed local-aid alternative. The final law changed local aid, levy limits, tax-payment timing, development zones and reserves. It became law on 2003-06-08.
May 27, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the House deficit-budget proposal on 2003-01-27. It included education and health cuts, eligibility changes, transfers and road-bond substitution. On 2003-01-28, supported an unsuccessful motion accepting the changed Senate replacement. Those versions did not become law. On 2003-05-24, opposed a changed budget transferring $30 million from student-loan reserves and substituting $110 million in road bonds. It transferred $15 million from the airports fund with repayment set for 2007, and adjusted school and health funding. Supported a failed extra July budget forecast. The changed budget became law on 2003-06-12.
May 24, 2003Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a federal election-fund account on 2003-03-24. On 2003-05-08, supported a failed proposal treating serving election judges as notaries for federal election complaints. On 2003-05-22, voted for a changed account bill with $6.5 million for election administration, registration systems, access, training and complaint review. It required direct legislative appropriations for account spending and treated serving election judges as notaries for those complaints. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the education-finance budget on 2003-05-22 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported a parent-involvement pilot, removing proposed teacher arbitration and strike restrictions, and unsuccessful compensatory-funding and minority-teacher grant safeguards. He opposed mandatory school-board primaries on 2003-05-05 and supported school crisis coordination and teacher mental-health training on 2003-04-24. The final law retained these election and mental-health provisions, retained the parent pilot, omitted specified labor proposals and repealed the teacher-grant statutes. It became law on 2003-05-30. He supported a five-year cap on mandatory charter-teaching leave on 2003-03-06; the final budget retained that cap and discretionary extensions. He supported lifetime short-call substitute licenses for qualifying retired teachers on 2003-03-13; the final education law retained them.
May 22, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-14 and 2003-05-22 for unemployment insurance changes. The final bill tied employer taxes and added assessments to the trust fund's balance, lowered the cap for benefits calculated from a worker's highest earning quarter from 50% to 45% of the state average weekly wage, and extended benefit delays for severance and similar payments. It also revised rules for job misconduct and quitting work. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported state-employee military salary and benefit protections on 2003-05-19. The law required qualifying military-pay differentials and coverage continuation, with training exclusions and time limits. Dependent continuation remained at employees' expense; local-government pay differentials remained optional. He earlier opposed removing retroactive state-pay language, which was removed. It became law on 2003-05-28.
May 19, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the expanded health-professions bill on 2003-05-19 after supporting pharmacist vaccine authority on 2003-05-06. The final law authorized trained pharmacists to administer specified adult vaccines under physician orders or protocols, with reporting safeguards. It created professional counselor licensing and a behavioral-health board, changed occupational-therapy renewal and appropriated $320,000 across two years. It became law on 2003-05-27. He supported the earlier license-renewal proposal on 2003-05-08. It allowed occupational therapists with licenses lapsed for at least four years to renew through an unrestricted license in good standing elsewhere, with education and application safeguards; the final law retained this option.
May 19, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported tax-policy legislation on 2003-05-19. The law revised sales-tax sourcing, property classifications, tax-increment financing and municipal capital-bond powers. It retained specified local approvals and bond-referendum safeguards. It became law on 2003-05-25. He supported a public-finance proposal on 2003-05-14 and opposed an unsuccessful amendment removing statewide county borrowing authority for shared public-safety radios. The final tax law retained that authority, $45 million in regional transit borrowing and doubled local tax-abatement limits. Introduced HF1463 on 2003-04-03 and cosponsored HF1570 on 2003-04-24 to standardize sales-tax collection rules. Changed versions of their sales and telephone-service tax location rules and registration amnesty were included in this law.
May 19, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the combined environment, agriculture, jobs and housing budget on 2003-05-19 after opposing earlier House packages. He supported trail-grant enforcement discretion and unsuccessful private-well testing and phosphorus-limit amendments. He co-proposed removing a local tobacco-penalty cap and supported failed family-care leave and apprenticeship-funding changes. The final law retained trail sanctions with appeal rights and a phosphorus study; the tobacco cap was omitted. It became law on 2003-05-28 with an agricultural appropriation line veto.
May 19, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for victims' rights and privacy changes on 2003-05-16. The law required county payment for rape-evidence examinations without requiring a police report. It added plea-hearing notice and participation rights and limited distribution of child-abuse interview recordings while preserving defense access. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-15, cosponsored an education funding and policy proposal. It included gifted programs, teacher certification, bullying prevention and special-education due-process protections. It proposed an early-childhood constitutional amendment that was not placed on the ballot. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 15, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-29, cosponsored funding youth tobacco-prevention programs by taxing discounted tobacco at its undiscounted price and eliminating distributor tax discounts. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 29, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported continuation of higher National Guard tuition and textbook reimbursements on 2003-04-24. The law removed their scheduled expiration and an earlier reporting requirement, retaining eligibility and credit limits. It became law on 2003-05-12.
April 24, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-16, cosponsored highway and transit financing, including $550 million in highway bonds and a five-cent gasoline-tax increase. It also redirected sales-tax revenue and revised vehicle-registration taxes. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 16, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-16, cosponsored twenty million dollars in local-road bonds and reimbursing three cities for Highway 100 utility-relocation costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 16, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-31 and 2003-04-14 to authorize an eighty-bed city-owned nursing home in Nicollet County to replace an existing eighty-five-bed home at a hospital being replaced. The bill also kept $94,562 in previously allocated project funds available until spent. The law was enacted on 2003-04-17.
April 14, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported housing-finance changes on 2003-04-10. The law increased the Housing Finance Agency’s debt ceiling from $2.4 billion to $3 billion and allowed specified rental refinancing to extend affordability. It revised affordable-homeownership programs and eligibility rules. It became law on 2003-05-19.
April 10, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-07, cosponsored free public-college tuition for Minnesota residents who served honorably in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 7, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the abortion-consent bill on 2003-04-07. It required a 24-hour waiting period and specified disclosures, with a medical-emergency exception. He supported unsuccessful sexual-assault, voluntary-waiver and contraceptive-resource amendments and earlier deletion of implementation funding. The law included privacy and reporting provisions and became law on 2003-04-14.
April 7, 2003Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-04-03, cosponsored a state program supplying defibrillators to police, fire departments and other emergency responders. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 3, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-02, cosponsored reorganizing college financial aid into grants for public and private systems, including need-based assistance, work study and child care. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 2, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-01, cosponsored highway and transit bonds, higher vehicle-registration tax caps and dedicating vehicle-sales taxes to transportation. The proposal also cut transportation budget bases. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 1, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-27, cosponsored allowing a one-year extension of Golden Valley’s Golden Hills tax-increment district, with revenue and spending limits. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 27, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted on 2003-03-27 for $1,529,000 in added state funding for county-owned nursing-home payments. The bill added a $2,230 yearly county transfer per licensed bed and a $6.11 daily payment per licensed bed, subject to Medicare payment limits. The law was enacted on 2003-04-07.
March 27, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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On 2003-03-26, cosponsored allowing school health-and-safety and capital funds to reduce students’ and staff’s exposure to diesel-bus emissions. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored widening school districts’ eligibility to use the alternative-facilities bonding and levy program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored indexing school districts’ voter-approved revenue caps to annual consumer-price inflation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-24, introduced sixty million dollars in highway bonds to reconstruct and expand Highway 100 between I-394 and West 36th Street. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 24, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-13, cosponsored state aid for negotiated teacher-pay systems linking most raises to performance, with evaluation, collaboration and pay protections. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 13, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-03, cosponsored a resolution urging Congress to fund forty percent of special-education costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 3, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-01-23, cosponsored allowing local levies for new school construction after an unsafe microbial infestation forced a permanent school closure. The proposal did not become law in that session.
January 23, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved preparation of waste-service contracts on 2002-12-02 while opposing a universal subsidy for walk-up collection. He earlier moved lower one-can household refuse charges and opposed mandatory biodegradable yard-waste bags. On 2001-12-17, he approved a county waste-education grant agreement. Opposed cutting the operating levy on 2002-12-02 because of service losses. He earlier opposed the 1996 levy while supporting that year's budget. He moved the 2000 budget and $9,675,965 levy on 1999-12-20, then approved a proposed housing-authority budget on 2001-09-04.
December 2, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed sunsetting flood assistance for community projects meeting program criteria on 2002-09-17. He earlier supported a stormwater utility, seconded project plans and bidding, and moved design and conditional flood-assistance steps.
September 17, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved final Park Commons redevelopment and plat approvals on 2001-09-04, after earlier Town Center planning and financing authorizations. He advocated denser housing and public access and supported land-acquisition and tax-increment steps. Final approvals included Section 8 rental homes, parking, transit and easement conditions. Seconded annual Economic Development Authority compensation of $3,819 for commissioners and $5,092 for its president on 2001-09-04. The rates took effect in January 2002.
September 4, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Moved Louisiana Court housing redevelopment preparation and later agreements, acquisition requests and preliminary bond approvals. He supported a 70-percent property assessment for street work on 1998-06-15. He seconded $4.505 million in general-obligation housing bonds on 2000-04-24. On 2001-05-07, he moved a revised plan covering 185 homes across existing buildings, with parking and transit conditions. Supported repealing theater licensing on 1995-10-16; the proposal failed 3–3. He moved adoption of a consolidated city licensing code on 2000-11-06. On 2001-05-07, he proposed food-vending licenses and city-property event, filming and dumpster permits. The later law retained duties under the revised permit terminology.
May 7, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a voluntary fire-sprinkler financing program on 1995-03-06, repaid through property assessments. He seconded expanding assessment financing to relocation, bridging or encasement of city utility lines on 2000-07-05. Supported proposed townhomes near Phillips Parkway on 2000-07-05. He opposed a senior-only restriction and supported a playground and pedestrian access. He later supported the final project, which required a playground.
July 5, 2000Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Opposed a tax-increment subsidy for billboard acquisition in CSM redevelopment on 1999-06-28. He later moved adoption of the project's tax-increment plan on 1999-12-20. On 2000-02-07, he expressly supported CSM billboard condemnation while opposing removal of all billboards.
June 28, 1999Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved community-development allocations for housing rehabilitation, Louisiana Court revitalization, self-sufficiency and blight removal on 1999-03-01. He supported later housing and emergency-repair allocations. He later supported Lenox improvements after initially seeking other funding options. The adopted reallocation assigned $130,000 to Lenox and $30,000 to emergency repairs. Moved a request for Hennepin County to revise road-access guidelines on 1999-03-01. The request sought greater redevelopment flexibility in fully developed neighborhoods.
March 1, 1999Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported tobacco-sale restrictions on 1996-11-18 after helping initiate them. The ordinance banned vending machines and self-service sales and required products behind counters. He moved to uphold a $250 sales-compliance penalty on 1997-11-17. He later supported changes allowing licensed under-18 employees to stock and sell tobacco, with penalties for sales to minors. He advocated a restaurant smoking ban on 2001-07-09. Seconded a railroad-routing position on 1996-11-18 seeking relocation of switching operations. He moved conditional city participation in rail-switch funding on 1999-10-04 and authorized another study on 2000-02-07. He later seconded agreement changes and supported mitigation planning. The railroad rejected proposed traffic restrictions, track removal and funding obligations.
November 18, 1996Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved goose-removal authorization beside Minnehaha Creek on 1996-07-01, conditional on neighborhood funding. The council approved it 7–0. He had defended the city’s deer cull on 1994-03-21 and seconded feeding restrictions on 1994-05-02. Moved authorization of the Rec Center renovation on 1996-07-01. He later seconded bond financing on 1996-09-16. The council approved the project.
July 1, 1996Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Public Safety and Crime Control · 63 support · 1 oppose

Sponsored a public-safety law that funded security for judges and lawmakers, crime-victim services, and police training. It expanded the attorney general’s power to seek records in fraud cases, created a domestic-violence task force, and funded investigations of nonfatal shootings. It added penalties for assaulting hospital security guards and stealing from vulnerable adults, set rules for police previews of seized digital evidence, and banned businesses from running or supporting specified prediction markets. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-16.
May 16, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored a 2009 bill expanding the ignition-interlock pilot statewide. He later sponsored longer interlock requirements for repeat impaired drivers, with treatment requirements and appeal rights. The later bill became law on 2025-05-22.
May 22, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved and voted on 2025-05-18 for a courts and public-safety budget funding courts, prisons, victim services and fraud investigations.
May 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill adding $9.1 million for prison operations while reducing and redirecting other corrections funding. The bill became law on 2025-05-08.
May 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved and voted on 2024-05-19 for a judiciary and public-safety law funding courts and victim services, limiting deceptive juvenile interrogations and protecting personal information of judicial officials.
May 19, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: senate.mn
Authored a courts and public-safety budget bill that required background checks or valid permits for many private handgun and assault-weapon transfers, with exceptions. It also allowed courts to issue temporary firearm-restriction orders when evidence showed serious risk. The bill became law on 2023-05-19.
May 19, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2019-04-29 to repeal a law that exempted spouses and some adults living in ongoing sexual relationships from certain criminal sexual-conduct charges. The repeal became law.
April 29, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: senate.mn
Cosponsored a bill setting deadlines for sexual-assault evidence transfers and giving survivors access to kit-testing information. The bill became law on 2018-05-19.
May 19, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored bills allowing some domestic-abuse protection orders to be renewed without hearings unless respondents requested one, and waiving filing fees for respondents. Both became law in May 2016; the fee bill became law on 2016-05-31.
May 31, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill clarifying felony penalties for throwing bodily fluids or feces at police performing their duties. The bill became law on 2016-05-06.
May 6, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a public safety law funding courts, corrections and victim services. It tightened some gun restrictions while loosening others. The bill became law on 2015-05-22.
May 22, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill requiring state criminal-background checks when Minnesota tribal police requested them. The bill became law on 2015-04-23.
April 23, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill expanding sex-offender registration for crimes involving minors and convictions arising from related charges. The bill became law on 2014-05-16.
May 16, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill expanding fingerprint checks for human-services workers and allowing eligible workers to reuse completed checks. The bill became law on 2014-05-16.
May 16, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring firearm surrender after domestic-assault and stalking convictions or qualifying protective orders. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill prioritizing crime-victim repayment before court fines and requiring more disclosure when selling settlement payments. The bill became law on 2014-05-06.
May 6, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring public forensic laboratories to meet accreditation standards and publish their accreditation status. The bill became law on 2014-04-25.
April 25, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored the Child Victims Act, removing time limits for many childhood sexual-abuse lawsuits and reopening older claims for three years. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a $2.09 billion public safety and courts budget that funded treatment and victim services, allowed early release for qualifying nonviolent drug offenders, and strengthened gun background-check reporting. The bill became law on 2013-05-23.
May 23, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill adding female genital mutilation to Minnesota's qualified domestic violence offenses. The bill became law on 2012-04-23.
April 23, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a failed amendment on 2010-03-23 applying criminal-record rehabilitation rules to chiropractors convicted of felony sex crimes. His change excluding guilty pleas passed at first but was removed later. He voted against the early bill, then for a revised law with limited exceptions and a path to regain a license after at least ten years. He voted for the revised bill on 2010-05-10.
May 10, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted on 2009-05-18 for a law that let police stop drivers for seat belt violations and required belts in all seating positions, with listed exceptions. The bill also allowed drivers to exceed the speed limit by 10 miles per hour while passing on certain two-lane roads.
May 18, 2009Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted on 2009-05-12 to require child safety seats or booster seats for children younger than eight who were also shorter than four feet nine inches.
May 12, 2009Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the revised regulated-animal conference bill on 2004-05-15. It limited possession and acquisition of covered large cats, bears and primates, with grandfathering and specified exemptions. It required veterinary care, records, escape plans and local notice and established seizure procedures. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported limited park and natural-resource enforcement authority on 2004-05-15. The law allowed designated employees to issue specified citations and reports, preserving limits on police powers. It removed an authority sunset and became law on 2004-05-29. An earlier outboard-engine purchasing provision was omitted.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported replacing the Profile of Learning on 2003-05-19. The law retained basic-skills tests and set state academic standards, graduation credits and local curriculum authority. He proposed district-cost reimbursement on 2003-02-17 and standards-cost safeguards on 2004-03-18; both failed. He supported the changed education conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing earlier House standards and finance versions. His college-grant proposal failed; earlier integration and funding changes were omitted. The final law set science and social-studies standards and required local health and physical-education standards. It revised student medication and disability-service rules and became law on 2004-05-26. The earlier finance proposal also included truancy licensing and school-funding changes omitted from the final law. He supported school-bus safety changes on 2004-05-10, including annual evacuation drills for public schools and private schools with publicly funded bus rides. Those rules were retained in the final education law.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported lowering the alcohol threshold for impaired driving from 0.10 to 0.08 on 2004-05-15. He earlier supported an unsuccessful amendment accelerating implementation. The final law set implementation for 2005-08-01 and retained the commercial 0.04 threshold. It became law on 2004-05-27.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the transportation conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier finance bill and supporting a later House policy bill. He proposed primary seatbelt enforcement on 2004-04-05; it failed. He supported unsuccessful transit-labor and toll-limit amendments and opposed English-only driver exams. The final law included restricted forest-products weight permits and rest-area financing options. It became law on 2004-05-29. Earlier finance and failed-amendment provisions were not treated as enacted. He opposed removing seatbelt-use evidence protections and supported unsuccessful transit funding and radio-operator strike-right protections. He opposed a failed proposal for private transit operations. He supported the earlier commercial-carrier registration restriction on 2003-05-05. The final law retained a revised restriction for vehicles assigned to carriers barred from interstate operations. He supported ending advisory committee review of natural-preservation route petitions on 2004-03-15; county petitions and the transportation commissioner’s designation role remained. This same unit was enacted on 2004-05-10 and retained in the later transportation law.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported public-transit fare enforcement on 2004-05-10 and 2004-05-14. The final bill expanded misdemeanor rules for intentional fare evasion and counterfeit tickets. It allowed local limits on light-rail warning sounds within federal law and exempted certain marked, signal-controlled street crossings from special bus-stop rules. It became law on 2004-05-26.
May 14, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 to create an insurance fraud law enforcement division with arrest powers limited to insurance fraud and fund it through insurer assessments. The bill also moved auto theft prevention work to the commerce department. It combined barber and cosmetology oversight, raised several cosmetology license fees, and added a licensing path for qualified workers from other states or countries. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 13, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported proposed passenger and overnight-driving limits for first-year provisional drivers on 2004-05-10. Exceptions included family passengers, parent accompaniment and written parental permission. The bill failed 39–92.
May 10, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported requiring drivers to wait before railroad crossings until enough road was clear to cross without stopping on the tracks on 2004-05-10. The rule required room for the vehicle's rear to clear the farthest track by ten feet. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 10, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 for felony penalties when assaults caused demonstrable bodily harm to probation officers performing lawful duties. It also penalized intentionally placing bodily fluids or feces on those officers or police officers performing lawful duties. It became law on 2004-05-10.
May 5, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-03 to restrict driver's permits and provisional licenses after impaired-driving or crash-related convictions. The law also required some young drivers with revoked provisional licenses to wait until age 18 and complete training and testing. It became law on 2004-05-07.
May 3, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the House judiciary proposal on 2004-03-31, then opposed concurrence in the different Senate supplemental budget on 2004-04-28. The House proposal addressed sex-offense sentences, methamphetamine offenses, courts and corrections. He opposed a failed removal of judicial incumbency labels and supported unsuccessful civil-legal-service funding and gang-council deletion amendments. This bill did not become law.
March 31, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for expanding first-degree murder coverage for deaths during child abuse on 2004-03-30. The bill covered prior abuse of another child and retained the extreme-indifference requirement. It passed the House 130–0 but did not become law that session.
March 30, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for protecting school districts and employees from liability after good-faith efforts to notify teachers about violent students. The bill also required district notification policies. It passed the House 129–1 on 2004-03-30, but did not become law that session.
March 30, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changes to interstate supervision of adult offenders on 2004-03-30. The law added procedures for retaking or reincarcerating supervised parolees and probationers, including notice, a hearing, limited prehearing detention and hearing rights. It delayed repeal of the earlier compact until 2006-07-01 and became law on 2004-04-14.
March 30, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 to restrict devices that changed traffic signals and make unauthorized use or possession a misdemeanor. The bill kept exceptions for emergency vehicles, public transit, and approved uses. It also required drivers to yield to police vehicles using either red lights or a siren. The House passed the bill, but it did not become a standalone law.
March 30, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 for a motor-carrier bill that increased required rest after emergency relief from 24 to 34 hours for drivers who exceeded specified work-hour limits. It also required immediate telephone notice to Minnesota’s duty officer for specified hazardous-material incidents, accidental releases, and discovery of undeclared hazardous material. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
March 29, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-24 to give counties the same listed powers as cities and towns to address hazardous buildings and property. These included ordering repairs or removal and charging costs against the property through the existing legal process. The bill became law on 2004-04-02.
March 24, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for extending domestic-abuse protection orders when the respondent faced imminent release or had recently left prison. The bill passed 129–0 on 2004-03-04. He supported the final version, passed 128–0 on 2004-04-19. It became law 2004-04-26.
March 4, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: house.mn.gov
Introduced a DWI identification-card measure on 2004-02-23 and added it to a public-safety bill on 2004-05-15. His adopted amendment preserved identifying information on clipped license cards and retained seven-day temporary licenses. He voted for the amended bill, which also established multiline 911 requirements and appropriated $3.475 million for 911 services. It passed 129–2 and became law on 2004-05-29.
February 23, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: house.mn.gov
Opposed the revised nuclear and renewable-energy bill on 2003-05-24 after opposing earlier versions. It authorized Prairie Island spent-fuel storage for current reactor licenses, with environmental conditions and future legislative review. It funded renewable incentives and research and required qualifying wind deployment. He earlier supported an unsuccessful nuclear-security amendment. It became law on 2003-05-29. He supported a separate municipal-conservation proposal on 2003-05-12. The final energy law retained simplified reporting for small municipal electric utilities and permitted up to half of required conservation spending for district heating or cooling refurbishment through 2007-07-01; other reporting changes differed from the House proposal.
May 24, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed the justice budget on 2003-05-21 after opposing the earlier House version. The final law funded courts, public defense and corrections and raised selected court fees. He supported unsuccessful False Claims Act and shelter-funding safeguards and a retained human-rights certificate fee. On 2003-04-22 and 2003-05-06, he supported an earlier emergency-communications interference proposal carrying up to five years’ imprisonment; the final law set a three-year maximum. It became law on 2003-05-28. He supported immediate reporting when registered predatory offenders left a listed address on 2003-05-19. The final justice law retained these rules. On 2003-04-22, he voted against a bill requiring, to the extent possible, three meals on weekdays and two on weekends and holidays for inmates who were not routinely away. The rule became part of the justice budget enacted on 2003-05-28, after the flexibility phrase was removed and the weekend and holiday rule became at least two meals.
May 21, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted for graffiti civil-remedy changes on 2003-05-19. The law authorized triple restoration costs or court-ordered restoration, with attorney-fee provisions. Existing limits on parental liability remained. It became law on 2004-04-02; he later supported correcting its effective date to 2004-08-01.
May 19, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-16, cosponsored requiring permission before carrying a firearm into another person’s private residence, with a peace-officer exception. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 16, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported identity-theft and mail-theft legislation on 2003-05-16 after supporting the earlier version on 2003-05-06. It allowed local reporting and victim-based prosecution venues, aggregated identity-theft offenses within six months and created a mail-theft offense. Mail theft carried up to three years’ imprisonment or a $5,000 fine. He had cosponsored related legislation on 2003-02-17. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported negligent-fire penalties on 2003-05-16 after supporting the earlier bill on 2003-05-05. The final law added up to one year’s imprisonment or a $3,000 fine for grossly negligent fires causing bodily harm. It also increased the maximum fine for property damage under $300 from $700 to $1,000. It became law on 2003-05-23.
May 16, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded use of approved breath-testing instruments on 2003-05-16. The law permitted technology beyond infrared testing and set sample-consistency and repeat-test rules. Two deficient breath tests counted as a refusal. It became law on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported civil-liability protection for public emergency notifications on 2003-05-13 after supporting the earlier version on 2003-04-22. The law covered mass communications, including emergency and Amber alerts, with exceptions for bad faith or recklessness. It became law on 2003-05-20.
May 13, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-13, introduced restrictions on firearms carried in government buildings, with security, parking and training exceptions. He cosponsored a city-option proposal on 2003-05-14 and introduced city and county options on 2003-05-16 and 2003-05-19. Those options permitted local prohibitions in designated buildings and meetings. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 13, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-13, introduced extending school firearm restrictions to mixed-use buildings and grounds. Coverage required regular school use of an exclusively controlled, posted portion. He cosponsored removing specified school-property firearm exceptions on 2004-03-03. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 13, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-12 to extend a seat belt exception from passenger vehicles to motor vehicles used by people who frequently left and reentered them for work. The exception kept the 25 mile per hour speed limit. It became law on 2003-05-23.
May 12, 2003Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported authorizing trained chemical-assessment teams to take simple steps to control hazardous-material incidents on 2003-05-06. The bill included intentionally released chemical and biological hazards and extended state liability and workers' compensation coverage to regional teams working outside their home area. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 6, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-05 to make Minnesota's financial crimes task force permanent and broaden its work to include investment, insurance, and public program fraud. The bill allowed federal agencies and prosecutors to join and lowered the required local funding match from 25 percent to 20 percent. It became law on 2003-05-12.
May 5, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded rights for minor crime victims’ parents or guardians on 2003-04-24. The bill included attendance at related juvenile proceedings, subject to specified exclusions, and access to specified juvenile-case information. It passed the House 132–0 but remained unenacted.
April 24, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported civil immunity for good-faith reports or assistance requests to law enforcement on 2003-04-22. The law awarded reasonable fees and costs to prevailing individuals covered by immunity and retained professional confidentiality duties. It became law on 2003-05-12.
April 22, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-03, cosponsored a state program supplying defibrillators to police, fire departments and other emergency responders. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 3, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored HF933 on 2003-03-17 to require birth notices for newborns whom a county agency determined faced a threatened injury. Providers had to report the birth within 24 hours after prior notice from the county. The bill also added medical examiners to suspicious-death notices involving vulnerable adults. These proposals did not become law through HF2087.
March 17, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved incorporation of statewide air-emissions, food, swimming-pool and lodging rules into city regulations on 2000-11-06. Moved adoption of open-burning permit and fireworks-display rules on 2000-11-06. The rules included exceptions for recreation, specified managed burning and certified displays.
November 6, 2000Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a voluntary fire-sprinkler financing program on 1995-03-06, repaid through property assessments. He seconded expanding assessment financing to relocation, bridging or encasement of city utility lines on 2000-07-05. Supported proposed townhomes near Phillips Parkway on 2000-07-05. He opposed a senior-only restriction and supported a playground and pedestrian access. He later supported the final project, which required a playground.
July 5, 2000Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded adoption of the city's Bias/Hate Crime Response Plan on 1998-12-07. He later advocated education, prevention and direct contact with victims.
December 7, 1998Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved adoption of school-hiring criminal-history check rules on 1997-07-07. The ordinance authorized city police checks at hiring authorities' request, with applicant releases and fees. Schools retained responsibility for hiring qualifications.
July 7, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 38 support · 4 oppose

Sponsored a bill to limit civil immigration arrests around court cases and set entry and privacy rules for schools, child care centers, colleges, and health facilities. It also proposed lawsuits for violations of basic rights and limits on officers wearing masks. The bill passed the Senate but did not become law. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-11.
May 11, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a 2014 claims process for people cleared of wrongful felony convictions after prison time, and laws providing individual compensation in 2010 and 2016. He also cosponsored a $65,000 award to the Vincent Beaulieu estate. That bill became law on 2025-05-19.
May 19, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-05-19 to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older, with limits on possession and home growing. The bill created a licensed market with state oversight, provided for sealing certain old cannabis case records, and set up review of qualifying felony cases. It became law.
May 19, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2023-04-21 to limit Minnesota’s help with other states’ cases over reproductive care that was legal here. The law protected health records and health-worker licenses, blocked certain judgments and subpoenas, and limited sending people to other states to face charges. The bill became law on 2023-04-27.
April 21, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill repealing political-contribution bans for firefighters working under municipal civil-service systems. The bill became law on 2017-05-30.
May 30, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a 2016 law barring new drug-trial enrollment during emergency mental-health holds and requiring notice of certain early releases. He later sponsored an exception when federal substance-treatment privacy rules barred disclosure. That bill became law on 2017-05-23.
May 23, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored forfeiture laws giving owners more time to challenge seizures in 2012, requiring a conviction or specified drug-case outcome in many cases in 2014, and protecting qualifying innocent vehicle co-owners in 2017. Exceptions remained, including some confidential-informant cases. The last bill became law on 2017-04-03.
April 3, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill protecting most police body-camera recordings while opening footage of serious force and requiring audits. The bill became law on 2016-05-31.
May 31, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a drug-sentencing law reducing penalties for smaller offenses and strengthening sentences for major trafficking involving guns. The bill became law on 2016-05-22.
May 22, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill limiting police license-plate tracking and requiring most unrelated recordings to be deleted within 60 days. The bill became law on 2015-05-23.
May 23, 2015Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill protecting people from lawsuits targeting lawful protests, government complaints and other public participation. The bill became law on 2015-05-19.
May 19, 2015Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill guaranteeing a jury trial to either side in civil lawsuits over unlawful discrimination. The bill became law on 2014-05-13.
May 13, 2014Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored Steve's Law, expanding access to overdose reversal drugs and granting limited drug-charge immunity to people seeking emergency help. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Became chief author of SF560 on 2010-02-25 to allow sealing criminal records after diversion or a stayed case and a one-year waiting period without a new charge. The governor vetoed it on 2010-05-27. Voted on 2014-05-09 for a later bill that kept that pathway and added some convictions after longer waits. It kept public safety checks and some agency access. He also voted on 2014-04-28 against a failed amendment doubling waiting periods in an earlier version. The later bill became law on 2014-05-14.
May 9, 2014Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill limiting detention of out-of-state probationers before hearings to cases involving safety risks. It allowed up to 12 business days with existing hearing protections. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill restricting direct public access to electronic juvenile delinquency records, with exceptions for serious prosecutions. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill extending public defender representation to misdemeanor appeals while setting eligibility checks and funding rules for appointed counsel. The bill became law on 2012-04-23.
April 23, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a corrections law restoring discretion over a prison rehabilitation program and creating inmate gardens permitted to supply nearby food charities. The bill became law on 2012-04-04.
April 4, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill excluding water-pipe fluid from drug weight unless it totaled at least four fluid ounces. The governor vetoed it on 2010-05-18.
May 18, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a failed amendment on 2010-03-23 applying criminal-record rehabilitation rules to chiropractors convicted of felony sex crimes. His change excluding guilty pleas passed at first but was removed later. He voted against the early bill, then for a revised law with limited exceptions and a path to regain a license after at least ten years. He voted for the revised bill on 2010-05-10.
May 10, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill setting rules for enforcing foreign court judgments, including safeguards for fair trials and due process. The bill became law on 2010-04-22.
April 22, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill giving public defenders free copies of digital evidence and the software needed to read it. The bill became law on 2010-04-15.
April 15, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2005-04-28 against court-ordered surgery or medication to reduce sexual desire for certain child sex crimes. That proposal required findings and review and included a voluntary process for prisoners aged 21 or older. He also voted against marked vehicle plates for registered level III sex offenders, but for marking their driver’s licenses and ID cards with “predatory offender.” The House adopted these proposals but left them out of the final law. He separately voted for failed amendments moving $250,000 each year from prison funding to shelters and safe homes for abused women, and $750,000 each year to county methamphetamine treatment grants, for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
April 28, 2005Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted for expedited inmate blood testing after significant corrections-worker exposure to bloodborne pathogens on 2004-05-15. The bill required medical documentation, confidentiality safeguards and a compelling-need finding. It also required facility plans for voluntary preventive care. It passed 131–0 and became law on 2004-05-27.
May 15, 2004Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for tenant and homeowner display protections on 2004-05-15. The House bill protected qualifying candidate campaign signs during election season and U.S. and Minnesota flags, with safety and property-damage conditions. It passed 130–0 and remained unenacted. He earlier advocated apartment tenants' political-sign rights on 1997-02-24. He advocated tenants’ political-sign rights in council discussions on 1997-02-24 and 1997-06-09.
May 15, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed library Internet-filtering legislation on 2004-05-05. It required filtering software, removed a cost exception and withheld state library-site funds for noncompliance. It expanded public-library protections to minors under 18 and preserved adult public-library research access through prompt unblocking. The House passed the proposal; it did not become law.
May 5, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a two-year deadline for petitions challenging criminal convictions on 2004-03-30. The bill retained exceptions, including new evidence of innocence and nonfrivolous claims serving justice. It passed the House 123–7 but did not become law that session.
March 30, 2004Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changes to interstate supervision of adult offenders on 2004-03-30. The law added procedures for retaking or reincarcerating supervised parolees and probationers, including notice, a hearing, limited prehearing detention and hearing rights. It delayed repeal of the earlier compact until 2006-07-01 and became law on 2004-04-14.
March 30, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-18, cosponsored authority for the Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit to share certain asset forfeitures, while limiting vehicle and real-property seizures. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 18, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanding jail booking fees on 2004-03-15. The proposal extended fees up to $10 to people released after booking. It changed automatic refunds after acquittal, dismissal or no charges to refunds on request, with required notice. It passed the House 109–23 but remained unenacted.
March 15, 2004Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored broader postconviction DNA testing, evidence preservation and legal remedies for people seeking to establish innocence. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-01, cosponsored DWI sentencing changes that counted multiple child passengers as one aggravating factor. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 1, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a sex-offender treatment copayment bill on 2003-05-19 and voted for its adopted pornography restriction. The law directed copayment revenue to treatment providers and barred specified sexually explicit materials in secure state facilities treating civilly committed sex offenders. It became law on 2004-02-17.
May 19, 2003Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for victims' rights and privacy changes on 2003-05-16. The law required county payment for rape-evidence examinations without requiring a police report. It added plea-hearing notice and participation rights and limited distribution of child-abuse interview recordings while preserving defense access. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed changes to impaired-driving vehicle forfeiture on 2003-05-15. They increased proof required for innocent-owner defenses and revised civil court procedures. On 2003-05-22, opposed a broader replacement adding boat and off-road-vehicle trailers and family-transfer conditions. The House rejected that replacement. A changed version of the earlier bill became law on 2004-05-26. It retained the innocent-owner proof requirement and added a knowledge presumption for family members with repeated DWI convictions. It omitted the replacement’s trailer and family-transfer units.
May 15, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a temporary exemption from municipal limits on the number of noncommercial signs on 2003-04-24. It covered the period from August 1 in a state general-election year through ten days after the election, alongside the existing size exemption. It became law on 2004-03-26.
April 24, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded rights for minor crime victims’ parents or guardians on 2003-04-24. The bill included attendance at related juvenile proceedings, subject to specified exclusions, and access to specified juvenile-case information. It passed the House 132–0 but remained unenacted.
April 24, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported Minnesota’s guardianship and conservatorship overhaul on 2003-04-02. It established parental and spousal written guardian appointments subject to notice, objections and court confirmation, and required court approval for specified major conservator estate transactions. It became law on 2003-04-11.
April 2, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored shielding specified low-level speeding convictions from driver records and reviewing whether higher highway speed limits were safe. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-13, cosponsored extending civil-lawsuit deadlines for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its substituted version used a six-year discovery period; conference ended without enactment.
February 13, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported systematic code enforcement with education and discretion on 1999-08-23. He later moved a developer-violation referral to the city attorney and proposed a voluntary administrative-penalty alternative. The penalty proposal retained appeals and criminal enforcement for unresolved cases.
August 23, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Questioned criminalizing adult conduct during debate over school-zone knives and other edged weapons on 1998-09-08. The adopted ordinance covered adults with specified activity exceptions.
September 8, 1998Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Housing Affordability · 18 support · 2 oppose

Sponsored a bill extending unemployment-insurance appeal deadlines and broadening eligibility for rental-housing stabilization grants. The bill became law on 2023-05-26.
May 26, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill letting homeowners recover temporary housing costs caused by faulty construction. The governor vetoed it on 2009-05-19.
May 19, 2009Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the Livable Communities conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier housing-fee waiver ban. The final law omitted that ban, revised municipal funding shares and required spending or transfer of specified allocations. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported foreclosure-consultant and reconveyance protections on 2004-05-15. The law required written disclosures and cancellation rights and restricted advance fees and unfair practices. It set repayment and homeowner-equity safeguards and enforcement remedies. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a local-finance proposal on 2004-05-10. It expanded specified housing, transit and public-infrastructure financing authority. He opposed an unsuccessful personal-rapid-transit bond and loan amendment. The bill passed the House 125–5 and remained unenacted.
May 10, 2004Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-15 to let the Hastings veterans home lease land for up to sixty years at $1 a year for permanent supportive housing serving eligible veterans and Dakota County residents. The law was enacted on 2004-04-22.
April 15, 2004Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed manufactured-home water and sewer billing changes on 2004-03-29 and the employment-budget proposal containing those clauses on 2004-04-07. The clauses required certified meters, actual-use charges and offsetting rent reductions. He opposed a failed broadcast-worker noncompete prohibition. The broader bill proposed agency funding, licensing and tobacco-rule changes. Neither bill became law.
April 7, 2004Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported letting housing authorities form partnerships and companies to build, repair, manage or preserve housing on 2003-05-08. This included low-income housing tax-credit projects. The new entities remained subject to the laws governing housing authorities. It became law on 2003-05-16.
May 8, 2003Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported landlord-tenant legislation on 2003-05-08. It lowered annual security-deposit interest from 3% to 1% beginning 2003-08-01, replacing a scheduled increase to 4%. It also allowed city attorneys to accept landlords’ written assignments of qualifying covenant-breach eviction actions. It became law on 2003-05-16.
May 8, 2003Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: house.mn.gov
Supported housing-finance changes on 2003-04-10. The law increased the Housing Finance Agency’s debt ceiling from $2.4 billion to $3 billion and allowed specified rental refinancing to extend affordability. It revised affordable-homeownership programs and eligibility rules. It became law on 2003-05-19.
April 10, 2003Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-01-29, cosponsored extending property-tax valuation exclusions for qualifying improvements to older homes through 2007. The proposal did not become law in that session. He cosponsored a longer exclusion period on 2003-03-26.
January 29, 2003Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Advocated more affordable homes in At The Park apartment discussions on 2001-11-26. He seconded preliminary financing on 2001-12-17, then voted against a revised proposal on 2002-03-04 because its affordable share was inadequate. He expressed reluctant support on 2002-04-15 after advocating more affordable homes and larger units.
November 26, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Urged affordability safeguards in Home Renewal Program acquisition and remodeling discussions on 2001-10-22. He also advocated preserving affordable housing and supported maintenance financing with protections for the city as lender.
October 22, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved final Park Commons redevelopment and plat approvals on 2001-09-04, after earlier Town Center planning and financing authorizations. He advocated denser housing and public access and supported land-acquisition and tax-increment steps. Final approvals included Section 8 rental homes, parking, transit and easement conditions. Seconded annual Economic Development Authority compensation of $3,819 for commissioners and $5,092 for its president on 2001-09-04. The rates took effect in January 2002.
September 4, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved Louisiana Court housing redevelopment preparation and later agreements, acquisition requests and preliminary bond approvals. He supported a 70-percent property assessment for street work on 1998-06-15. He seconded $4.505 million in general-obligation housing bonds on 2000-04-24. On 2001-05-07, he moved a revised plan covering 185 homes across existing buildings, with parking and transit conditions. Supported repealing theater licensing on 1995-10-16; the proposal failed 3–3. He moved adoption of a consolidated city licensing code on 2000-11-06. On 2001-05-07, he proposed food-vending licenses and city-property event, filming and dumpster permits. The later law retained duties under the revised permit terminology.
May 7, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a voluntary fire-sprinkler financing program on 1995-03-06, repaid through property assessments. He seconded expanding assessment financing to relocation, bridging or encasement of city utility lines on 2000-07-05. Supported proposed townhomes near Phillips Parkway on 2000-07-05. He opposed a senior-only restriction and supported a playground and pedestrian access. He later supported the final project, which required a playground.
July 5, 2000Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded initial multifamily rezoning at Silvercrest on 1999-06-21. He later moved draft changes removing a proposed senior-housing cap while the project remained under review.
June 21, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved community-development allocations for housing rehabilitation, Louisiana Court revitalization, self-sufficiency and blight removal on 1999-03-01. He supported later housing and emergency-repair allocations. He later supported Lenox improvements after initially seeking other funding options. The adopted reallocation assigned $130,000 to Lenox and $30,000 to emergency repairs. Moved a request for Hennepin County to revise road-access guidelines on 1999-03-01. The request sought greater redevelopment flexibility in fully developed neighborhoods.
March 1, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved an amendment permitting accessory apartments of up to 400 square feet with three off-street parking spaces on 1998-03-16. It failed 2–5. The final zoning ordinance excluded that permission.
March 16, 1998Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Proposed delaying property-tax increases for homeowners on fixed incomes until sale of their homes on 1994-11-30.
November 30, 1994Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Social Programs and Welfare · 40 support · 2 oppose

On 2025-06-09, voted against HF1's state-funded MinnesotaCare cuts for undocumented adults. It stopped their new enrollment on 2025-06-15 and ended eligibility on 2026-01-01, keeping children under 18 eligible. The Senate passed it 37–30; signed 2025-06-14.
June 9, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill extending unemployment-insurance appeal deadlines and broadening eligibility for rental-housing stabilization grants. The bill became law on 2023-05-26.
May 26, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-05-18 to create a state program that replaced part of eligible workers’ wages during family or medical leave. It allowed up to 12 weeks of either kind and 20 weeks combined in a year, funded through payroll premiums. Employers were allowed to use approved private plans with equal or better benefits. The bill became law.
May 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2020-06-19 to extend temporary COVID-19 rules allowing remote health and human-service visits, including medical cannabis assessments. The law set a 2021-06-30 end date for certain waivers and a 60-day transition for others. It also funded a temporary housing-support change.
June 19, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: senate.mn
Backed a failed insulin-assistance proposal in 2019. On 2020-04-14, he voted for a safety net providing eligible patients with emergency insulin and ongoing help from drug makers. It capped pharmacy charges at $35 for a 30-day emergency supply and $50 for a 90-day continuing supply. He also backed failed changes to lower the earlier emergency charge to $25 and remove a proposed expiration date. The bill became law.
April 14, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill reducing annual grants for uninsured patients from $2.5 million to $1.25 million. The bill became law on 2015-06-13.
June 13, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill preserving cash-assistance eligibility by excluding certain child-welfare payments from families' counted income. The bill became law on 2015-05-11.
May 11, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill delaying Medicaid estate recovery when a qualifying co-owner still lived in the home. The bill became law on 2009-05-21.
May 21, 2009Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill defining when truck and courier drivers qualify as employees for unemployment and workers' compensation. The bill became law on 2009-05-16.
May 16, 2009Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill providing $36.64 million to compensate victims of the I-35W bridge collapse. The bill became law on 2008-05-08.
May 8, 2008Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2005-05-23 for SF644, which proposed divorce mediation with exceptions for abuse victims and parents unable to pay, plus a 30 percent parenting-time minimum with exceptions based on court findings. The House passed it, but it did not become a separate law. Voted on 2006-05-20 for later family-law changes setting a 25 percent parenting-time minimum with court-finding exceptions and revising child-support income, medical-cost and relocation rules. That bill became law on 2006-05-31.
May 20, 2006Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2005-05-23 for a child and family services bill. Its final version expanded child-support agencies’ access to information and let parents ask a court to stop interest on overdue support after 12 months of full, timely payments. It became law.
May 23, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-09 for HF778 and on 2004-05-11 for SF1758 to base basic, medical and child-care support on both parents' gross income, with a 20% reduction in basic support for separate households. Neither proposal became a standalone law. On 2005-05-20, he supported a changed House child-support bill and an amendment allowing joint physical custody without equal time and requiring a timely parenting plan or court schedule. Those custody changes were omitted from the final law. He voted on 2005-05-23 for SF630, which based child support on both parents' incomes and set separate basic, medical and child-care payments. The law used different parenting-time rules, including a 12% basic-support reduction for parents with 10% to 45% parenting time. It became law on 2005-06-03.
May 23, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2005-04-28 against court-ordered surgery or medication to reduce sexual desire for certain child sex crimes. That proposal required findings and review and included a voluntary process for prisoners aged 21 or older. He also voted against marked vehicle plates for registered level III sex offenders, but for marking their driver’s licenses and ID cards with “predatory offender.” The House adopted these proposals but left them out of the final law. He separately voted for failed amendments moving $250,000 each year from prison funding to shelters and safe homes for abused women, and $750,000 each year to county methamphetamine treatment grants, for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
April 28, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: house.mn.gov
Supported the human-services conference bill on 2004-05-15 after supporting an earlier House policy bill and opposing an earlier health-budget package. He supported adopted ovarian-risk testing and secure-treatment restrictions on 2004-04-02. The final law retained testing coverage and qualified treatment restrictions, with added safeguards and no blanket private-lawsuit ban. It retained a qualified infant-care subsidy within 3% of existing funding and changed mental-health and assistance rules. His adopted WIC home-delivery request on 2004-04-22 was omitted from the final law. It became law on 2004-05-29. He supported excluding qualifying county adoption assistance from welfare income calculations on 2004-04-12. His 2004-02-12 foster-care cosponsorship preserved later placement consideration for relatives who initially declined. Both changes were retained in the final law. He supported skilled-nursing coverage for qualifying people enrolled in both Medical Assistance and Medicare hospice on 2004-04-22. The final health law retained this coverage and county managed-care partnerships. He supported the earlier human-services technical bill on 2004-04-22. The final law retained qualifying diversionary-work families' transition-year child-care eligibility and a limit of one General Assistance Medical Care copayment per day per provider for specified visits and eyeglasses.
May 15, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a limited charitable-gift exception to Medical Assistance asset-transfer rules on 2004-05-15. It covered documented prior donations or volunteer service, with exclusions involving existing care needs or benefit applications. The bill became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported military-service employment and benefit protections on 2004-05-15. The law reserved qualifying childcare assistance positions, prohibited discriminatory service-status inquiries and required specified school-employee pay differentials and benefit continuation. It also transferred veterans-education administration. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported utility and school-wind provisions on 2004-05-12. The law authorized limited school wind-generation ownership and revenue retention and changed low-income electricity affordability programs. The direct half-price benchmark applied specifically to older or disabled qualifying customers. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for National Guard tuition and veterans-home changes on 2004-05-12. The law removed percentage-based tuition reimbursement ceilings and revised veterans-home administration and patient classification. Existing dependent-benefit provisions remained. It became law on 2004-05-19. Voted on 2003-04-10 to reserve veterans-home woodshop profits for residents’ direct benefit. The same rule was enacted in the veterans-home law on 2004-05-19 and retained in the health law enacted on 2004-05-29.
May 12, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported permission for a replacement Austin nursing home on 2004-05-06. The law authorized 60 beds replacing 45 Austin beds and 15 Albert Lea beds, including 20 dementia-care beds. Funding depended on qualifying cost-neutral closures under common ownership. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 6, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 for a Thief River Falls employment pilot for people with severe disabilities, with minimum wages, equal benefits, and integrated work teams. He also supported a funding-transfer amendment that required repayment to independent living centers and shared added federal funds. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 5, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-15 to let the Hastings veterans home lease land for up to sixty years at $1 a year for permanent supportive housing serving eligible veterans and Dakota County residents. The law was enacted on 2004-04-22.
April 15, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-04-08, cosponsored a pilot program helping low-income parents attend four-year colleges while receiving coordinated public assistance. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 8, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the government and election proposal on 2004-04-07. He supported failed reductions in local campaign-reporting thresholds, more frequent pay-equity reports and restored workers-compensation judge funding. He supported adopted conditional local-mandate waivers, infant-care subsidies and limited public complaint summaries. The proposal also included agency appropriations and election administration; this bill did not become law.
April 7, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changes to unemployment benefits and appeals on 2004-03-29, when the bill passed 131–1. The law added healthcare certification for some Social Security disability recipients seeking unemployment benefits, retaining a disability-benefit deduction. It changed employer reporting and appeals review while retaining initial hearings and court appeals. It became law on 2004-05-10.
March 29, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-03-10, cosponsored lowering many parental contributions for disabled children’s health services and increasing the income deduction for children living at home. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 10, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-03, cosponsored expanded family-planning services, sexuality education and after-school programs. The proposal funded low-income services, school clinics and public contraceptive information. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 3, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported extending a supportive-housing and managed-care pilot on 2004-03-01. The law moved its sunset from 2006-06-30 to 2007-06-30. It became law on 2004-05-15.
March 1, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-02-23, introduced retroactive unemployment-insurance coverage for certain Perpich Center employees. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 23, 2004Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the health and human-services budget on 2003-05-29 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported removing optional drug step therapy and allowing licensing-fee waivers. He supported failed family-cap deletion and paired management-funding reductions and opposed a chemical-abortion drug exclusion. The final law retained family-cap exceptions and fee waivers, omitted that drug exclusion and changed coverage and payment rules with federal-funding contingencies. It became law on 2003-06-05. It also retained Medicare-supplement protections and mandate evaluations, removing the earlier annual evaluation cap and funding bar on legislative enactment. He supported a separate office-visit and drug copay proposal on 2003-05-15. The final budget permitted flat copays capped at 40% of median provider charges for office visits and 50% for drugs, excluding specified public programs. Voted on 2003-03-27 to authorize twenty new rehabilitation beds at an existing Carver County hospital. He opposed the later health budget on 2003-05-29. The final law, enacted on 2003-06-05, retained those beds but barred reimbursement from Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and MinnesotaCare.
May 29, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-14 and 2003-05-22 for unemployment insurance changes. The final bill tied employer taxes and added assessments to the trust fund's balance, lowered the cap for benefits calculated from a worker's highest earning quarter from 50% to 45% of the state average weekly wage, and extended benefit delays for severance and similar payments. It also revised rules for job misconduct and quitting work. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to let a nonprofit Hennepin County clinic serving an underserved American Indian population apply for essential community provider status. The law opened applications through 2003-06-30, for a clinic working on diabetes and immunization projects. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revising telephone-bill assistance on 2003-05-15. The law replaced the age-or-disability eligibility test with federal Lifeline eligibility, shifted applications to local service providers and administration to Commerce, and required credits after completed applications. It became law on 2003-05-22.
May 15, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported letting housing authorities form partnerships and companies to build, repair, manage or preserve housing on 2003-05-08. This included low-income housing tax-credit projects. The new entities remained subject to the laws governing housing authorities. It became law on 2003-05-16.
May 8, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-22 to authorize a voluntary Medicaid managed-care pilot with fixed per-person payments for developmental-disability care. The law required individualized treatment plans, capped costs at fee-for-service costs and limited the initial phase to 120 people served by a nonprofit in Carver, Hennepin and Scott counties. It became law on 2003-05-15.
April 22, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-31 and 2003-04-14 to authorize an eighty-bed city-owned nursing home in Nicollet County to replace an existing eighty-five-bed home at a hospital being replaced. The bill also kept $94,562 in previously allocated project funds available until spent. The law was enacted on 2003-04-17.
April 14, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing residency verification for state veterans' assistance on 2003-04-14. The law defined a Minnesota resident as someone living in the state for at least 30 days with an intent to remain and permitted specified documents or corroborating statements to verify residency. It became law on 2003-04-17.
April 14, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-02, cosponsored reorganizing college financial aid into grants for public and private systems, including need-based assistance, work study and child care. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 2, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded custody options on 2003-03-27. The law counted nonconsecutive caregiving periods toward de facto custody and allowed court-approved parental consent decrees transferring custody to third parties beyond relatives. It retained best-interest and informed-agreement requirements and became law on 2003-04-04.
March 27, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-27 for $1,529,000 in added state funding for county-owned nursing-home payments. The bill added a $2,230 yearly county transfer per licensed bed and a $6.11 daily payment per licensed bed, subject to Medicare payment limits. The law was enacted on 2003-04-07.
March 27, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved final Park Commons redevelopment and plat approvals on 2001-09-04, after earlier Town Center planning and financing authorizations. He advocated denser housing and public access and supported land-acquisition and tax-increment steps. Final approvals included Section 8 rental homes, parking, transit and easement conditions. Seconded annual Economic Development Authority compensation of $3,819 for commissioners and $5,092 for its president on 2001-09-04. The rates took effect in January 2002.
September 4, 2001Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved community-development allocations for housing rehabilitation, Louisiana Court revitalization, self-sufficiency and blight removal on 1999-03-01. He supported later housing and emergency-repair allocations. He later supported Lenox improvements after initially seeking other funding options. The adopted reallocation assigned $130,000 to Lenox and $30,000 to emergency repairs. Moved a request for Hennepin County to revise road-access guidelines on 1999-03-01. The request sought greater redevelopment flexibility in fully developed neighborhoods.
March 1, 1999Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Public Education Quality · 28 support

Voted for laws allowing schools to use five and a half hours of student class time for required reading-teacher training. On 2026-05-17, he voted to extend this option through the 2026–27 school year. Schools had to agree with or consult their teachers before reducing class time.
May 17, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill expanding college-test reimbursement and exempting Super Bowl parking purchases for resale from sales tax. The bill became law on 2016-06-06.
June 6, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2014-04-03 to strengthen bullying rules in public schools, including protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The law required schools to investigate reports promptly and train staff. It kept student defense rights and free speech protections. The bill became law.
April 3, 2014Supports Public Education Quality
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a budget correction law adding $88.9 million in general education aid for the 2014–15 biennium. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported replacing the Profile of Learning on 2003-05-19. The law retained basic-skills tests and set state academic standards, graduation credits and local curriculum authority. He proposed district-cost reimbursement on 2003-02-17 and standards-cost safeguards on 2004-03-18; both failed. He supported the changed education conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing earlier House standards and finance versions. His college-grant proposal failed; earlier integration and funding changes were omitted. The final law set science and social-studies standards and required local health and physical-education standards. It revised student medication and disability-service rules and became law on 2004-05-26. The earlier finance proposal also included truancy licensing and school-funding changes omitted from the final law. He supported school-bus safety changes on 2004-05-10, including annual evacuation drills for public schools and private schools with publicly funded bus rides. Those rules were retained in the final education law.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for National Guard tuition and veterans-home changes on 2004-05-12. The law removed percentage-based tuition reimbursement ceilings and revised veterans-home administration and patient classification. Existing dependent-benefit provisions remained. It became law on 2004-05-19. Voted on 2003-04-10 to reserve veterans-home woodshop profits for residents’ direct benefit. The same rule was enacted in the veterans-home law on 2004-05-19 and retained in the health law enacted on 2004-05-29.
May 12, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a resolution on 2004-05-06 requesting a $3 increase in the federal Boundary Waters reservation fee for Minnesota's Permanent School Fund. It also requested a permanent school-trust-land agreement. The legislature approved the resolution on 2004-05-13; the resolution itself did not impose a federal fee.
May 6, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-04-08, cosponsored a pilot program helping low-income parents attend four-year colleges while receiving coordinated public assistance. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 8, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-11, cosponsored a constitutional amendment requiring the state to cover at least 67 percent of public-college instructional costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 11, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored use of budget reserves to prevent reductions in state higher-education grants when appropriations fell short. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-26, cosponsored medically accurate sexuality education in grades seven through twelve, with parental notice and opt-out rights. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 26, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-23, cosponsored extra staff-development aid for schools falling short of federal progress standards. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 23, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-16, cosponsored access to advanced courses for qualified sixth- and eighth-grade students, with parent and school approval. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-16, cosponsored community-education funding legislation. It set basic aid and levy amounts. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 16, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-12, introduced 3.6 million dollars in state bonds for preservation and building renovations at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 12, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, introduced $430.4 million in higher-education capital funding, primarily financed through state bonds. The proposal covered campus repairs, laboratories, classrooms and other facilities. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, cosponsored statewide gifted-and-talented program standards and dedicated funding of $10 per pupil unit. The proposal required fair identification, teacher preparation and annual evaluation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-02, cosponsored making world languages a required school academic standard, with state or locally developed standards. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 2, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the education-finance budget on 2003-05-22 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported a parent-involvement pilot, removing proposed teacher arbitration and strike restrictions, and unsuccessful compensatory-funding and minority-teacher grant safeguards. He opposed mandatory school-board primaries on 2003-05-05 and supported school crisis coordination and teacher mental-health training on 2003-04-24. The final law retained these election and mental-health provisions, retained the parent pilot, omitted specified labor proposals and repealed the teacher-grant statutes. It became law on 2003-05-30. He supported a five-year cap on mandatory charter-teaching leave on 2003-03-06; the final budget retained that cap and discretionary extensions. He supported lifetime short-call substitute licenses for qualifying retired teachers on 2003-03-13; the final education law retained them.
May 22, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-15, cosponsored an education funding and policy proposal. It included gifted programs, teacher certification, bullying prevention and special-education due-process protections. It proposed an early-childhood constitutional amendment that was not placed on the ballot. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 15, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported continuation of higher National Guard tuition and textbook reimbursements on 2003-04-24. The law removed their scheduled expiration and an earlier reporting requirement, retaining eligibility and credit limits. It became law on 2003-05-12.
April 24, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-07, cosponsored free public-college tuition for Minnesota residents who served honorably in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 7, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-02, cosponsored reorganizing college financial aid into grants for public and private systems, including need-based assistance, work study and child care. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 2, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored widening school districts’ eligibility to use the alternative-facilities bonding and levy program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored indexing school districts’ voter-approved revenue caps to annual consumer-price inflation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-13, cosponsored state aid for negotiated teacher-pay systems linking most raises to performance, with evaluation, collaboration and pay protections. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 13, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-03, cosponsored a resolution urging Congress to fund forty percent of special-education costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 3, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-01-23, cosponsored allowing local levies for new school construction after an unsafe microbial infestation forced a permanent school closure. The proposal did not become law in that session.
January 23, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Gun Control · 5 support

Sponsored a bill requiring firearm surrender after domestic-assault and stalking convictions or qualifying protective orders. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014Supports Gun Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-23 against SF842's gun-carry permit amendment and final passage. He opposed an adopted lifetime firearm ban for qualifying violent-felony and juvenile cases, which included routes to restore gun rights. He supported failed gun restrictions at colleges, schools, public buildings, parks, medical facilities and entertainment or liquor venues, and failed permission rules for armed visitors to private homes. He opposed a failed exception allowing cities with at least 50,000 residents to set stricter carry rules. The bill became law on 2003-04-28. He coauthored HF1595 on 2003-05-05 and special-session HF22 on 2003-05-21 to repeal the carry-permit article; both stalled and left the separate lifetime-ban article outside their proposed repeal. On 2005-05-18, he voted against SF2259's re-enactment of the carry law. He offered failed college and liquor-business gun bans, with exceptions. He supported other failed school and entertainment-venue restrictions, authority for religious groups and local governments to restrict guns, and reviews of gun firings followed by arrests for injury or death. He opposed failed changes allowing posted private parking-lot gun bans and requiring businesses that allowed guns to post signs saying so. The re-enactment bill became law on 2005-05-24.
May 18, 2005Supports Gun Control
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-05-16, cosponsored requiring permission before carrying a firearm into another person’s private residence, with a peace-officer exception. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 16, 2003Supports Gun Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-13, introduced restrictions on firearms carried in government buildings, with security, parking and training exceptions. He cosponsored a city-option proposal on 2003-05-14 and introduced city and county options on 2003-05-16 and 2003-05-19. Those options permitted local prohibitions in designated buildings and meetings. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 13, 2003Supports Gun Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-13, introduced extending school firearm restrictions to mixed-use buildings and grounds. Coverage required regular school use of an exclusively controlled, posted portion. He cosponsored removing specified school-property firearm exceptions on 2004-03-03. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 13, 2003Supports Gun Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Women's Reproductive Rights · 13 support

Voted on 2023-04-21 to limit Minnesota’s help with other states’ cases over reproductive care that was legal here. The law protected health records and health-worker licenses, blocked certain judgments and subpoenas, and limited sending people to other states to face charges. The bill became law on 2023-04-27.
April 21, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-01-27 to protect the right to use or refuse reproductive health care, including abortion and birth control, and to continue a pregnancy. The law barred local governments from placing stricter limits on those rights. It became law in January 2023.
January 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted against bills in 2011 and 2017 that barred state health programs from paying for abortions, except when needed to keep federal funding. The 2017 bill applied to programs run by Human Services. Both bills were vetoed. He opposed the 2017 bill on 2017-05-04.
May 4, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against bills in 2012 and 2017 requiring state licenses for facilities performing at least ten abortions a month, except hospitals and surgical centers already licensed. They added fees and inspections; the 2017 bill also required accreditation or membership in a qualifying national group. Both bills were vetoed. He opposed the 2017 bill on 2017-05-04.
May 4, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2012-04-23 against requiring abortion drugs to be given in the same room as the doctor who prescribed or supplied them. The bill also required efforts to arrange a follow-up visit. It was vetoed.
April 23, 2012Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2011-05-20 against a bill banning abortions at 20 weeks after fertilization, with exceptions to prevent death or serious, lasting physical harm. It included penalties for providers and civil lawsuits. The bill was vetoed.
May 20, 2011Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: senate.mn
Cosponsored HF322 on 2004-03-04 to require hospitals to offer emergency contraception to female sexual-assault patients and provide it on request. That bill did not become law. Voted on 2007-04-18 for a later bill requiring those services when medically appropriate and legally prescribed, plus antibiotic offers for sexual-assault patients. The later bill became law on 2007-05-04.
April 18, 2007Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: senate.mn
Opposed restrictions on minors’ independent medical consent and expanded parental access to health records on 2004-05-11. The proposal narrowed a specified consent provision to incest victims while retaining other statutory and federal-service exceptions. He supported an unsuccessful amendment preserving broader minor-consent rights and allowing parent-provider agreements to limit consent. It passed the House 86–47 but remained unenacted.
May 11, 2004Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored a scientific-accuracy requirement for state-mandated abortion information. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored requiring health plans covering prescriptions to cover contraceptives without higher cost sharing than other covered drugs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-03, cosponsored expanded family-planning services, sexuality education and after-school programs. The proposal funded low-income services, school clinics and public contraceptive information. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 3, 2004Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the health and human-services budget on 2003-05-29 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported removing optional drug step therapy and allowing licensing-fee waivers. He supported failed family-cap deletion and paired management-funding reductions and opposed a chemical-abortion drug exclusion. The final law retained family-cap exceptions and fee waivers, omitted that drug exclusion and changed coverage and payment rules with federal-funding contingencies. It became law on 2003-06-05. It also retained Medicare-supplement protections and mandate evaluations, removing the earlier annual evaluation cap and funding bar on legislative enactment. He supported a separate office-visit and drug copay proposal on 2003-05-15. The final budget permitted flat copays capped at 40% of median provider charges for office visits and 50% for drugs, excluding specified public programs. Voted on 2003-03-27 to authorize twenty new rehabilitation beds at an existing Carver County hospital. He opposed the later health budget on 2003-05-29. The final law, enacted on 2003-06-05, retained those beds but barred reimbursement from Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and MinnesotaCare.
May 29, 2003Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the abortion-consent bill on 2003-04-07. It required a 24-hour waiting period and specified disclosures, with a medical-emergency exception. He supported unsuccessful sexual-assault, voluntary-waiver and contraceptive-resource amendments and earlier deletion of implementation funding. The law included privacy and reporting provisions and became law on 2003-04-14.
April 7, 2003Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: house.mn.gov

Election Integrity · 2 support

On 2003-05-08, opposed narrower student registration proofs and supported unsuccessful paper-record, audit and legislative-approval amendments. He supported failed student voting-absence and registration-continuity changes. He opposed the earlier House election packages, then supported the changed conference bill on 2004-05-15. The final law protected voter data and revised military absentee, accessible-voting and audit procedures. It omitted earlier photo-ID requirements and the separate account proposal. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Election Integrity
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a federal election-fund account on 2003-03-24. On 2003-05-08, supported a failed proposal treating serving election judges as notaries for federal election complaints. On 2003-05-22, voted for a changed account bill with $6.5 million for election administration, registration systems, access, training and complaint review. It required direct legislative appropriations for account spending and treated serving election judges as notaries for those complaints. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Election Integrity
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose

Supported the House tax proposal on 2004-04-23. He supported an adopted permanent-service-connected-disability veteran homestead exemption and a failed combined foreign-income and alternative-minimum-tax amendment. He opposed unsuccessful recreational-property tax changes and a conditional local sales-tax authorization. The House proposal covered income, property and sales taxes and development incentives; it did not become law.
April 23, 2004Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-03-22, cosponsored a revised parental-contribution schedule for children’s services and a new top income-tax bracket. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 22, 2004Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-26, cosponsored a higher top income-tax rate and a refundable credit for private-pay nursing-home residents. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 26, 2004Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-07, cosponsored requiring income-tax adjustments if the wealthiest ten percent paid a lower effective tax rate than other income groups. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 7, 2003Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Data Privacy · 23 support · 1 oppose

Sponsored a bill to limit civil immigration arrests around court cases and set entry and privacy rules for schools, child care centers, colleges, and health facilities. It also proposed lawsuits for violations of basic rights and limits on officers wearing masks. The bill passed the Senate but did not become law. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-11.
May 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-04-21 to limit Minnesota’s help with other states’ cases over reproductive care that was legal here. The law protected health records and health-worker licenses, blocked certain judgments and subpoenas, and limited sending people to other states to face charges. The bill became law on 2023-04-27.
April 21, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-01-30 for HF1, which required proof of lawful U.S. admission for driver licensing and set expiration, cancellation, notice and review rules for short-term licenses. He also supported a failed amendment removing some status-check and cancellation rules while retaining the initial lawful-admission requirement. The House passed the proposal, but it did not become law. He later voted on 2023-02-21 for HF4, which let residents get standard driver's licenses and state ID cards without proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful presence. That law kept identity checks and limited sharing data for civil immigration enforcement. It became law on 2023-03-07, with the new license rules taking effect on 2023-10-01.
February 21, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill allowing remote online notarization with identity checks, secure recordings and limits on sharing clients’ information. The bill became law on 2018-05-20.
May 20, 2018Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a 2016 law barring new drug-trial enrollment during emergency mental-health holds and requiring notice of certain early releases. He later sponsored an exception when federal substance-treatment privacy rules barred disclosure. That bill became law on 2017-05-23.
May 23, 2017Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill protecting most police body-camera recordings while opening footage of serious force and requiring audits. The bill became law on 2016-05-31.
May 31, 2016Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill limiting police license-plate tracking and requiring most unrelated recordings to be deleted within 60 days. The bill became law on 2015-05-23.
May 23, 2015Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill applying government data rules to private contractors and requiring security audits of bulk driver and vehicle data purchasers. The bill became law on 2014-05-28.
May 28, 2014Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill restricting direct public access to electronic juvenile delinquency records, with exceptions for serious prosecutions. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a privacy law protecting government mailing-list and transit-customer data while allowing biological specimens to be used without consent for public health work. The bill became law on 2013-05-23.
May 23, 2013Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-08, opposed narrower student registration proofs and supported unsuccessful paper-record, audit and legislative-approval amendments. He supported failed student voting-absence and registration-continuity changes. He opposed the earlier House election packages, then supported the changed conference bill on 2004-05-15. The final law protected voter data and revised military absentee, accessible-voting and audit procedures. It omitted earlier photo-ID requirements and the separate account proposal. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed restrictions on minors’ independent medical consent and expanded parental access to health records on 2004-05-11. The proposal narrowed a specified consent provision to incest victims while retaining other statutory and federal-service exceptions. He supported an unsuccessful amendment preserving broader minor-consent rights and allowing parent-provider agreements to limit consent. It passed the House 86–47 but remained unenacted.
May 11, 2004Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported administration and data-practices legislation on 2003-05-22 after an earlier House proposal. The law raised designer-selection thresholds, required specified contracting disclosures and limited guaranteed-energy contracts. It protected selected electronic-access, school and military-discharge data and revised advisory-opinion remedies. He supported military-discharge privacy on 2003-05-19, including identity and interest checks for release. It removed a contracting-preference progress report; an earlier financial-information consent amendment he supported failed. The law was signed on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported allowing limited tax-identity information to help locate veterans on 2003-05-19. The bill let veterans officials request the data in writing to notify veterans about service-related health hazards and tell veterans, dependents and survivors about benefits. It became law on 2004-02-26.
May 19, 2003Opposes Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported identity-theft and mail-theft legislation on 2003-05-16 after supporting the earlier version on 2003-05-06. It allowed local reporting and victim-based prosecution venues, aggregated identity-theft offenses within six months and created a mail-theft offense. Mail theft carried up to three years’ imprisonment or a $5,000 fine. He had cosponsored related legislation on 2003-02-17. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for victims' rights and privacy changes on 2003-05-16. The law required county payment for rape-evidence examinations without requiring a police report. It added plea-hearing notice and participation rights and limited distribution of child-abuse interview recordings while preserving defense access. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported social-security-number privacy restrictions on 2003-05-06. The adopted House amendment limited public display, insecure Internet transmission and specified card and mailing uses, with exceptions and opt-out provisions. The proposal remained unenacted.
May 6, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored shielding specified low-level speeding convictions from driver records and reviewing whether higher highway speed limits were safe. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-24, cosponsored revising internet-provider privacy rules, requiring identity authentication for customer records requests and excluding anonymous aggregate data. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 24, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored restricting public display of Social Security numbers and requiring secure online transmission and extra authentication for account access. The proposal did not become law in that session. He cosponsored an identical refile on 2004-04-15.
February 17, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored requiring written consent before telecommunications companies shared identifiable customer data, except for service, fraud-prevention and legal demands. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored barring colleges from sharing student contact information with credit-card issuers without consent or entering student card-marketing agreements. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored prohibiting full credit-card numbers and expiration dates on electronically printed sales receipts. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate substitute expanded the receipt restriction to debit cards.
February 17, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored requiring consumers’ affirmative consent for financial institutions to share private records with outside parties, with federal exceptions. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Data Privacy
Source: revisor.mn.gov

Civil Rights · 28 support

Voted on 2025-06-09 against limiting girls’ school sports teams to students who were female at birth. In 2021, he voted for gender discrimination protections and comparable resources for separate teams. Both amendments failed.
June 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2023-04-21 to bar mental health providers from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors and vulnerable adults. The law also barred Medicaid payment for conversion therapy and deceptive claims about it. The bill became law on 2023-04-27.
April 21, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2023-02-21 to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions while they were not in jail or prison for those convictions. The law also required notices about restored rights and voter registration. The bill became law on 2023-03-03.
February 21, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2019-04-29 to repeal a law that exempted spouses and some adults living in ongoing sexual relationships from certain criminal sexual-conduct charges. The repeal became law.
April 29, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: senate.mn
Cosponsored lower petition thresholds to challenge appointed county offices. The law also expanded affinity-group discounts for animal insurance. The bill became law on 2017-05-30.
May 30, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill guaranteeing a jury trial to either side in civil lawsuits over unlawful discrimination. The bill became law on 2014-05-13.
May 13, 2014Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2014-04-03 to strengthen bullying rules in public schools, including protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The law required schools to investigate reports promptly and train staff. It kept student defense rights and free speech protections. The bill became law.
April 3, 2014Supports Civil Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2013-05-13 to allow same-sex civil marriage. The bill kept protections for religious groups and people authorized to perform marriages. It became law, with the marriage changes taking effect on 2013-08-01.
May 13, 2013Supports Civil Rights
Source: senate.mn
Voted on 2004-03-24 against HF2798, a constitutional proposal recognizing only one-man, one-woman marriage and barring other relationships from recognition as marriage or its legal equivalent. It passed the House but did not reach the ballot. He voted on 2011-05-11 against SF1308, a later ballot proposal recognizing only one-man, one-woman marriage. His failed replacement barred courts from defining marriage under the state constitution and gave that power to lawmakers. The marriage ban reached the 2012 ballot, where voters rejected it.
May 11, 2011Supports Civil Rights
Source: senate.mn
On 2003-05-08, opposed narrower student registration proofs and supported unsuccessful paper-record, audit and legislative-approval amendments. He supported failed student voting-absence and registration-continuity changes. He opposed the earlier House election packages, then supported the changed conference bill on 2004-05-15. The final law protected voter data and revised military absentee, accessible-voting and audit procedures. It omitted earlier photo-ID requirements and the separate account proposal. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the transportation conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier finance bill and supporting a later House policy bill. He proposed primary seatbelt enforcement on 2004-04-05; it failed. He supported unsuccessful transit-labor and toll-limit amendments and opposed English-only driver exams. The final law included restricted forest-products weight permits and rest-area financing options. It became law on 2004-05-29. Earlier finance and failed-amendment provisions were not treated as enacted. He opposed removing seatbelt-use evidence protections and supported unsuccessful transit funding and radio-operator strike-right protections. He opposed a failed proposal for private transit operations. He supported the earlier commercial-carrier registration restriction on 2003-05-05. The final law retained a revised restriction for vehicles assigned to carriers barred from interstate operations. He supported ending advisory committee review of natural-preservation route petitions on 2004-03-15; county petitions and the transportation commissioner’s designation role remained. This same unit was enacted on 2004-05-10 and retained in the later transportation law.
May 15, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported military-service employment and benefit protections on 2004-05-15. The law reserved qualifying childcare assistance positions, prohibited discriminatory service-status inquiries and required specified school-employee pay differentials and benefit continuation. It also transferred veterans-education administration. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing kosher food labels on 2004-05-10. The bill replaced an Orthodox-only standard with labels identifying the certifying rabbinic authority and its affiliations. It kept bans on falsely labeling food kosher or Halal. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 10, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 for a Thief River Falls employment pilot for people with severe disabilities, with minimum wages, equal benefits, and integrated work teams. He also supported a funding-transfer amendment that required repayment to independent living centers and shared added federal funds. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 5, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-12 for misdemeanor penalties when an owner negligently or intentionally failed to control a dog that harmed a service animal. The law required payment for resulting losses, including lost income and animal replacement or retraining. It became law on 2004-04-19.
April 12, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the government and election proposal on 2004-04-07. He supported failed reductions in local campaign-reporting thresholds, more frequent pay-equity reports and restored workers-compensation judge funding. He supported adopted conditional local-mandate waivers, infant-care subsidies and limited public complaint summaries. The proposal also included agency appropriations and election administration; this bill did not become law.
April 7, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-01, introduced state reimbursement for school meals meeting religious dietary needs. It covered full special-diet lunch costs and specified breakfast costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 1, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-19, cosponsored restoration of local-government pay-equity compliance reporting. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate companion passed but did not receive final House passage.
February 19, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, cosponsored prohibiting admission and tour fees at the Minnesota State Capitol. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a federal election-fund account on 2003-03-24. On 2003-05-08, supported a failed proposal treating serving election judges as notaries for federal election complaints. On 2003-05-22, voted for a changed account bill with $6.5 million for election administration, registration systems, access, training and complaint review. It required direct legislative appropriations for account spending and treated serving election judges as notaries for those complaints. It became law on 2003-05-30.
May 22, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Introduced a proposal clarifying federal court access on 2003-03-31 as the lead House author. As lead House sponsor of the replacement bill, voted for it on 2003-05-19. The law clarified federal court access for state workers’ existing claims under federal age discrimination, wage, family leave, and disability rights laws. It was enacted on 2003-05-28 and applied retroactively to 2001-08-01.
May 19, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported ending automatic job removal for St. Louis County classified employees who filed for county office on 2003-05-13. Restrictions on political activity during work and coercion of employees remained. It became law on 2003-05-20.
May 13, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-24 and 2003-05-12 to let town residents petition for an election when officials failed to appoint a replacement for a vacant elected office. A petition needed signatures equal to twenty percent of turnout at the last general election. The law was enacted on 2003-05-19.
May 12, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported state labor and compensation ratification on 2003-04-03. He supported failed amendments removing domestic-partner benefit exclusions and allowing elective coverage at employees’ expense. The final law excluded those partner benefits while allowing accrued sick leave for qualifying household-member illness or death. It became law on 2003-04-09.
April 3, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-02-27, cosponsored a constitutional amendment prohibiting Minnesota governments from denying equal rights based on gender. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 27, 2003Supports Civil Rights
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed Boy Scout policies excluding gay people from membership and leadership on 2000-09-25.
September 25, 2000Supports Civil Rights
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded adoption of the city's Bias/Hate Crime Response Plan on 1998-12-07. He later advocated education, prevention and direct contact with victims.
December 7, 1998Supports Civil Rights
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Took office on the St. Louis Park City Council on 1994-01-03. He was also appointed to its Community Education Advisory Commission. Moved a resolution against religious bigotry at a school hockey game on 1994-01-03. It urged investigation and appropriate discipline. The council adopted it 7–0.
January 3, 1994Supports Civil Rights
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Corporate Accountability · 59 support · 3 oppose

Cosponsored a bill extending protections against property-rescue scams to tax forfeitures, contracts for deed and unpaid association dues. The bill became law on 2021-03-23.
March 23, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Backed a failed insulin-assistance proposal in 2019. On 2020-04-14, he voted for a safety net providing eligible patients with emergency insulin and ongoing help from drug makers. It capped pharmacy charges at $35 for a 30-day emergency supply and $50 for a 90-day continuing supply. He also backed failed changes to lower the earlier emergency charge to $25 and remove a proposed expiration date. The bill became law.
April 14, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: senate.mn
Cosponsored a bill extending debt-settlement rules to unpaid taxes and barring contracts requiring lawsuits outside Minnesota. The bill became law on 2016-05-12.
May 12, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill letting patients stop nonprofit-hospital collections when hospitals failed to explain available financial help. The bill became law on 2015-05-07.
May 7, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill prioritizing crime-victim repayment before court fines and requiring more disclosure when selling settlement payments. The bill became law on 2014-05-06.
May 6, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill barring manufacturers and wholesalers from using contract waivers or another state's law to evade Minnesota sales-representative protections. The bill became law on 2014-04-11.
April 11, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring debt buyers to prove debts before default judgments and preventing payments from restarting an expired six-year consumer debt deadline. The bill became law on 2013-05-24.
May 24, 2013Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored changes to Minnesota’s False Claims Act. The law expanded protections for workers who reported government fraud to contractors and agents, and removed a 45-day repayment exception to fraud liability. He voted for the bill on 2013-04-17.
April 17, 2013Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored changes to the rules for condo and homeowners’ associations. The law changed board duties, owner notices, buyer disclosures, and reserve funds for repairs. He voted for the bill on 2010-04-06.
April 6, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill letting homeowners recover temporary housing costs caused by faulty construction. The governor vetoed it on 2009-05-19.
May 19, 2009Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring home-construction warranties in writing and preventing buyers from waiving that right. The bill became law on 2009-05-16.
May 16, 2009Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored a 2008 bill banning software that bypassed online ticket-sale safeguards. He later sponsored a bill banning unauthorized ticket diversion and intentional sales of fake or invalid tickets. That bill became law on 2009-05-11.
May 11, 2009Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill requiring damaged-title branding for older cars. The bill became law on 2008-04-24.
April 24, 2008Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill banning expiration dates and fees on most gift cards. The bill became law on 2007-05-21.
May 21, 2007Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored a car buyers' rights law requiring clear loan add-on prices and restricting misleading certified-used-car sales. The bill became law on 2007-05-21.
May 21, 2007Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported telecom legislation on 2004-05-15. It required affirmative customer consent and 60-day notice for substantive wireless-contract changes, removed the $50 telephone-deposit cap, linked utility-deposit interest to Treasury yields, and relaxed specified business telephone-rate restrictions. The wireless and rate-regulation provisions had sunsets. He also supported an unsuccessful prepaid-card expiration-label amendment on 2004-04-19. The package became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported foreclosure-consultant and reconveyance protections on 2004-05-15. The law required written disclosures and cancellation rights and restricted advance fees and unfair practices. It set repayment and homeowner-equity safeguards and enforcement remedies. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the agriculture bill on 2004-05-15. He supported an unsuccessful amendment restoring farm-nuisance exceptions for negligence, health threats and water pollution. The final law broadened conditional nuisance protections and included limited dairy-investor land eligibility and ethanol-reporting changes. It became law on 2004-05-21. He opposed the earlier House agriculture proposal on 2004-04-05 and supported failed limits on first-class-city ethanol payments and narrower farm-nuisance protections. The final law omitted those amendments and the earlier proposed budget cuts. He supported the separate home-canning proposal on 2004-03-04. Its exemption for qualifying Minnesota pickles, fruits and vegetables, with sales below $5,000 and labeling safeguards, was retained in the final agriculture law.
May 15, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported health-insurer financial safeguards on 2004-05-15. The law required risk-based capital reports and escalating corrective action for qualifying health organizations with inadequate capital, with specified small-company exemptions. It also expanded securities-regulator access to certain insurance information under confidentiality conditions. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported industrial-loan and thrift deposit restrictions on 2004-05-15. The final bill linked eligibility to controlling companies qualified to own federal savings associations. He earlier supported a version with credit-card liability protections, which were removed before repassage. It became law on 2004-05-25.
May 15, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported health-insurance changes on 2004-05-14. The law expanded conversion-coverage notices, enlarged the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association board, exempted qualifying high-deductible plans from inconsistent state requirements, and required pharmacy cost disclosures despite contrary contracts. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 14, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported health-plan prior-authorization, provider-contract and claims rules on 2004-05-14. They required notices, coding transparency and consent for specified reimbursement changes, with enforcement and appeal protections. He earlier opposed an unsuccessful amendment on premium costs and provider payments. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 14, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 to create an insurance fraud law enforcement division with arrest powers limited to insurance fraud and fund it through insurer assessments. The bill also moved auto theft prevention work to the commerce department. It combined barber and cosmetology oversight, raised several cosmetology license fees, and added a licensing path for qualified workers from other states or countries. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 13, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a funeral-service attorney-fee proposal on 2004-05-13. It allowed fees for prevailing parties. Providers also required chapter compliance and a contractual fee clause. The bill passed 129–3 and reached the Senate without enactment.
May 13, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for homeowners-insurance protections for small home daycare operators on 2004-05-13. The law barred refusal solely because a home housed daycare for five or fewer children. Daycare business losses still required specific coverage. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-11 to require permission before third-party charges appeared on local telephone bills. Customers gained refunds for unauthorized charges paid in the prior six months unless the provider supplied proof of permission within fourteen days. The law also extended some telephone-company regulation plans. It was enacted on 2004-05-19.
May 11, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for motor-dealer title, records and vehicle-removal changes on 2004-05-11. The law revised dealer resale reporting and permitted specified records centralization. It allowed service-property vehicle removal after certified notice, with towing-liability protections. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 11, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a real-estate law package on 2004-05-10. Among its provisions, the law established borrower remedies when a lender unreasonably delayed a loan beyond an interest-rate or discount-point agreement's expiration, including actual out-of-pocket damages or specific performance and an additional $500 penalty. It became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing kosher food labels on 2004-05-10. The bill replaced an Orthodox-only standard with labels identifying the certifying rabbinic authority and its affiliations. It kept bans on falsely labeling food kosher or Halal. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 10, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for outpatient-surgery licensing and diagnostic-imaging reporting on 2004-05-10. The bill required nursing standards, financial-interest disclosures before referrals and ownership reports. It also added ambulatory surgery to public-program coverage. It passed 130–0 and became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-06 for nursing-home payment rules that required refunds with interest for excess charges to private-paying residents. The law also allowed state-cost-neutral closure plans and required a recommendation for a payment system using care quality and actual costs. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 6, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changing nursing-facility inspections on 2004-05-05, when the bill passed 129–0. It required joint training, public reporting and family-council participation. He supported the amended bill on 2004-05-14; it passed 128–0. It became law on 2004-05-26.
May 5, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-03 to apply state hazardous-waste disposal, licensing, and fee rules to federally regulated PCB waste above 50 parts per million. The law allowed an annual fee waiver for early disposal of electric equipment under a verified PCB phase-out agreement. It became law on 2004-05-10.
May 3, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported stronger petroleum-tank enforcement on 2004-04-22. The law extended red-tag delivery restrictions to qualifying aboveground bulk tanks, shortened the ordinary citation-correction period from 90 to 60 days, and increased specified civil penalties. It became law on 2004-04-29.
April 22, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed manufactured-home water and sewer billing changes on 2004-03-29 and the employment-budget proposal containing those clauses on 2004-04-07. The clauses required certified meters, actual-use charges and offsetting rent reductions. He opposed a failed broadcast-worker noncompete prohibition. The broader bill proposed agency funding, licensing and tobacco-rule changes. Neither bill became law.
April 7, 2004Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 to bar employers from passing search-firm fees to job applicants. The bill also exempted employer-paid search firms from employment-agency licensing when they met stated conditions. The House passed it, but it did not become law.
March 29, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revised job-reference legislation on 2004-03-15 after opposing the earlier version on 2003-03-10. It limited covered employee lawsuits using a clear-and-convincing proof standard for false, defamatory and malicious disclosures, with statutory-action exceptions. It required specified school misconduct disclosures and expanded former employees’ personnel-record access. The final law strengthened disclosure safeguards and preserved collective-bargaining rights. It became law on 2004-03-22.
March 15, 2004Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-03-04, cosponsored requiring health plans covering prescriptions to cover contraceptives without higher cost sharing than other covered drugs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 4, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported extending the cancellation period for travel-club contracts from three to ten business days on 2003-05-19. The bill required written and oral cancellation notices. For contracts costing at least $500, it also required information about complaints, refunds and legal actions. It became law on 2003-05-28.
May 19, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed repeal of musical-artist booking-agency licensing on 2003-05-19. The repeal removed license, bond, contract, fee and complaint requirements specific to those agencies. It did not repeal every employment-agency or fraud law. It became law on 2003-05-28.
May 19, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported hospital adverse-event reporting on 2003-05-16. The law required reports of specified serious events, root-cause analysis and corrective-action reporting, with public annual facility reports and confidentiality protections. It became law on 2003-05-27; amendments enacted on 2003-05-29 revised definitions and removed a planned state-funding transition. On 2004-05-05, he supported profession-board reporting, confidentiality and qualifying maltreatment-reporting exemptions within the same system. That follow-up became law on 2004-05-10.
May 16, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to require advance maintenance plans when iron mines stopped operating. Plans had to address safe shutdowns, hazardous materials, equipment upkeep, permit compliance, and reports to the state. The law was enacted on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-14 and 2003-05-15 to set payment rules for equipment dealers' warranty work. The bill required manufacturers to act on claims within 30 days and generally pay approved claims within another 30 days, with a later payment date allowed by agreement. It set labor and parts payment rules and kept qualifying alternate payment agreements. It became law on 2003-05-22.
May 15, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-15 to update Minnesota's rules for checks and other payment documents. The bill preserved consumer defenses when a required notice was missing and protected payments made to a former creditor before adequate notice of a transfer. It also required guarantees that remotely created payment items were authorized by the account holder. It became law on 2003-05-22.
May 15, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-06 to narrow the insurance guaranty fund's coverage when an insurer failed. The bill excluded warranty and service contract insurance, added claim limits and exclusions, and set a $10 million total limit per insured and its affiliates, except for workers' compensation. It also let agents obtain credit or insurance scores for pricing or coverage decisions after notice. It became law without the governor's signature on 2003-05-22.
May 6, 2003Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported requiring health insurers to explain options for keeping coverage when a dependent reached the age limit on 2003-05-06. The notices covered qualifying dependents with disabilities and students whose illness or disability reduced their course load. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 6, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported workplace-safety legislation on 2003-05-05. It increased the maximum penalty for specified serious violations contributing to employee deaths to $25,000. It allowed phased, partly waivable fines for qualifying small employers and extended citation posting to 20 days. It became law on 2003-05-13.
May 5, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-05 to make Minnesota's financial crimes task force permanent and broaden its work to include investment, insurance, and public program fraud. The bill allowed federal agencies and prosecutors to join and lowered the required local funding match from 25 percent to 20 percent. It became law on 2003-05-12.
May 5, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported barring fertilizers containing more than 500 parts per million of arsenic by weight on 2003-04-22. The law prohibited licensing or registering these fertilizers for sale or use in Minnesota. It became law on 2003-05-12.
April 22, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-01, cosponsored capping mercury emissions from Minnesota power plants and requiring twenty-percent reductions by 2008 and fifty percent by 2013. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 1, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-31, cosponsored replacing MinnesotaCare provider taxes with higher cigarette and tobacco taxes, requiring insurers to pass savings through lower premiums. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 31, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-26, cosponsored restricting phosphorus in household dishwashing detergents and requiring commercial dishwashers to use phosphorus-free detergents. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for land-contract buyer protections on 2003-02-20 and 2003-03-24. The law removed a mortgage on the seller’s interest from the buyer’s property after a deed transfer if it was recorded after the land contract and the buyer had not joined or consented in a recorded document. The law was enacted on 2003-03-31.
March 24, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-17, cosponsored barring state contracts with corporations based in low-tax foreign jurisdictions, with public-interest and treaty exceptions. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate companion instead covered qualifying reincorporated corporations.
March 17, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-27, cosponsored prescription-drug rebates for Minnesota residents without drug coverage, passing manufacturer rebates through participating pharmacies. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 27, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-24, cosponsored revising internet-provider privacy rules, requiring identity authentication for customer records requests and excluding anonymous aggregate data. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 24, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored requiring written consent before telecommunications companies shared identifiable customer data, except for service, fraud-prevention and legal demands. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored barring colleges from sharing student contact information with credit-card issuers without consent or entering student card-marketing agreements. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored prohibiting full credit-card numbers and expiration dates on electronically printed sales receipts. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate substitute expanded the receipt restriction to debit cards.
February 17, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored requiring consumers’ affirmative consent for financial institutions to share private records with outside parties, with federal exceptions. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-01-27, introduced a resolution urging Congress to require internet and other remote sellers to collect state and local sales taxes. The proposal did not become law in that session.
January 27, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported tobacco-sale restrictions on 1996-11-18 after helping initiate them. The ordinance banned vending machines and self-service sales and required products behind counters. He moved to uphold a $250 sales-compliance penalty on 1997-11-17. He later supported changes allowing licensed under-18 employees to stock and sell tobacco, with penalties for sales to minors. He advocated a restaurant smoking ban on 2001-07-09. Seconded a railroad-routing position on 1996-11-18 seeking relocation of switching operations. He moved conditional city participation in rail-switch funding on 1999-10-04 and authorized another study on 2000-02-07. He later seconded agreement changes and supported mitigation planning. The railroad rejected proposed traffic restrictions, track removal and funding obligations.
November 18, 1996Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

Public Infrastructure · 28 support · 1 oppose

On 2017-08-08, signed a letter asking the U.S. transportation secretary to preserve federal transit grants and approve funding for Southwest Light Rail and other Minnesota rail and rapid bus projects.
August 8, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: leg.mn.gov
Supported the transportation conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing an earlier finance bill and supporting a later House policy bill. He proposed primary seatbelt enforcement on 2004-04-05; it failed. He supported unsuccessful transit-labor and toll-limit amendments and opposed English-only driver exams. The final law included restricted forest-products weight permits and rest-area financing options. It became law on 2004-05-29. Earlier finance and failed-amendment provisions were not treated as enacted. He opposed removing seatbelt-use evidence protections and supported unsuccessful transit funding and radio-operator strike-right protections. He opposed a failed proposal for private transit operations. He supported the earlier commercial-carrier registration restriction on 2003-05-05. The final law retained a revised restriction for vehicles assigned to carriers barred from interstate operations. He supported ending advisory committee review of natural-preservation route petitions on 2004-03-15; county petitions and the transportation commissioner’s designation role remained. This same unit was enacted on 2004-05-10 and retained in the later transportation law.
May 15, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a groundwater bill introduced on 2004-02-05 and voted for it on 2004-04-15 and 2004-05-13. On 2004-04-15, supported a failed amendment adding Minneapolis. The law approved groundwater use above two million gallons a day, averaged over thirty days, for the Golden Valley, Crystal, and New Hope joint water system. Approval required a natural resources commissioner’s finding that enough water remained for the source basin’s needs, followed by the commissioner’s approval. It was enacted on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported utility and school-wind provisions on 2004-05-12. The law authorized limited school wind-generation ownership and revenue retention and changed low-income electricity affordability programs. The direct half-price benchmark applied specifically to older or disabled qualifying customers. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a local-finance proposal on 2004-05-10. It expanded specified housing, transit and public-infrastructure financing authority. He opposed an unsuccessful personal-rapid-transit bond and loan amendment. The bill passed the House 125–5 and remained unenacted.
May 10, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the House capital-investment proposal on 2004-04-29. He supported two failed Northstar rail funding alternatives, failed limits on transportation-funded tolls and a failed removal of prison-study language. He supported an adopted reserve-payment requirement before property-tax backstops for specified bonds. The House proposal did not become law.
April 29, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 to require utility quality ratings on plans for digging projects and meetings between designers, builders, and utility operators before construction. The law was enacted on 2004-04-26.
March 29, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Introduced a DWI identification-card measure on 2004-02-23 and added it to a public-safety bill on 2004-05-15. His adopted amendment preserved identifying information on clipped license cards and retained seven-day temporary licenses. He voted for the amended bill, which also established multiline 911 requirements and appropriated $3.475 million for 911 services. It passed 129–2 and became law on 2004-05-29.
February 23, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2004-02-12, introduced 3.6 million dollars in state bonds for preservation and building renovations at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 12, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored state bonds for a separated pedestrian and trail crossing over Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 25 near Belt Line Boulevard in St. Louis Park. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored 2.5 million dollars in state bonds for the J.D. Rivers Urban Agricultural Awareness Center at Theodore Wirth Lake. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-09, cosponsored 1.128 million dollars in state bonds for St. Louis Park flood mitigation. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 9, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-05, introduced $430.4 million in higher-education capital funding, primarily financed through state bonds. The proposal covered campus repairs, laboratories, classrooms and other facilities. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 5, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the capital-investment bill on 2003-05-29. It authorized and appropriated $236.915 million, including higher-education facilities, transportation and Roseau flood projects. He opposed an unsuccessful substitution of Central Corridor planning for Northwest Busway design and supported an unsuccessful Children’s Discovery Museum grant. The bill became law on 2003-06-12.
May 29, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the transportation and public-safety budget on 2003-05-27 after opposing the earlier House version. He supported unsuccessful gas-tax, highway-bond and transit-funding alternatives, while opposing a separate revenue-dedication amendment. He co-proposed removing the Southwest rail restriction and opposed compulsory competitive selection for Hiawatha operations. The final law retained a temporary Southwest restriction and revised the operator-selection process. His adopted HOV-access proposal was omitted. The budget became law on 2003-06-08. He supported a separate transportation administration and repeal bill on 2003-04-24. The final transportation law retained its county and municipal state-aid road revisions. Voted on 2003-03-13 to keep limited small-bus license exceptions in place and apply driver safety checks to childcare buses. He opposed the later transportation budget on 2003-05-27. Its final law, enacted on 2003-06-08, retained the same bus provisions. Introduced HF724 on 2003-03-06 to let specified taxis, limousines, buses and passenger vehicles use existing metropolitan carpool lanes regardless of occupancy. His adopted amendment on 2003-04-28 added fees and certified special-transportation vehicles. That provision was omitted from the final law.
May 27, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported tax-policy legislation on 2003-05-19. The law revised sales-tax sourcing, property classifications, tax-increment financing and municipal capital-bond powers. It retained specified local approvals and bond-referendum safeguards. It became law on 2003-05-25. He supported a public-finance proposal on 2003-05-14 and opposed an unsuccessful amendment removing statewide county borrowing authority for shared public-safety radios. The final tax law retained that authority, $45 million in regional transit borrowing and doubled local tax-abatement limits. Introduced HF1463 on 2003-04-03 and cosponsored HF1570 on 2003-04-24 to standardize sales-tax collection rules. Changed versions of their sales and telephone-service tax location rules and registration amnesty were included in this law.
May 19, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported county park, trail and open-space dedication rules on 2003-05-16. The law allowed proportionate land or cash requirements tied to development needs, reserved most proceeds for the collecting city or town unless it consented otherwise, and prohibited using dedication funds for ongoing maintenance. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-16, cosponsored highway and transit financing, including $550 million in highway bonds and a five-cent gasoline-tax increase. It also redirected sales-tax revenue and revised vehicle-registration taxes. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 16, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-16, cosponsored twenty million dollars in local-road bonds and reimbursing three cities for Highway 100 utility-relocation costs. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 16, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-04-01, cosponsored highway and transit bonds, higher vehicle-registration tax caps and dedicating vehicle-sales taxes to transportation. The proposal also cut transportation budget bases. The proposal did not become law in that session.
April 1, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-20, cosponsored widening school districts’ eligibility to use the alternative-facilities bonding and levy program. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 20, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-24, introduced sixty million dollars in highway bonds to reconstruct and expand Highway 100 between I-394 and West 36th Street. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 24, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-01-23, cosponsored allowing local levies for new school construction after an unsafe microbial infestation forced a permanent school closure. The proposal did not become law in that session.
January 23, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Moved adoption of the 2003–2007 capital improvement program on 2002-10-07. The resolution incorporated it into the city comprehensive plan, subject to Metropolitan Council approval.
October 7, 2002Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Opposed sunsetting flood assistance for community projects meeting program criteria on 2002-09-17. He earlier supported a stormwater utility, seconded project plans and bidding, and moved design and conditional flood-assistance steps.
September 17, 2002Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a grant application for accessibility improvements to two Marsh Trail boardwalks on 2001-09-24. He earlier supported a citywide sidewalk and trail plan with resident input and later advocated six-foot sidewalks.
September 24, 2001Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported moving forward with a revised local bus-service grid on 1999-08-09. The proposal included transfers and additional travel options; he weighed costs and services.
August 9, 1999Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved goose-removal authorization beside Minnehaha Creek on 1996-07-01, conditional on neighborhood funding. The council approved it 7–0. He had defended the city’s deer cull on 1994-03-21 and seconded feeding restrictions on 1994-05-02. Moved authorization of the Rec Center renovation on 1996-07-01. He later seconded bond financing on 1996-09-16. The council approved the project.
July 1, 1996Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Voted against doubling a city water tower’s capacity to one million gallons on 1994-01-18. The proposal failed 2–3. The council later approved it; his later vote was not individually recorded.
January 18, 1994Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org

General · 217 records

Received LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. The undated endorsement list was accessed on 2026-10-03; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
October 3, 2026
Source: liunaminnesota.org
Received MAPE PAC's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. The undated endorsement list was accessed on 2026-10-03; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
October 3, 2026
Source: mape.org
Received AFSCME Minnesota Council 5's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. The undated endorsement list was accessed on 2026-10-03; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
October 3, 2026
Source: afscmemn.org
Received Minnesota Retailers IMPACT Political Fund's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election, announced on 2026-09-15.
September 15, 2026
Source: mnretail.org
Received Minnesota AFL-CIO's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the November 3, 2026 general election. Its slate was published on 2026-07-14; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
July 14, 2026
Source: mnaflcio.org
Received FairVote Minnesota's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. His endorsement entry was published on 2026-07-06; the individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
July 6, 2026
Source: fairvotemn.org
Coauthored a bill setting 2027-08-01, as the effective date for direct-primary-care contract rules. Those rules exempted qualifying contracts from insurance regulation and required written terms, cancellation notices and refunds. The date-setting bill became law on 2026-05-26.
May 26, 2026
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a public safety law that changed victim notices, domestic abuse protections, fraud investigations, and rules for prisons and jails. He also moved the final agreement through the Senate. He voted for the final bill on 2026-05-12.
May 12, 2026
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Received GIFFORDS PAC's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. Its slate was published on 2026-04-30; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
April 30, 2026
Source: giffords.org
Cosponsored a bill expanding liquor-license exceptions, including a St. Louis Park food hall and alcohol service in care facilities. The bill became law on 2026-04-21.
April 21, 2026
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Received SEIU Minnesota State Council's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2026 election. Its slate was published on 2026-04-03; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
April 3, 2026
Source: seiumn.org
Was announced as co-chair of a Senate working group on gun violence on 2025-09-10.
September 10, 2025
Source: senatedfl.mn
Endorsed Matt Klein for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd District in the 2026 election. Klein's endorsement page was published on 2025-07-05; Latz's individual endorsement date was not stated.
July 5, 2025
Source: kleinforcongress.com
Cosponsored the Minnesota Partition Act, setting rules for court-ordered divisions and sales of jointly owned property. The bill became law on 2025-03-28.
March 28, 2025
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2023-09-28, received the Minnesota District Judges Association’s President’s Award.
September 28, 2023
Source: senatedfl.mn
Was named as a founding member of the Secular Government Caucus in its launch announcement on 2022-10-05.
October 5, 2022
Source: senatedfl.mn
Sponsored a bill removing one-year operating and local-headquarters conditions for business grants or loans from an Iron Range economic-protection fund. The bill became law on 2022-05-12.
May 12, 2022
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Was named as a founding member of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus in its launch announcement on 2021-09-24.
September 24, 2021
Source: senatedfl.mn
Received Clean Water Action's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2020 election, listed in its newsletter published on 2020-10-12.
October 12, 2020
Source: cleanwater.org
Received IBEW Local 292 COPE Committee's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46 in the 2020 election. Its endorsement list was dated 2020-09-18; his individual endorsement decision date was not stated.
September 18, 2020
Source: ibew292.org
Received Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46, announced on 2020-08-13 for the 2020 election.
August 13, 2020
Source: everytown.org
Endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 election, as announced in a campaign release on 2020-03-03.
March 3, 2020
Source: presidency.ucsb.edu
On 2020-03-02, helped form and co-chaired a bipartisan caucus on criminal justice reform.
March 2, 2020
Source: mnsenaterepublicans.com
Was named in the Senate Clean Energy and Climate Caucus launch announcement on 2019-12-10.
December 10, 2019
Source: senatedfl.mn
Endorsed Amy Klobuchar for president in the 2020 election, as announced in a campaign release on 2019-10-10.
October 10, 2019
Source: presidency.ucsb.edu
Cosponsored a bill assigning public-contract disputes to district courts and requiring most challenges before contracts were signed. The bill became law on 2019-05-09.
May 9, 2019
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill creating a real-estate appraisal advisory board and allowing qualifying longtime brokers to reinstate lapsed licenses. The bill became law on 2018-05-20.
May 20, 2018
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2018-05-01 against requiring doctors to offer patients a chance to view or decline an ultrasound image before an abortion, when an ultrasound was done or planned as part of the procedure. The bill was vetoed.
May 1, 2018
Source: senate.mn
Sponsored a bill allowing nonprofit organizations to merge subsidiaries and change their legal form while preserving charitable assets. The bill became law on 2017-04-21.
April 21, 2017
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Received Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC's endorsement for Minnesota Senate District 46, announced on 2016-10-05 for the 2016 election.
October 5, 2016
Source: giffords.org
Sponsored a bill requiring a study of sentence credits for people complying with probation or supervised release. The bill became law on 2016-05-22.
May 22, 2016
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill allowing corrections officials to study employment records of people on probation. The bill became law on 2016-05-22.
May 22, 2016
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill extending precious-metal dealer rules to bars and ingots while raising the registration threshold. The bill became law on 2016-05-19.
May 19, 2016
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored foreclosure protections requiring reviews of qualifying loan-modification requests in 2013. He later sponsored bills keeping an exemption for servicers with 125 or fewer yearly foreclosure sales, and allowing notices in qualifying neighboring-county newspapers while curing certain notice defects. The last bill became law on 2015-05-01.
May 1, 2015
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored the Minnesota Trust Code, setting rules for managing trusts, protecting beneficiaries and resolving disputes in court. It allowed transfers into new trusts with notice safeguards and set limits on trustees’ liability when following designated advisers. The bill became law on 2015-03-19.
March 19, 2015
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill barring contracts from making design professionals cover others' negligence, subject to insurance exceptions. The bill became law on 2014-05-16.
May 16, 2014
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill phasing out separate part-time police licenses while grandfathering officers already employed. The bill became law on 2014-05-13.
May 13, 2014
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosponsored a bill defining criminal nonpayment of support around court-ordered obligations. The bill became law on 2014-05-13.
May 13, 2014
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring recommendations for statewide reporting on domestic-abuse victims and police responses. The bill became law on 2014-05-09.
May 9, 2014
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2013-11-05, the campaign finance board declined to investigate a complaint alleging he failed to disclose a conflict of interest. The board found the complaint did not identify a required action or decision that triggered the disclosure rule.
November 5, 2013
Source: cfb.mn.gov
Was announced as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee on 2012-11-16.
November 16, 2012
Source: senatedfl.mn
On 2011-02-09, joined an ethics complaint about an email from Senator Scott Newman’s office refusing meetings with groups that supported his opponent. The committee dismissed the complaint after finding Newman had not directed or known about the email.
February 9, 2011
Source: leg.mn.gov
Was announced as the DFL lead on the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on 2011-01-10.
January 10, 2011
Source: senatedfl.mn
Authored a bill setting detention rules for youths awaiting hearings on suspended adult sentences. The bill became law on 2010-05-13.
May 13, 2010
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill changing juvenile-record sealing, screening and detention rules. The governor vetoed it on 2010-05-13.
May 13, 2010
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored a bill revising corporate governance rules and standardizing business filing and registered-agent requirements. The bill became law on 2010-04-15.
April 15, 2010
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Authored a 1989 Journal of Legal Medicine article analyzing no-fault medical malpractice liability. The publisher posted it online on 2009-07-23; the original authorship day was not stated.
July 23, 2009
Source: tandfonline.com
Coauthored a bill allowing state-funded embryonic stem-cell research, with informed consent and a ban on human cloning. The governor vetoed it on 2008-05-23.
May 23, 2008
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill giving Metropolitan Council members staggered four-year terms. The governor vetoed it on 2008-05-18.
May 18, 2008
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill allowing Minnesota courts to hear defamation and privacy claims against out-of-state defendants. The bill became law on 2008-04-10.
April 10, 2008
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Coauthored a bill changing Hennepin County's process for awarding combined design and construction contracts. The bill became law on 2007-05-14.
May 14, 2007
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2006-05-18 for changes to property, probate, and homeowners’ association law. The law allowed certain court-approved bonds to replace cash deposits for disputed construction liens, and set rules for correcting property descriptions in divorce judgments.
May 18, 2006
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2005-12-07, his campaign committee admitted that it had accepted $500 above the legal limit from special sources. The state campaign-finance board required it to return the excess money. The agreement described the violation as inadvertent.
December 7, 2005
Source: cfb.mn.gov
Voted for legislative review of costly agency rules in HF624 on 2003-05-08 and 2003-05-16. Its threshold was over $10,000 in initial or annual costs for any one entity, with exceptions. The governor vetoed it on 2003-05-27. He supported a revised proposal, HF2101, on 2004-05-03. It blocked rules pending legislative approval if first-year costs exceeded $50,000 for any one qualifying business or city. Qualifying businesses had fewer than 50 full-time employees. Qualifying cities had fewer than ten full-time employees. Exceptions applied. That House-passed proposal did not become law. On 2005-05-23, he opposed HF1481's conference report but supported final passage of the budget. Its different rule allowed qualifying businesses and cities to file for temporary exemptions when first-year costs for that entity exceeded $25,000. The same employee limits applied. Exemptions lasted until legislative approval of the rules, with exceptions and review. The budget became law on 2005-06-03.
May 23, 2005
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported community-service governance changes on 2004-05-15. The law expanded the Minnesota Commission on National and Community Service from 18 to 25 members and replaced a three-week individual training requirement with grantee orientation. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the state-land conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing the 2003 regular and special-session packages. He opposed a 2003 Boundary Waters exchange, fee and litigation amendment, which was omitted from the final special-session law. The 2004 law changed land and park, forest and wildlife-area designations. It established Greenleaf Lake State Park and required county approval before scientific-natural-area designation. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the expanded parenting, marriage and fatherhood bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing its earlier parent-education version on 2004-05-10. It required qualified parent education in covered proceedings with good-cause and domestic-abuse safeguards. The final law added a conditional marriage-license fee increase and an unmarried-parent initiative excluding domestic-violence cases. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for raising the annual-audit revenue threshold for qualifying towns and cities on 2004-05-15. The threshold rose from $100,000 to $150,000, followed by inflation adjustments. Below-threshold audits still occurred every five years. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against municipal moratorium and nonconforming-use changes on 2004-05-15, after opposing the earlier House bill. The final law limited moratorium extensions and protected certain pending applications. It regulated repair and restoration of nonconforming uses while excluding expansion without local permission. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported municipal special-assessment changes on 2004-04-12 and the final bill on 2004-05-15. The law added specified housing-repair, utility and exterior-painting charges, with painting authority ending on 2006-07-01. The final bill dedicated Giants Ridge operating fees and land revenue to its enterprise account. It became law on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for a competitive-bidding exemption for qualifying transit facilities connected to redevelopment on 2004-05-15. The proposal required specified redevelopment financing or substantial federal construction funding. The House passed it 126–5; the governor vetoed it on 2004-05-29.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported business-registration and notary changes on 2004-05-15. The law shortened administrative dissolution for missed business-corporation registrations from three years to two and removed a one-year reinstatement deadline for cooperatives and LLCs. It transferred notary administration to the secretary of state on 2005-07-01. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the data-practices conference bill on 2004-05-15 after opposing the earlier House version on 2004-05-12. He served as a House conferee. The final law revised limited mental-health disclosures, birth-defect registry privacy and security-related closed meetings. Financial decisions remained public. It became law on 2004-05-29; earlier CriMNet and driver-marketing provisions were omitted. He supported extending the domestic-fatality review pilot on 2004-03-30. The final data-practices law retained the optional extension through 2006-12-31 and the conditional report deadline of 2007-01-15. Cosponsored limited mental-health information sharing with Minneapolis crisis-response police on 2003-03-17. On 2004-02-12, cosponsored broader emergency-police disclosures and sharing court eligibility records after patients consented.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the procurement conference bill on 2004-05-15 after supporting an earlier House version. The final law raised small-municipality bidding thresholds and allowed specified electronic bids and reverse auctions, excluding service auctions. It added a conditional Ramsey County diversion surcharge. It became law on 2004-05-29. He had cosponsored the earlier procurement proposal; its city-manager threshold differed from the final law.
May 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against an off-road vehicle registration, training and road-use proposal on 2004-05-14. It changed trail registration and specified county-road permissions. Earlier spending, passenger and wetland provisions had been removed. The House passed it 100–28; it remained unenacted.
May 14, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-05-14, introduced nonjudicial foreclosure legislation. It offered auction, negotiated-sale and appraisal procedures for qualifying new security interests, with notice and cure protections. It generally barred residential deficiency judgments, removed post-foreclosure redemption and required court orders for dispossession. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 14, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported replacing proposed fisheries-committee representatives with Muskies Inc. members on 2004-05-13; that amendment failed 55–77. He then opposed the bill giving three Lake Mille Lacs Input Group members committee access. It passed the House 80–52 and remained unenacted.
May 13, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 to approve an application for Minnesota to license certain radioactive materials under a federal agreement. The bill also replaced annual license fees and changed application fees. The law was enacted on 2004-05-29.
May 13, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-13 against an amendment allowing courts to consider attorney fees relative to recovered damages when setting statutory fee awards. The amendment was adopted 88–44. It created discretion rather than a mandatory fee cap.
May 13, 2004
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 for a bill that treated an entire mortgage as purchase financing when any part paid for the purchase, except certain contract-for-deed payoffs. Voted against the revised bill on 2004-05-13 after it also added foreclosure notice details, creditor redemption procedures, and sheriff fees. The revised bill became law on 2004-05-19.
May 13, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for small-brewer and local liquor-license changes on 2004-05-13. The proposal included conditional growler sales, event licenses and specified local exceptions. Earlier statewide Sunday and evening sales changes were removed before his vote. The governor vetoed it on 2004-05-29.
May 13, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted to remove propane education and research council sunset dates on 2004-05-12. Existing industry assessments, training and safety-reporting provisions remained. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for individual sewage-treatment rule changes on 2004-05-12. The law required clearer soil-feature definitions, seasonal-saturation interpretation and procedures for professional disagreements. It became law on 2004-05-28.
May 12, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed a legislative-auditor report on state and local costs of tribal resource-management and treaty agreements on 2004-05-12. He supported an unsuccessful amendment including treaty-enforcement costs in a proposed alternative report. The House passed the original bill 70–60; it remained unenacted.
May 12, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for specified natural-resource order, fee and penalty powers on 2004-05-12. The law exempted listed decisions from rulemaking while retaining selected hearings, notices and environmental-review duties. It also changed specified civil penalties. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 12, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported replacing individual debt-collector licenses with registration on 2004-05-11. Collection agencies retained licenses and gained applicant-screening duties. Employees started work after registration unless rejected; disqualifications, enforcement and prohibited-practice rules remained. It became law on 2004-05-18.
May 11, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing state hiring on 2004-05-11. The bill ranked qualified applicants by veterans' preference and job skills, with disabled veterans first. It required written reasons when a veteran in the final applicant group was rejected and ordered a study of local government pay limits. It became law on 2004-05-18.
May 11, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changing how Minnesota calculated affirmative-action goals for state jobs on 2004-05-11. The bill used job categories instead of labor-contract groupings and made three planning factors optional. It passed 119–13; he supported the final version, passed 126–5 on 2004-05-15. It became law 2004-05-27.
May 11, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Co-proposed and supported an amendment removing the bill's mourning-dove hunting authorization on 2004-04-19; the amendment failed. He opposed the final hunting and fishing package on 2004-05-11. The law authorized mourning-dove hunting, protected albino deer, revised hunting and licensing rules, and provided lead-tackle education measures. It became law on 2004-05-19.
May 11, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a broader home-warranty proposal on 2003-05-19 and the narrower final bill on 2004-05-10. The final law capped statutory-warranty actions arising in years nine or ten at 12 years after the warranty date, with two years after discovery. Earlier defective-materials and damages provisions were omitted. It became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for fire-insurance notice changes on 2004-05-10. The bill measured cancellation deadlines from mailing rather than receipt, kept 20-, 30- and 60-day notice periods for different cases, and extended disclosure of information sources to declined policies. It became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changing police-officer legal-cost reimbursement rules on 2004-05-10. The law covered civilian-review complaints initially sustained but later not upheld. It did not fund every complaint defense unconditionally. It became law on 2004-05-15.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 and 2004-05-10 to let museums claim ownership of abandoned loaned items after required notices and claim deadlines. Museums also had to keep loan records and notify owners before moving or closing. The law was enacted on 2004-05-19.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for reorganizing Minnesota’s shared emergency-radio system on 2004-05-10. The law established statewide authority and regional boards, and divided responsibility for requesting system bonds. It passed 117–15 and became law 2004-05-17.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for municipal-airport closure notice and review rules on 2004-05-10. They required transportation-department notice, a waiting period and a public hearing, with penalties for violations. Metropolitan Airports Commission airports were excluded. The bill became law on 2004-05-28.
May 10, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-05-07, introduced a requirement for tax preparers to tell clients about voluntary nongame-wildlife contributions. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 7, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for linking license and state-ID applications to Selective Service registration on 2004-05-06. Applications constituted consent when federal registration requirements applied. The law directed electronic information transfers and delayed qualifying minors’ transfers until age 18. It passed 122–0 and became law on 2004-05-13.
May 6, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-06 to extend municipal tort-liability rules to limited partnerships whose sole general partner was a community action agency. The law extended the existing rules on liability and immunity to those partnerships. It became law on 2004-05-13.
May 6, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Proposed deleting a $25 million appeal-bond cap on 2003-04-28, then proposed raising it to $100 million. Both amendments failed; that budget provision was omitted from the final law. He opposed the later $150 million aggregate cap on 2004-05-06. It preserved asset-dissipation remedies, capped appeal security rather than damages, and became law on 2004-05-13.
May 6, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a gambling proposal on 2004-05-06 that removed the 50-table card-club limit, provided accommodations for visually impaired players, and expanded the small-raffle license exemption to individuals. It required registration, lawful use of profits and retained records. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 6, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 to limit new rules for lawsuit filing deadlines to claims from incidents on or after 2004-08-01. Then voted against the full bill, which generally applied another state's filing deadline when that state's law governed a claim, with exceptions for Minnesota residents and unfair results. The bill passed and became law on 2004-05-18.
May 5, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-05 to clarify that civil liability for unpaid motor fuel did not bar criminal liability. The House passed the proposal. The same clause became law on 2005-06-02, effective 2005-06-03.
May 5, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for changing fuel inspection and testing rules on 2004-05-05. The package raised the inspection fee from 85 cents to $1 per 1,000 gallons. It dedicated 15 cents to fuel-quality and measuring-equipment inspections and allowed qualified private annual propane-meter testing. It passed 111–19 and became law 2004-05-12.
May 5, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-05-03 to let law enforcement keep up to the existing $30 bad-check service fee when collecting payment for a recipient, to cover collection costs. The law also exempted credit unions from the separate safe-deposit-company rules. It was enacted on 2004-05-10.
May 3, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed expanded weight exemptions for garbage and recycling trucks on 2004-05-03. The bill temporarily exempted qualifying trucks from seasonal limits through 2005-07-01 and converted overweight violations from criminal to civil penalties. It became law on 2004-05-18.
May 3, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-26 to create the Explore Minnesota Tourism office and move the state’s tourism duties to it. Office revenue went into a dedicated account for tourism work. The office remained under the employment and economic development commissioner’s supervision. The law was enacted on 2004-04-30.
April 26, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-26 to create an EPA-funded state account for cleanup loans and grants. The bill also allowed approved tribal organizations to manage tribal business-loan funds and changed loan interest from a fixed two percent to a range of two to ten percent. The law was enacted on 2004-05-18.
April 26, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported higher Joint Underwriting Association coverage limits for qualifying long-term-care providers on 2004-04-26. The law allowed $2 million per claimant and $4 million annually when needed to conduct business; a preference for additional coverage alone did not qualify. It became law on 2004-05-18.
April 26, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-22 for limits on municipal planning fees and land dedication. The law required fees and dedication to match costs and development-related needs, explanations of fees on request and protections for fee appeals. It prohibited using park-dedication cash for ongoing operations or maintenance. It became law on 2004-05-10.
April 22, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported adding a mental-health representative to community transition interagency committees on 2004-04-19. These committees coordinated transition planning for students with disabilities. The membership change became law on 2004-04-26.
April 19, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-04-15 to raise the yearly revenue threshold for required audits in towns with more than 2,500 people from $500,000 to $670,500 in 2004, with later inflation adjustments. The law was enacted on 2004-04-22.
April 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing title-insurance reserve calculations on 2004-04-15. The law based reserves for newer policies on a minimum percentage of defined risk-premium income, excluded specified closing and escrow fees from that income, and preserved transition requirements for earlier policies. It became law on 2004-05-19.
April 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for remote Council on Disability meetings on 2004-03-30 and supported the amended bill on 2004-05-10. The final law required public hearing access and participation, recorded votes and a member at the regular meeting site. It became law on 2004-05-15.
March 30, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 to let a mortgage’s current owner record a release without first recording each earlier transfer of the loan. A wrongful release did not erase the borrower’s debt, and the signer remained liable for resulting harm. The law was enacted on 2004-04-06.
March 30, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 to change Minnesota’s prison security system from six levels to five by combining two levels. The change gave the prison system more options for placing inmates. The law was enacted on 2004-04-14.
March 30, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-30 for updated commercial law rules that recognized electronic records for stored and shipped goods and set safeguards for controlling and replacing those records. It became law on 2004-04-26.
March 30, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-29 to end a regional planning review required before certain state transportation funds were paid for state projects. The bill became law on 2004-05-10.
March 29, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-24 and again on 2004-05-14 to allow two-way snowmobile travel on either side of a trunk-highway right-of-way when the transportation commissioner set conditions and found it safe. The bill kept the ban on travel within interstate highway and freeway rights-of-way. It became law on 2004-05-29.
March 24, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-15 for new rules on local water and sewer charges. The bill separated the bases for sanitary sewer and storm sewer rates and limited the use of minimum and user charges to authorized water and sewer costs. It also covered first-class cities and allowed permit-compliance costs in financing and charges. It became law on 2004-03-26.
March 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported allowing Roseville to use alternative municipal voting methods in 2004 on 2004-03-15. The proposal covered cumulative, ranked-order or other alternative ballots, with a reporting requirement. The House rejected it 54–78.
March 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported removing the sunset on performance-based natural-gas regulation on 2004-03-15. The law retained rate and service safeguards, removed a criterion concerning compatibility with increased competition, and moved the program evaluation to 2012. It became law on 2004-03-19.
March 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-15 to remove the 30-day wait before a creditor requested an order for a debtor to disclose earnings and assets after a small-claims judgment was entered in district court. The bill became law on 2004-05-19.
March 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported adding rock climbing and cave exploring to the recreational-purpose definition in property-liability law on 2004-03-15. The legislature passed the bill, but the governor vetoed it.
March 15, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-03-04 against a bill that gave Lake Elmo special permission to keep a rural-density long-term plan and avoid a requirement to connect its local sewer system to the regional system. The bill passed the House but did not become law.
March 4, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2004-02-23 to lower the minimum local share of federally funded airport projects from 10 percent to 5 percent. The bill became law on 2004-03-10.
February 23, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2004-02-19, cosponsored a temporary option for schools to charge transportation fees, with protection for students unable to pay. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 19, 2004
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported Metropolitan Council governance changes on 2003-05-29 after opposing an earlier House bill on 2003-05-12. The final law retained the parks commission, revised appointment and local-plan review procedures, and authorized infrastructure analysis and wastewater charges. It removed specified reporting and employee-service-improvement duties and ended park-commission per diems while retaining expense reimbursement. It became law on 2003-06-08.
May 29, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-29 to repeal recent changes to the rules for major and minor political party status. The repeal became law on 2003-06-12.
May 29, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported revised nuclear-regulation and social-work legislation on 2003-05-19 after opposing the earlier nuclear-only bill on 2003-05-06. Both versions extended the deadline for a federal nuclear-materials agreement to 2006 while retaining legislative approval before implementation. The final law also changed temporary social-work licensing, reinstatement and inactive or retired status requirements. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted for broader city liquor licensing on 2003-04-24 and for the final liquor law on 2003-05-19. On 2003-04-24, he opposed a failed amendment requiring Stillwater voters to approve two extra liquor licenses. The final law, enacted on 2003-05-28, extended the legal closing time for on-site alcohol sales from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed the higher-education budget on 2003-05-19 after opposing an earlier House package. The law funded colleges and grants, changed grant and childcare eligibility and authorized a temporary SELF reserve transfer. It set eight-semester limits and lowered the childcare grant cap. An earlier chancellor-office spending reduction he supported was omitted. It became law on 2003-05-28.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changed high-risk health coverage legislation on 2003-05-19 after opposing a broader earlier proposal. The final law added higher-deductible options with specified out-of-pocket limits and revised enrollment and carrier rules. It also changed a health-plan loss-ratio definition. It became law on 2003-05-27. His earlier opposition did not establish opposition to every carried clause.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-05 and 2003-05-19 to allow licensed charities to link bingo games across locations and share prize pools. The bill required provider licenses, a $250,000 prize bond, and state oversight. It also allowed gambling site rents tied to profits, with monthly caps and limits on extra payments. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported weekly school recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on 2003-05-19. The final law retained annual school-board waivers and individual student or teacher nonparticipation, with handbook notices and respect for that choice. On 2003-03-24, he supported unsuccessful amendments allowing broader weekly civic exercises and requiring U.S.-made flags. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 19, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 for a trust bill that allowed trustees and beneficiaries to settle certain matters without going to court. Agreements had to respect the trust’s main purpose and meet court approval standards. The bill also allowed agreements to end small noncharitable trusts when their costs defeated their purpose. It passed the House but did not become law.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against professional license renewal changes on 2003-03-31, then voted for the final bill on 2003-05-16. It set renewal and reinstatement rules for architects, engineers, surveyors, and other covered design professions. It allowed the licensing board to excuse continuing education after serious illness, other major hardships, or an active military call lasting more than 120 days. It became law on 2003-05-23.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to raise the share of property owners needed to petition to create or end a lake improvement district from 26 percent to a majority. The bill became law on 2003-05-23.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-16 to schedule tenant housing-violation hearings seven to fourteen days after the court received a complaint. Landlords had to receive the summons seven to fourteen days before the hearing. Both periods had been five to ten days. The law was enacted on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported the farm-policy conference bill on 2003-05-16 after opposing an earlier House version. The final law adopted federal organic standards, revised food and animal-disease rules and narrowed agricultural-land investor eligibility. He earlier supported unsuccessful livestock hormone restrictions and livestock-friendly program repeal. It became law on 2003-05-27.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a new cooperative-business framework on 2003-05-16. It authorized patron and nonpatron ownership interests, governance, financing and conversion procedures while preserving specified patron voting protections. He earlier supported an unsuccessful member-residence limit and opposed a proposed sunset. The bill became law on 2003-05-25.
May 16, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-05-15 to expand eligibility for certain unclassified state jobs to managers who reported to an assistant agency head, with other management and approval requirements kept. The House passed the bill. That provision was dropped from the final law, which addressed employee assistance services and became law on 2004-03-26.
May 15, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changes to search-warrant authority on 2003-05-14. The law allowed warrants to be issued to peace officers outside their own jurisdiction while preserving other statutory limits, and required local police or sheriff notification before service and execution. It became law on 2003-05-23.
May 14, 2003
Source: house.mn.gov
Supported municipal emergency-service charge authority on 2003-05-13. The law allowed cities to use specified town powers, requiring an ordinance setting emergency-charge amounts and procedures. It retained delinquency notices and collection conditions. It became law on 2003-05-20.
May 13, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported access to nonidentifying birth-family histories on 2003-05-13. The law required agencies to provide existing social and medical histories when requested by qualifying adopted adults or adoptive parents. It also set forms for requesting updated histories. It became law on 2003-05-20.
May 13, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed civil-liability changes on 2003-05-13. The law generally assigned liability by share of fault, with joint-liability exceptions for majority fault, common plans and specified intentional or environmental claims. It did not impose a damages cap. It became law on 2003-05-19.
May 13, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported a ballot-question deadline rule on 2003-05-12. It barred cities and towns from submitting questions or accepting petitions when election deadlines, including required notices, were not met. It preserved resubmission at a compliant time and became law on 2003-05-22.
May 12, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-31 and 2003-05-12 for electrical and technology system rule changes. The bill exempted fire alarm systems in one- and two-family homes from the listed technology system inspection requirement and limited the health care rule to critical care areas. It also set license renewal penalties and clarified inspection exceptions for cable and telephone workers. It became law on 2003-05-19.
May 12, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing child-care aide rules on 2003-05-12 after supporting the initial bill on 2003-03-06. The law allowed qualified experienced aides to work without direct supervision for up to 25% of a center’s daily hours. It retained age, experience, staffing, first-aid and CPR safeguards and removed a sunset. It became law on 2003-05-19.
May 12, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed Metropolitan Airports Commission governance changes on 2003-05-12. He supported an unsuccessful amendment restoring Minneapolis and St. Paul mayoral seats. The proposal removed those seats, expanded legislative oversight and changed appointed-member terms. It passed the House 96–37 and remained unenacted.
May 12, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted against a telephone services bill on 2003-05-12. It allowed bundles of regulated and other services while requiring regulated services to stay available separately. It replaced automatic promotion cost reports with reports on request and capped a customer's promotion benefits at nine months. It also kept certain utility and recycling truck weight exemptions from expiring. The bill passed and became law on 2003-05-27.
May 12, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-05-08, cosponsored replacing judicial elections with gubernatorial appointments for ten-year terms, with merit-commission reviews before reappointment. The proposal did not become law in that session.
May 8, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changing retirement-annuity rules on 2003-05-08. The bill replaced a fixed 3% minimum-value interest formula with a Treasury-based rate between 1% and 3%, with special adjustments for stock-index benefits. It required state approval to delay cash payouts. It became law on 2003-05-16.
May 8, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-24 to let counties share public-safety radio sites with commercial antennas. On 2003-05-08, he supported the final bill, which also let Rock County appoint its recorder after an eighty-percent county-board vote and a public hearing. Registered voters gained a petition process to force a referendum. The law was enacted on 2003-05-14.
May 8, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported letting homeowner associations grant public right-of-way easements through shared property on 2003-05-06. The bill kept owner-approval requirements for other easements. It passed the House but did not become a standalone law.
May 6, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported expanded evidence admissibility on 2003-05-05. The law admitted verified specimen chain-of-custody documentation from qualifying laboratories in specified criminal, petty-misdemeanor and implied-consent proceedings. It became law on 2003-05-12.
May 5, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-25 for state-controlled gaming machines at racetracks, with proceeds allocated to gambling treatment, corrections, courts and public defense. He supported an adopted tribal-agreement condition and an unsuccessful amendment keeping the general fund’s share at 55.5 percent. He opposed an unsuccessful alternative allowing other casino sites. The House passed the bill, but it did not become law.
April 25, 2003
Source: house.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-04-24 to let Northfield own and operate a hospital or related medical facility outside its city limits after a majority vote of the city council. The law was enacted on 2003-05-22.
April 24, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported Veterans Affairs access to the state’s MAXIS benefits database on 2003-04-24. The law limited access to checking eligibility for the state soldiers assistance program. It became law on 2003-05-02, with access authorized from 2004-10-01.
April 24, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported rules for treating qualifying manufactured homes as real-property improvements on 2003-04-22. The law required surrendering title or origin documents when a home was affixed to and mortgaged with real property, with recording and security-interest safeguards. It became law on 2003-05-23.
April 22, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Opposed proposed ward-redistricting election rules on 2003-04-22. The bill required new elections in qualifying first-class cities after specified population deviations. He supported an unsuccessful amendment making specified requirements optional. It passed the House 81–47 but remained unenacted.
April 22, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Voted on 2003-03-10 and 2003-04-22 to route applications for the state’s backup business-insurance program through a coordinator assigned to help find private coverage. The law also barred insurance for liability from completed work. It was enacted on 2003-04-28.
April 22, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported changes to state timber sales on 2003-04-14. The law allowed a 10% performance deposit for preparatory roads and building sites before timber cutting, revised auction and timber-identification procedures, and classified specified identification and removal violations as trespass. It became law on 2003-05-22.
April 14, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Presented an ethics complaint against Representative Arlon Lindner on 2003-04-07. He sought censure and removal from committee leadership. The committee dismissed the complaint on 2003-04-24 after a 2–2 probable-cause vote failed. He cosponsored a related condemnation and chair-removal resolution on 2003-04-25; it was not adopted.
April 7, 2003
Source: lrl.mn.gov
Supported allowing children ages 11–13 to work as youth sports officials on 2003-03-27. HF446 required younger participants, an adult on site and written parental consent; it became law on 2003-05-08. He also supported SF1064 on 2003-04-24. That soccer-assistant exception covered participants under 14 and became law on 2003-05-02.
March 27, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-26, cosponsored exempting government-owned hospitals, clinics and health-maintenance organizations from the local public-employee compensation cap. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 26, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Supported an Iraq-war resolution on 2003-03-20 expressing support for U.S. troops and the Commander in Chief. It requested a day of prayer for peace and urged international cooperation and support for military families. It passed the House unanimously and remained in the Senate Rules Committee without enactment.
March 20, 2003
Source: house.mn.gov
On 2003-03-10, cosponsored allowing Hennepin County’s housing authority to operate in more cities, while preserving local authorities’ right to object. The proposal did not become law in that session. Its Senate companion passed but did not receive final House passage.
March 10, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-03-06, cosponsored easing airport taxi vehicle-age rules, allowing quarterly permit fees and permitting certain family transfers after a permit holder’s death. The proposal did not become law in that session.
March 6, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-20, cosponsored replacing cities’ local-government aid base with $50 per resident, alongside existing formula aid. The proposal preserved aid-cap rules and did not become law in that session.
February 20, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
On 2003-02-17, cosponsored adding federal postal inspectors to Minnesota’s covered federal-officer definition. The proposal did not establish unrestricted arrest authority. The proposal did not become law in that session.
February 17, 2003
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Seconded proposed residential poolhouse rules on 2002-07-15. They allowed a one-story building up to 400 square feet with a bathroom, excluding kitchens, accessory apartments and business uses.
July 15, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded proposed fertilizer rules on 2002-06-17. They required retailers to stock phosphorus-free fertilizer and provide marked displays and educational materials. They also required application notices for commercial and noncommercial applicators.
June 17, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved lowering lawful-gambling trade-area spending requirements from 90 to 70 percent on 2002-03-18; the motion received no second. He earlier moved a limited temporary-gambling waiting-period waiver and opposed trade-area restrictions. He proposed cutting the local gambling tax from 2 to 0.75 percent on 2001-10-15.
March 18, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded initial zoning rules for state-licensed residential facilities on 2002-03-04. They permitted facilities serving six or fewer people in each unit of a two-family dwelling in R-3 zoning.
March 4, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Urged police enforcement during joint taxi-licensing discussions on 2002-02-11. The proposal limited operation to taxis licensed by its governing board.
February 11, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported initial Beltline commercial rezoning on 2002-01-22, conditional on tighter zoning safeguards. He later sought parking analysis and additional review.
January 22, 2002
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded planned-development change-review rules on 1996-01-02. He later supported coordinated project review and simultaneous preliminary and final approvals. On 2001-07-16, he urged reconsidering minor-change definitions after concerns about resident input on architectural changes. Seconded initial rules allowing coordinated preliminary and final planned-development approvals on 2000-04-03. The final ordinance limited eligibility and required separate motions and complete applications. Seconded preliminary revenue-bond refinancing and improvement financing for existing Newport on Seven apartments on 2001-07-16. The financing carried no city taxing pledge.
July 16, 2001
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Advocated quarterly meetings and balanced police and citizen participation during police-advisory committee discussions on 2001-04-09. He also supported outside input before the council formed a committee.
April 9, 2001
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved approval of an open-space variance for proposed residential and office redevelopment at 5755 Wayzata Boulevard on 2000-11-20. The motion received no second.
November 20, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved initial liquor-licensing revisions on 2000-09-18. They delegated fees to resolutions and authorized restricting on-sale licenses to designated areas.
September 18, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Voted against exterior firewood-storage nuisance rules on 2000-08-21. The ordinance covered infestation, disorder, excessive stacks and other health or safety threats.
August 21, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Voted against rezoning properties east of Texas Avenue from single-family to two-family residential use on 2000-07-17. He argued office use was more suitable.
July 17, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported locating a proposed electrical substation on NSP-owned property on 2000-06-12. He requested measures reducing its impact on nearby homes.
June 12, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded removal of a liability-waiver requirement from a sewer-backwater valve assistance pilot on 2000-05-15.
May 15, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Was appointed the city's representative on the board managing Louisiana Court's redevelopment company on 2000-05-01. His service ended with his council departure.
May 1, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded Knollwood Mall redevelopment approval on 2000-02-07. The approval included revised screening-wall design, parking and sign conditions and a development agreement.
February 7, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported returning police and fire pension-surplus funds to the city on 2000-01-18. The plan restricted the returned funds to police and fire purposes. Moved initial approval of selling city land to the Jewish Community Center on 2000-01-18. He later supported reducing the price to $303,750 after appraisal and public-access discussions. Moved rejection of a citywide restaurant-liquor zoning change on 2000-01-18. He supported conditional-use review with flexibility for existing multi-tenant buildings. He later moved proposed wine-and-beer restaurant rules and questioned operating-hour restrictions. The final restaurant rules omitted an hours restriction.
January 18, 2000
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Opposed extending the cable franchise to obtain an upgrade on 1999-09-27, saying the existing agreement required it. He later abstained from related matters after disclosing his law firm's pending litigation involving the provider.
September 27, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved first reading of expanded criminal-history check rules on 1999-07-19. They covered rental applicants, prospective city employees and volunteers, with consent requirements. The rules retained job-related conviction standards and notice and grievance protections for city hiring.
July 19, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Supported permitting live/work units in multifamily residential zoning districts on 1999-05-24. The final ordinance permitted them in mixed-use districts and excluded that residential permission.
May 24, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a Comprehensive Plan amendment retaining Texa Tonka land-use designations while requiring a land-use study on 1999-05-17.
May 17, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a redevelopment response-plan amendment on 1999-05-17. It evaluated natural attenuation of groundwater contamination and changed soil-gas remediation and monitoring, subject to regulatory approval.
May 17, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Opposed blanket restrictions on home businesses during city zoning discussions on 1999-05-10.
May 10, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Was appointed mayor pro tem of St. Louis Park on 1999-04-19 and reappointed through 2002. He also chaired council meetings in that role. His council service ended on 2003-01-07.
April 19, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Voted against a proposal establishing an escrow account for structures severely damaged by fire or explosion on 1999-03-15. The proposal failed 1–5.
March 15, 1999
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved conditional property-tax abatement for medical-office redevelopment at Highway 7 and Louisiana Avenue on 1998-12-21. The project was later withdrawn because of a financing gap. He subsequently supported a new redevelopment concept and advocated billboard removal, after earlier opposing city funding for billboard acquisition.
December 21, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved project-revenue bond refinancing for Sholom Home West on 1998-07-20. He later seconded assisted-living expansion financing without a pledge of city taxing powers.
July 20, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved temporary agricultural-sales rules on 1998-06-15. They allowed direct-grower sales for up to six months with site-plan and traffic safeguards. He later moved temporary-use exceptions for approved park, closed-street and planned-development settings.
June 15, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved adoption of zoning rules allowing enclosed pedestrian walkways between buildings within required yards on 1998-05-04. The rules included design, maintenance and access conditions.
May 4, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Proposed revised residential vehicle and trailer parking rules on 1998-02-17 and supported citywide enforcement. Later rules added screening requirements. His temporary-employment exception suggestion remained a proposal.
February 17, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved changes expanding the commercial rehabilitation loan program's eligible area on 1998-02-17, while excluding Park Commons redevelopment's first phase. He later seconded a conditional loan authorization for TexaTonka Lanes.
February 17, 1998
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Criticized a proposed $100 annual limit on leftover campaign-fund donations to any one charity on 1997-10-20. The proposal returned to the Charter Commission.
October 20, 1997
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved adoption of zoning rules permitting academic schools with up to 20 students in commercial and office districts on 1997-10-06. The rules included safety and access conditions.
October 6, 1997
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Advocated keeping Oak Park Village as parkland and moved soil-transfer and park-designation steps on 1997-06-02. He later supported nearby Mill City multifamily redevelopment approvals, conditional tax-increment financing and city-land sales. He also moved or seconded cleanup-grant applications and adjacent park planning. Voted against a neighborhood grant package on 1997-06-02. He first supported an amendment removing improvements on church property; both votes failed 3–4. He later opposed a related ground lease and distinguished public-use benefits from financing religious uses.
June 2, 1997
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a revised subdivision ordinance's first reading on 1997-03-03. It retained administrative approval for compliant two-parcel lot splits without new streets or utility extensions. It also retained park and trail dedication requirements. He later moved zoning changes setting final-plat and exterior-finishing deadlines. Moved preparation of lead-testing and cleanup cost estimates and funding options for Elmwood yards and alleys on 1997-03-03. He later supported discussions about funding sources for the neighborhood.
March 3, 1997
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded approval of the Park Shore assisted-living redevelopment agreement and construction plans on 1996-12-16. The Economic Development Authority approved them. Voted against settling the Economic Development Authority's contamination litigation involving Wilkins Pontiac on 1996-12-16. The settlement passed 4–3.
December 16, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved support for a regional growth strategy on 1996-12-02. The adopted city position sought to preserve the urban service boundary through 2010 and encourage infill and redevelopment.
December 2, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Was elected secretary of St. Louis Park's Economic Development Authority on 1996-08-19, after earlier service as treasurer. He was reappointed secretary on 1997-04-07.
August 19, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a Victoria Ponds redevelopment agreement on 1996-08-05. He also seconded townhome and plat approvals with trail-related conditions. Other stages included tax-increment financing and later trail-funding authorization.
August 5, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded purchasing rules on 1996-06-17. They required council approval and competitive bidding above $25,000, with exceptions. The council adopted them on 1996-07-01.
June 17, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved higher residential paving and curb assessments on 1996-06-03. The adopted rules also added engineering and administrative charges.
June 3, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded introduction of a commercial special service district on 1996-05-20. Participating properties funded additional maintenance and services. He later seconded annual charges and publicly supported the program.
May 20, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded partly lifting the vacant-land development moratorium on 1996-04-15. Eleven parcels remained restricted. He had moved the original parks-study moratorium on 1995-07-17. He opposed releasing the Meadowbrook–Excelsior parcels on 1996-05-20.
April 15, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved preliminary retail-redevelopment approval at the Honeywell site on 1996-03-18. He later seconded a major Costco amendment on 2000-04-03. The approvals included traffic, pedestrian-access and environmental conditions.
March 18, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a residential land-use category allowing up to 75 homes per acre on 1996-02-20. The council approved it, subject to Metropolitan Council approval.
February 20, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a false-alarm fee proposal on 1996-01-16. It allowed one fee-free alarm yearly, then charged $75, with exceptions. The council later adopted it.
January 16, 1996
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a paid-on-call fire-staffing program on 1995-12-04. The council approved implementation. He later seconded its employment rules on 1996-07-01.
December 4, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved a two-year phaseout of the Apple Valley Red-E-Mix plant on 1995-10-02. The council adopted the ordinance. The Court of Appeals upheld the city’s decision on 1998-10-20.
October 2, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved repeal of permission for houses of worship in industrial districts on 1995-08-07. The council adopted it. He had earlier seconded drafting rules allowing that use.
August 7, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Moved trail-acquisition authority for the Hutchinson Spur on 1995-06-19. He also supported trail agreements and funding. He opposed a 1,200-foot realignment on 1998-07-20; the council approved it 5–2. He later moved removal of designated route segments from the city’s official map.
June 19, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded a request for third traffic lanes on I-394 at Penn Avenue on 1995-03-20. The adopted position included noise controls. Seconded introduction of temporary-occupancy rules on 1995-03-20. The rules required safety findings, completion deadlines, insurance and financial guarantees. The council adopted them on 1995-04-03.
March 20, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded repeal of the citizenship requirement for liquor-license holders on 1995-01-03. The council adopted it 6–0.
January 3, 1995
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded changes to liquor-license rules on 1994-12-05. The adopted rules permitted sales after 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve and temporary political-committee licenses. They also allowed fines up to $2,000. He later seconded extending temporary licenses to four days on 1996-05-20.
December 5, 1994
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
On 1994-08-18, signed a state legal opinion requiring vehicle registration taxes to use each vehicle’s sticker base price and destination charge, while leaving out separately listed options.
August 18, 1994
Source: ag.state.mn.us
Moved zoning changes allowing re-leasing of older nonconforming properties on 1994-06-06. The changes also required fresh notice after repeated hearing delays. He later proposed a longer abandonment period. Moved initial zoning changes on 2001-09-24 that extended nonconforming-use abandonment rights from six months to one year. The final ordinance also changed zoning-vote requirements.
June 6, 1994
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Seconded an automatic building-fire response agreement with Golden Valley and Hopkins on 1994-02-22. The council approved it 5–0.
February 22, 1994
Source: laserfiche.stlouispark.org
Served as state counsel in a civil-commitment appeal decided on 1989-10-17. The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld court authorization for involuntary medication after a hearing.
October 17, 1989
Source: law.justia.com

Candidate Ethics · 1 record

On 2015-05-28, accepted a $350 civil penalty after his campaign exceeded the legal limit on contributions from lobbyists and political committees or funds. The agreement required $87.50 and put $262.50 on hold through 2017-01-01, with waiver tied to avoiding another violation.
May 28, 2015
Source: cfb.mn.gov

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