2026 Minnesota legislative session

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2026 Minnesota legislative session
General information
Scheduled session start:    Feb. 17, 2026 Scheduled session end:    May 18, 2026
Leadership
Senate President Bobby Joe Champion (D) House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R) Majority Leader Senate: Erin Murphy (D) House: Harry Niska (R) Minority Leader Senate: Mark Johnson (R) House: Zack Stephenson (D)
Elections
Next Election:    November 3, 2026 Last Election:    November 5, 2024
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In 2026, the Minnesota State Legislature is scheduled to convene on February 17, 2026, and adjourn on May 18, 2026.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 and 2024 elections. Democrats won a 34-33 majority in the Senate in 2022. The House was split 67-67 following the 2024 elections. Legal challenges and other events between the 2024 elections and the first day of the legislative session affected party control in both chambers. To read more about changes to party control in the legislature, click here. The Democratic Party controlled the governorship, creating a divided state government. At the start of the 2026 session, Minnesota was one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session:

The Minnesota state House was split and Democrats held a majority in the state Senate.

Minnesota was one of 11 divided state governments.

Minnesota's governor was Democrat Tim Walz.

Leadership in 2026

Minnesota State Senate

See also: Leadership positions in state legislatures

• Senate president: Bobby Joe Champion (D)
• Majority leader: Erin Murphy (D)
• Minority leader: Mark Johnson (R)

Minnesota House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Lisa Demuth (R)
• Majority leader: Harry Niska (R)
• Minority leader: Zack Stephenson (D)

Partisan control in 2026

See also: State government trifectas

Minnesota was one of 11 divided state governments at the start of 2026 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

Minnesota was also one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Minnesota State Legislature in the 2026 legislative session.

Minnesota State Senate

Partisan composition, Minnesota State Senate

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	34
Republican	33
Other	0
Vacancies	0
Total	67

Minnesota House of Representatives

Partisan composition, Minnesota House of Representatives

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	65
Republican	67
Other	0
Vacancies	2
Total	134

Regular session

The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2026 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation has met these criteria yet in 2026. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

Standing legislative committees

See also: Standing committee and List of committees in Minnesota state government

A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session, there were 46 standing committees in Minnesota's state government, including 20 state Senate committees and 26 state House committees.

Senate committees

• Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy Committee
• Education Finance Committee
• Education Policy Committee
• Elections Committee
• Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee
• Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee
• Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee
• Human Services Committee
• Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy Committee
• Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee
• Labor and Industry Policy Committee
• Local Government Committee
• Rules and Administration Committee
• Senate Capital Investment Committee
• Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee
• Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
• Senate Taxes Committee
• Senate Transportation Finance and Policy Committee

House committees

• Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
• Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee
• Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
• Commerce Finance and Policy Committee
• Education Finance Committee
• Education Policy Committee
• Elections Finance and Policy Committee
• Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
• Health Finance and Policy Committee
• House Capital Investment Committee
• House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
• House Housing Finance and Policy Committee
• House Taxes Committee
• House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee
• Human Services Finance and Policy Committee
• Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee
• Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
• Legacy Finance Committee
• Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee
• Rules and Legislative Administration Committee
• State Government Finance and Policy Committee
• Transportation Committee
• Ways and Means Committee
• Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy Committee

Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

The methods by which the Minnesota Constitution can be amended:

See also: Article IX of the Minnesota Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in Minnesota

The Minnesota Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution— a legislative process and a state constitutional convention. Ratification of amendments proposed by a convention require a 60% supermajority of those voting on the amendment question, while an amendment proposed by the legislature requires a simple majority (50%+1) of those voting in the election.

Legislature

See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Minnesota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 68 votes in the Minnesota House of Representatives and 34 votes in the Minnesota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Ratifying an amendment requires a 'Yes' vote from a simple majority of all voters casting a ballot in the election, rather than a simple majority of those voting on the question.

Convention

See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

According to Section 3 of Article IX of the Minnesota Constitution, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber during one legislative session is required to send a constitutional convention question to voters. A simple majority vote by the electorate is required to call the convention. Any proposed amendments approved by the convention require a 60% vote of the electorate to be ratified.

Historical partisan control

The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Minnesota.

Minnesota Party Control: 1992-2026
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	I	I	I	I	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	S	R

Historical Senate control

Democrats won a 34-33 majority in the Minnesota State Senate in 2022, gaining control of the chamber for the first time since 2012.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Minnesota Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Minnesota State Senate election results: 1992-2022

Party	92	96	00	02	06	10	12	16	20	22
Democrats	45	42	39	35	44	30	39	33	31	34
Republicans	22	25	27	31	23	37	28	34	34	33
Other	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0

Historical House control

As a result of the 2024 elections, Republicans began the 2025 legislative session with a 67-66 majority, with a special election to fill a vacancy scheduled for January 28.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Minnesota House following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Minnesota House of Representatives election results: 1992-2024

Year	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04	'06	'08	'10	'12	'14	'16	'18	'20	'22	'24
Democrats	87	71	70	63	65	52	66	85	87	62	73	62	57	75	70	70	66
Republicans	47	63	64	71	69	82	68	49	47	72	61	72	77	59	64	64	67

Analysis

Adopted legislation, 2011-2024

See also: The State Legislative Decade - Minnesota

In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.

See also

Elections	Minnesota State Government	State Legislatures	State Politics
Minnesota State Senate elections, 2026 Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2026	Minnesota State Legislature Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota State Senate Governor of Minnesota Minnesota Supreme Court	State legislative elections, 2026 State legislative special elections, 2026 State legislative elections, 2024 State legislative elections, 2022	State government trifectas State government triplexes Veto overrides in state legislatures State executives State courts Ballot measures

External links

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