Representative • Democrat

Melissa Hortman

Minnesota • District HD-034B

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

92% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 647

Yea: 810

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Melissa Hortman

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Kilowatt per hour tax imposed for electric vehicle charging.

Absentee voting provisions modified.

Income and corporate franchise taxes; allocation for the credit for sustainable aviation fuel increased.

Brooklyn Park; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Brooklyn Park Northwest Metro Regional Athletic Facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Brooklyn Park workforce development programming funding provided, and money appropriated.

Equal rights under the law provided and discrimination based on the listed characteristics prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Public employees police and fire retirement plan; state patrol retirement plan; postretirement adjustments increased, and waiting period for a postretirement adjustment decreased for the public employees police and fire retirement plan.

Pilot program for free transit service for students, educational staff, and attendees of athletic events established; report required; and money appropriated.

Equality under law provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Advisory citizens' redistricting commission established, redistricting principles and redistricting requirements established, constitutional amendment to establish an independent citizen's redistricting commission proposed, and money appropriated.

U.S. Highway 169 portion between Marble and Mountain Iron designated as "Senator David J. Tomassoni Memorial Cross Range Expressway."

MinnesotaCare public option established, eligibility expanded, public option enrollee premium scale established, section 1332 waiver required to be sought by commissioner of commerce, and money appropriated.

Federal standard time year-round beginning in 2024 and expiring upon enactment of federal law authorizing states to recognize advanced standard time year-round recognition provided.

Culturally competent supports and resources related to well-being and long-term services and supports grants established, and money appropriated.

Individual income provisions modified, dependent care credit expanded, and great start child care credit established.

Cannabis finance and policy bill.

Nursing facility workforce incentive program, nursing facility payments, and nursing facility temporary rate add-on provided; partial reimbursement to hospitals provided for qualifying avoidable patient days; and money appropriated.

Paid family, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits provided; employment leaves regulated and required; income tax withholdings authorized and taxes imposed; penalties authorized; actuarial report required; and money appropriated.

Peace officer and firefighter duty disability provisions modified, report required, and money appropriated.

Lead drinking water service line replacement grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

Labor agreements and memorandums of understanding ratified.

Voter registration and absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions and sample ballot required to be multilingual and interpreters required to be provided; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; and money appropriated.

Worker safety requirements established, and money appropriated.

Gender-affirming health care; use of subpoenas to gather information prevented; child custody and child welfare provisions amended; and warrant, arrest, and extradition provisions amended.

Skilled and trained contractor workforce use provided at petroleum refineries.

Election official intimidation prohibited, interference with performance of duty of election administration by election official prohibited, tampering with or unauthorized access to types of election systems and equipment prohibited, penalties provided, and money appropriated.

Energy grant programs established to enhance competitiveness of Minnesota entities in obtaining federal funding, account created, report required, and money appropriated.

General education basic formula allowance increased, money directed to class size reduction, and money appropriated.

Civil actions; causes of action survival modified.

Arts and cultural heritage; funding provided for documenting Vietnam War personal and historical accounts, and money appropriated.

Higher education policy changes provided to postsecondary attainment goals, student financial aid, institutional licensure provisions, and institutional grant programs.

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