STATE OF
MINNESOTA
Journal of the House
NINETY-FOURTH
SESSION - 2025
_____________________
FIRST
LEGISLATIVE DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, January 14, 2025
In accordance with
the Constitution and the Laws of the State of Minnesota, the members-elect of
the House of Representatives assembled in the Chamber of the House of
Representatives in the Capitol in Saint Paul on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of January 2025.
At the hour of twelve o'clock noon and pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2024, Section 3.05, the Honorable
Steve Simon, Secretary of State,
called the members-elect to order and appointed the Honorable Peggy Scott from District 31B as Clerk pro tem.
The prayer was offered by Pastor Ben
Mailhot, Youth, Worship and Life Group Pastor, Watermark Church, Stillwater,
Minnesota.
The members-elect of the House gave the
pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The Clerk pro tem called the roll by legislative
district in numerical order, and the following members-elect presented proof of
their eligibility to be sworn in and seated as members of the House of
Representatives:
1A............................. John Burkel
1B............................. Steve Gander
2A............................. Bidal Duran, Jr.
2B............................. Matt Bliss
3A............................. Roger J. Skraba
3B............................. Natalie Zeleznikar
4A.............................
4B............................. Jim Joy
5A............................. Krista Knudsen
5B............................. Mike Wiener
6A............................. Ben Davis
6B............................. Josh Heintzeman
7A............................. Spencer Igo
7B............................. Cal Warwas
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9A............................. Jeff Backer
9B............................. Tom Murphy
10A........................... Ron Kresha
10B........................... Isaac Schultz
11A........................... Jeff Dotseth
11B........................... Nathan Nelson
12A........................... Paul H. Anderson
12B........................... Mary Franson
13A........................... Lisa Demuth
13B........................... Tim O'Driscoll
14A........................... Bernie Perryman
14B...........................
15A........................... Chris Swedzinski
15B........................... Paul Torkelson
16A........................... Scott Van Binsbergen
16B........................... Dave Baker
17A........................... Dawn Gillman
17B........................... Bobbie Harder
18A........................... Erica Schwartz
18B...........................
19A Keith Allen
19B........................... Thomas J. Sexton
20A........................... Pam Altendorf
20B........................... Steven E. Jacob
21A........................... Joe Schomacker
21B........................... Marj J. Fogelman
22A........................... Bjorn Olson
22B........................... Terry M. Stier
23A........................... Peggy Bennett
23B........................... Patricia Mueller
24A........................... Duane Quam
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26A........................... Aaron Repinski
26B........................... Gregory M. Davids
27A........................... Shane Mekeland
27B........................... Bryan Lawrence
28A........................... James "Jimmy" Gordon
28B........................... Max Rymer
29A........................... Joe McDonald
29B........................... Marion Rarick
30A........................... Walter Hudson
30B........................... Paul Novotny
31A........................... Harry Niska
31B........................... Peggy Scott
32A........................... Nolan West
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33A........................... Patti Anderson
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34A........................... Danny Nadeau
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36A........................... Elliott Engen
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37A........................... Kristin Robbins
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41A........................... Wayne A. Johnson
41B........................... Tom Dippel
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45A........................... Andrew Myers
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48A........................... Jim Nash
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54B........................... Ben Bakeberg
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57A........................... Jon Koznick
57B........................... Jeff Witte
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58B........................... Drew Roach
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There were 133 Certificates of Election on file.
OATH OF OFFICE
The members-elect present subscribed to the oath of office as administered to them by the Honorable Jennifer L. Frisch, Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
OATH OF OFFICE
The oath of office for Representative in the Minnesota Legislature was administered in St. Paul on Friday, January 10, 2025, to Heather Keeler by John P. Lesch, a notary public in the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, pursuant to Minnesota Statues, Section 359.04.
OATH OF OFFICE
The oath of office for Representative in the Minnesota Legislature was administered in St. Paul on Sunday, January 12, 2025, by Senior District Court Judge Kevin Burke to the following members-elect:
Patty Acomb
Esther Agbaje
Kristin Bahner
Kaela Berg
Robert Bierman
Ned Carroll
Ethan Cha
Mary Frances Clardy
Nathan Coulter
Brion Curran
Steve Elkins
Alex Falconer
Sandra Feist
Leigh Finke
Peter Fischer
Cedrick Frazier
Luke Frederick
Mike Freiberg
Aisha Gomez
Julie Greene
Emma Greenman
Rick Hansen
Jess Hanson
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Kaohly Her
Kim Hicks
Josiah Hill
Athena Hollins
Melissa Hortman
Michael Howard
John Huot
Samakab Hussein
Peter Johnson
Katie Jones
Sydney Jordan
Ginny Klevorn
Erin Koegel
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn
Alicia Kozlowski
Larry Kraft
Fue Lee
Liz Lee
Tina Liebling
Leon Lillie
Jamie Long
Anquam Mahamoud
Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley
Kelly Moller
Mohamud Noor
Matt Norris
María Isa Pérez-Vega
Dave Pinto
Kristi Pursell
Lucy Rehm
Kari Rehrauer
Liz Reyer
Samantha Sencer-Mura
Andy Smith
Zack Stephenson
Brad Tabke
Samantha Vang
Bianca Virnig
Dan Wolgamott
Jay Xiong
Cheryl Youakim
The members present took their seats in the Chamber of the House of Representatives.
The roll was called and the following members were present:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Demuth
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Secretary of State Steve Simon declared there
being 67 members present, there was no quorum, pursuant to the Minnesota
Constitution and that the House adjourned.
Peggy
Scott, Clerk Pro Tem, House of Representatives