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STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

Journal of the House

 

NINETY-FOURTH SESSION - 2025

 

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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

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      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

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      15A........................... Chris Swedzinski

      15B........................... Paul Torkelson

      16A........................... Scott Van Binsbergen

      16B........................... Dave Baker

      17A........................... Dawn Gillman

      17B........................... Bobbie Harder

      18A........................... Erica Schwartz

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  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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      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. 


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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.


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  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