Minnesota · Current officeholder
Peggy Bennett
Republican Minnesota House, District 23A
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Sponsored legislation
114 bills in the current data (24 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF 3489 | Licensing boards reporting required, criminal offense of grooming established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| HF 3900 | Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| HF 3067 | Paraprofessional qualifications clarified. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 20, 2026 |
| HF 3490 | Scholarship-granting organizations authorized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HF 82 | Athletic trainer scope of practice clarified. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2026 |
| HF 5064 | Coercing a pregnant minor female into seeking or obtaining an abortion prohibited, suspected cases of human trafficking of minors screened and reported, certain information required to be displayed, action for wrongful death resulting from abortion added, and rulemaking required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 6 | A House resolution providing for the impeachment of Timothy J. Walz, Governor of the State of Minnesota, for corrupt conduct in office. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | April 20, 2026 |
| HF 5040 | Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| HR 7 | A House resolution providing for the impeachment of Keith Ellison, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, for corrupt conduct in office and for crimes and misdemeanors. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 60 | Teacher licensure requirements modified, professional development on dyslexia required, and rulemaking required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 5015 | School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting systems enabled, safe schools revenue increased, school building and cybersecurity grant program modified, reports required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 5001 | Restrictions on use of Minnesota investment fund local government loan repayment funds temporarily modified, and report required. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 4114 | Contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 3493 | Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools made; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 5 | Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, previous appropriation and transfer modified, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 2113 | Small employers exempted from requirement to provide paid leave. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 2002 | Prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant abolished. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 12 | Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 2923 | Minnesota State High School League required to contract for catastrophic accident insurance, catastrophic injury payments required, and subtraction from income provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 2817 | Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 1490 | High school graduation requirements clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 957 | Mandate relief for school districts provided, certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 3524 | Federal individual income tax deduction for qualified overtime compensation adopted. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 2372 | Civic seal designation for high school students provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 4313 | State legislators and legislative employees required to pay 50 percent of the Minnesota Paid Leave Law premium. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 4302 | Easton; new water tower funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 16 | Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibited, use of immigration-related data provided, and county attorneys required to notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested for a crime of violence. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 13 | Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 4281 | Albert Lea; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4280 | Albert Lea; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4279 | Albert Lea authorized to extend local sales tax for additional projects. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 100 | Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction allowed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4096 | Office of General Counsel required to provide guidance on law enforcement actions for the Department of Education. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 4095 | Crime of disruption of worship services established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 3562 | Motor vehicle registration tax modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 7 | Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; reason for dismissing charges; liability and vicarious liability; assaulting a police officer penalty; penalties increased for obstructing trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; tracking device placement, requirements, and expanded uses; criminal penalties; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 6 | Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; school performance reporting system established; fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized; and school board authorized to not comply with recently enacted state laws or rules. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 21 | Supermajority approval by each house of the legislature required to extend a peacetime emergency beyond 14 days. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2026 |
| HF 3813 | Waseca County authorized to impose a local sales tax. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| HF 2809 | Crime of residential protesting established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HF 3550 | School districts allowed to implement local health education standards. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| HF 1 | Office of Inspector General established, powers and duties provided, enhanced grant oversight provided, retaliation prohibited, existing executive Offices of Inspector General transferred or repealed, fraud detection and prevention provided, conforming changes made, reports required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| HF 3529 | Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue made available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HF 3494 | Safe schools aid for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units created; student support personnel aid repealed; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HF 3491 | Scholarship-granting organizations authorized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HF 3380 | Aggravated durational departure required for certain violent offenders who use a firearm, certain sentences required to be imposed consecutively to other sentences, and certain offenders required to serve an entire announced sentence in prison. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HF 1435 | Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and Education Innovation recodified and reorganized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| HF 29 | Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HF 15 | Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, school security systems grants created, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HF 1157 | Direct primary care service agreements established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HF 1052 | Student discipline provisions modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| SF 1740 | Omnibus Education policy provisions | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 18, 2025 |
| HF 2201 | Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2025 |
| HF 2662 | Licensed ambulance services aid provided, reports required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| HF 1306 | Education policy bill. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| HF 3214 | Fee exemptions provided for motor vehicles bearing Purple Heart medal special plates. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 21, 2025 |
| HF 62 | References to statutes governing student attendance provided. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 2362 | Youth intervention programs funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 2240 | Union members allowed to allocate union dues to local, state, or national organization of their choice. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 20 | Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 1124 | School year allowed to start before Labor Day for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years only. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 8 | Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HF 3037 | Vote threshold established for certain bills heard in a standing committee of the legislature. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 19 | Education savings accounts established, and rules required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 1128 | Public high schools required to participate in the direct admissions program. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 174 | Taxation of certain cooperative association property modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 2786 | Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 2534 | Minimum share of general education funding transferred to an area learning center increased. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 1171 | Minnesota math corps program mission modified, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 2535 | Waldorf; roadway improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 2388 | Local optional aid and levy replaced with basic supplemental revenue, basic supplemental aid amount increased, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 195 | Classification rate removed and property tax exemption established for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 4 | Budget surplus return to state taxpayers provided, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1538 | Teacher apprenticeships funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 769 | A resolution memorializing Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose fiscal constraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 25 | Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 24 | Born alive infant provisions modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 23 | Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 169 | All lawful gambling receipts subjected to a flat rate tax, and combined net receipts tax repealed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 1491 | Evidence-based education grant goals clarified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 840 | State veterans cemetery burial fee removed for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 2153 | Albert Lea construction materials sales and use tax exemption provided. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 2050 | Temporary nursing facility rate increase established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 1436 | Student discipline provisions modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HF 877 | Read Act amended, and appropriations cancelled. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 779 | Advance payment of the education credit established, education credit assignments disallowed, and report on delivering advance payments using an electronic benefits transfer card required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 3 | Legislative auditor required to submit a report to the legislature related to an agency's implementation of legislative auditor recommendations, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 1492 | Student academic achievement and improvement provisions clarified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 11 | Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 1057 | Employee definition modified for purposes of earned sick and safe time. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 22 | Parent's bill of rights created. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 1983 | Continuous living cover crops grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 10 | State-funded payments to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens provided to be ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 17 | Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1004 | Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats program funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 9 | Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 1457 | Construction of schools near former landfills prohibited. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 2 | Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 18 | Sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products expanded. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 1493 | Student career and college readiness provisions clarified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 14 | Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 1018 | Parent rights established in education of their child, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 65 | Authority to adopt rules implementing statewide health standards repealed, and certain funds cancelled. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HF 64 | Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; and equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HF 966 | School districts allowed to donate surplus schoolbooks. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 965 | Clarks Grove; water and sewer infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 1020 | Developmental delay age limit working group established, and report required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 450 | Albert Lea; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 449 | Manchester; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 426 | Waseca; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 425 | Waseca; sanitary sewer improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 377 | Two-year income tax holiday established for certain teachers. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 193 | Commissioner of veterans affairs required to provide grave markers for veterans, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HF 183 | Imposition and allocation of certain taxes amended, and retail delivery fee repealed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |