Minnesota · Current officeholder
Harry Niska
Republican Minnesota House, District 31A
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Sponsored legislation
97 bills in the current data (13 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF 3602 | Uniform Electronics Estate Planning Documents Act Establishment | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 1, 2026 |
| HF 5134 | Temporary moratorium on imposition of the motor fuels tax established, transfers made, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HF 3490 | Scholarship-granting organizations authorized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HF 3563 | Licensing boards required to take action against a license or application when a licensee or applicant is convicted of certain theft or fraud offenses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2026 |
| HF 5102 | Motor vehicle registration tax modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 4, 2026 |
| HF 482 | Choose Life special license plates established, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 23, 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 4906 | Onetime special property tax refund provided, and money appropriated. | 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 4950 | Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 13, 2026 |
| HF 3395 | Fraud Isn't Free Act established; corrective action plans, enrollment freezes, agency budget reductions, and employee dismissal required when fraud is committed against a program administered by the state; and other fraud prevention provisions established. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 13, 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of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, previous appropriation and transfer modified, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.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 4907 | Motor vehicle registration tax modified, and money transferred. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 4795 | Motor vehicle registration tax modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 2113 | Small employers exempted from requirement to provide paid leave. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 1434 | Age verification required for websites with material harmful to minors, enforcement by the attorney general provided, and private right of action created. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 1233 | Women's athletics exemption created in the Human Rights Act. | 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 4566 | Suspension of medical assistance payments during investigation of kickback fraud permitted, and rulemaking required to include kickbacks in the definition of fraud. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 3560 | Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act enacted. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 4426 | Rogers; local road and related infrastructure improvements funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HF 4308 | Annual payments by the Monticello nuclear generating plant terminated, distributed solar energy standard modified, sales tax exemption on residential natural gas and electricity extended year round, and electric and natural gas facilities exempted from payment of the state commercial-industrial property tax. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 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 3603 | Commissioner of children, youth, and families directed to request a federal waiver to prohibit the purchase of certain items with SNAP benefits. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 1944 | Recognition of federal standard time year-round beginning in 2025 and expiring upon enactment of a federal law authorizing states to recognize advanced standard time year-round provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4095 | Crime of disruption of worship services established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 4088 | Persons convicted of a crime of violence made ineligible for MFIP, medical assistance and food support, and MinnesotaCare. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 4087 | Publicly funded state and local institutions required to provide notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement when certain noncitizens are being housed in a facility under the institution's control. | 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 2219 | Traditional and gestational surrogacy arrangements regulated, and crime of operating a for-profit surrogacy agency created. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 2, 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 1791 | School district authorized to offer career and technical education postsecondary scholarships and postsecondary grants. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| HF 2809 | Crime of residential protesting established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 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 2517 | Use of public funds to cover abortions under MinnesotaCare restricted. | 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 1052 | Student discipline provisions modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HF 747 | Minnesota Business Corporation Act modified. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | August 1, 2025 |
| HF 1 | Undocumented adult MinnesotaCare coverage repeal bill. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 15, 2025 |
| HF 3345 | Consumer choice of fuel provided, rulemaking authority modified, and Clean Car rules eliminated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2025 |
| HC 2 | A House concurrent resolution relating to the adjournment of the House of Representatives and Senate until 2026. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 17, 2025 |
| HF 475 | Joint Committee on Library of Congress of United States Congress requested to approve replacement of statue of Henry Mower Rice now on display in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol, and memorial resolution proposed. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HR 4 | A House resolution expressing the sense of the Minnesota House of Representatives reaffirming its commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the state of Minnesota and Taiwan. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | May 9, 2025 |
| HF 3253 | Central bank digital currency defined and definition of money revised for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HF 733 | Electronic gambling devices and games restrictions removed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2025 |
| HF 3232 | Eligibility for certain tax programs and classifications modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2025 |
| HF 2554 | Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2025 |
| HF 2233 | Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 20 | Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified. | Primary 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 3101 | Intellectual Freedom Protection Act regulated public postsecondary institutions created, private right of action created, and attorney general enforcement provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HF 19 | Education savings accounts established, and rules required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 2936 | Commissioner of corrections required to submit certain proposed rules for legislative approval prior to implementation. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 2812 | Commissioner of corrections required to charge a fee for incarcerated person communication services. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HF 2792 | Certain legal fees and expenses relating to Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. Choi funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HF 2638 | Ramsey; sales and use tax exemption for construction materials modified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 2637 | Ramsey; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 2636 | Attorney general annual report on activities of the office required. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 128 | Penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors increased. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 195 | Classification rate removed and property tax exemption established for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 1341 | Law Enforcement Appreciation Day established, law enforcement explorer program in schools provided, peace officer training funding provided, pathway to policing reimbursement grants funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-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 2512 | Property tax exemption established for certain property owned and operated by a congressionally chartered veterans service organization. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 2448 | Local units of government prohibited from banning flavored tobacco product sales. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 2420 | Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Ethics established to investigate allegations of fraud in state programs and undisclosed legislative conflicts of interest, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 26 | Governor's power to declare emergency repealed, legislative emergency declaration and extension process established, governor's authority to adopt orders and expedited rules during an emergency repealed, citizen rights protected, and technical corrections made. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HF 787 | Electricity generated outside the state exempted from the requirement that a proportion of retail electricity be carbon-free by certain dates. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 28 | Data center energy generation redundancy provided. | 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 1768 | Additional circumstances under which a covenant not to compete is valid and enforceable provided. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 2220 | Assessment of fees or other charges when state employees park at facilities owned or operated by the state prohibited. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 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 2080 | Andover; funding provided to mitigate contaminants in the city, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-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 1022 | Moist snuff and tobacco product definitions modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 22 | Parent's bill of rights created. | 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 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 72 | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibited from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 289 | SAVI program established for state agencies to encourage innovation and cost savings. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 435 | Commissioner of corrections required to house only biological female inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 1475 | Metropolitan Council abolished, duties transferred to commissioners of administration and natural resources, transportation and transit-related functions transferred to Department of Transportation, metropolitan area sanitary sewer district created, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 946 | Driver's license road skills examination appointment requirements and website information amended, third-party testing programs and third-party testers authorized to conduct behind-the-wheel road tests for class D drivers' licenses, requirements and criteria specified, audits required, and appeals of decisions made by the commissioner allowed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 795 | Online booking availability of driver's license road skills examinations modified, and fees for cancellation modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 768 | Department of Human Rights prohibited from maintaining a collection or database on incidents of protected speech. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 514 | Kindergarten through grade 3 student dismissal limitations modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 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 1198 | Number of leadership positions increased in each body. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HF 1056 | St. Francis; water and sewer improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 1036 | Ramsey; special rules authorized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 708 | Public employee retirement association board of trustees member addition provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 49 | Taxes imposed on all lawful gambling receipts repealed, and technical changes made. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |