Minnesota · Current officeholder
Joe McDonald
Republican Minnesota House, District 29A
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Sponsored legislation
146 bills in the current data (35 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF 3887 | Watershed districts, watershed management organizations, and towns permission to self-insure for certain employee health benefits | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 1, 2026 |
| SF 4515 | Certain prize and ticket limits modification | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 17, 2026 |
| HF 4090 | Gambling; prize and ticket limits modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 17, 2026 |
| HF 1724 | Direct primary care service agreements established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 17, 2026 |
| HF 5084 | Preborn child given recognized right to life, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 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 5088 | Voter registration form required to include any requirements of federal law, secretary of state required to ensure compliance with federal requirements related to elections, secretary of state required to allocate money to counties to assist them in complying with federal requirements, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| HF 3129 | Commissioner of labor and industry required to adopt rules about unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 27, 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 |
| HF 482 | Choose Life special license plates established, and money appropriated. | 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 5045 | Photo ID required to register to vote and to vote, SAVE Minnesota Act established, proof of citizenship to vote required, voter identification card created, provisional ballots established, driver's license requirements modified, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | 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 4997 | Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act enacted, covered electronics device manufacturer electronic waste recycling program established, Electronics Recycling Advisory Task Force established, civil penalties created, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 4992 | Health carriers required to offer reference-based pricing health plans, open-ended promise-to-pay contracts prohibited, provider number framework established, and rulemaking authorized. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 4407 | Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 4947 | Wright County; Trunk Highway 24 intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | 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 4299 | Additional school safety specialists funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 3571 | Watershed districts allowed to self-insure for certain employee health benefits, and technical changes made. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 3564 | Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission provisions modified, and availability of previous grants extended. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 1426 | Stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products established; mercury in batteries prohibited; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 4858 | Sellers required to accept United States currency for purchases. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 4794 | Farmed Cervidae fencing requirements modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 4295 | County authorized to approve up to 24 chickens on any lot by ordinance. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 4277 | Child care centers video security cameras use requirements modified. | 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 4751 | Quality Learing Center designated as historic place. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 4665 | Number of proof of residence oaths a person can sign on any election day reduced from eight to two. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 495 | Day care costs paid by the taxpayer provided a subtraction. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 4676 | Recipients of legacy money required to include alternative text on websites to describe legacy logo. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 4574 | Individual income tax subtraction for firefighter pension income established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 4573 | Individual income tax subtraction for volunteer firefighter pension income established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 4408 | Child fatalities and near fatalities public disclosure required, and child mortality review panel investigations and annual report requirements modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 2062 | Sales and use tax; vendor allowance provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 4409 | Social studies standards required to include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 4386 | Employee allowed to opt out of participation in paid leave program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 4385 | Salisbury Bridge rehabilitation funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 4292 | Fees charged by commissioner of commerce for license applications and renewals modified. | 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 4148 | Requirements for hiring executive director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 2937 | Use of parenting consultants in family court cases regulated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4095 | Crime of disruption of worship services established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 3831 | SNAP income and asset requirements 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 4037 | Secretary of state required to provide voter and election data to an agency or department of the federal government. | Co-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 3724 | Political subdivisions prohibited from establishing or enforcing ranked-choice voting. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| HF 3689 | Minimum age for local election candidates lowered. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HF 2809 | Crime of residential protesting established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HF 3601 | Charlie Kirk commemorative statue funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| HF 3592 | Rockford; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | 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 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 1784 | Government entities made liable for defense costs for actions brought by the government entity. | 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 2563 | Legacy finance bill. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HF 3338 | Wright County; intersection improvements along Trunk Highway 24 funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2025 |
| HF 3318 | Commemoration of the first Italian immigrant to Minnesota on the Capitol complex required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HF 2318 | Teachers Retirement Association; pension adjustment revenue increased for school districts, employer contributions increased, unreduced retirement annuity provided upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HF 1355 | Permit holders harvesting or destroying aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operation requirements established. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2025 |
| HF 3265 | Amendments to subsurface treatment system rules required to refer to straight-pipe system statutory requirements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| HF 733 | Electronic gambling devices and games restrictions removed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2025 |
| HF 3205 | Christopher Columbus statue funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2025 |
| HF 500 | Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 21, 2025 |
| HF 20 | Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 1790 | Regional library systems funding provided, and money appropriated. | 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 3158 | Supermajority vote of the legislature required to authorize public funding for a professional sports facility, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HF 2147 | Requirements for use of hot water pools on certain rental properties established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HF 1740 | Community cable television programming funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HF 3110 | Disclosures of private student personal contact information to legislators and photographers allowed for specified purposes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HF 1679 | Public television grants funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HF 1309 | Minimum parking mandates prohibited. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HF 2298 | Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 19 | Education savings accounts established, and rules required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 3031 | Upsala Area Historical Society funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 2961 | Sales and use tax exemption for certain meals and drinks provided by a restaurant expanded. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 2832 | Taste of Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HF 2467 | 2026 Special Olympics USA Games funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 944 | Trespass law modified to allow purple markings. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 2562 | Clean Water Council's clean water fund recommendations required to be broken out by fiscal year. | 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 1168 | Commissioner of revenue required to establish an online system to claim the political contribution refund, political contribution refund program modified to allow for electronic information transfer between the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board and the Department of Revenue, data classified, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 2471 | Delano Sesquicentennial funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 2470 | Howard Lake; new water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1361 | St. Paul; CHS Field improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1247 | Aides allowed to supervise children in child care. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1025 | Historic state flag recognized, right of all persons to display the historic state flag recognized, standards provided for its display on state property, and standards provided for its display on other public property. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 791 | State fossil designated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 75 | Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified. | 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 2310 | Prior law prohibiting weather modification reenacted, and criminal penalties provided. | 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 2254 | Income tax; baby bonus established within the Minnesota child credit. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 741 | Income tax subtraction established for volunteer fire and rescue workers. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HF 1582 | Teachers Retirement Association; unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service provided, early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age modified, postretirement adjustments increased, other various retirement provisions modified, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 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 2129 | Private sector equipment training opportunity program established, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 2026 | Parks and trails fund grant funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 1253 | Requirements related to the return of absentee ballots on election day modified, and absentee voting period modified for certain voters. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HF 1250 | Outdoor heritage fund; leveraging of certain land for federal grant funds provided, 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 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 269 | Commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council required to request approval to discontinue Northstar passenger rail operations, and report required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1893 | Criminal investigation active period of time modified regarding investigative data. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1890 | Legislative office vacancies established, second-most vote getter at an election provided to take office in legislative offices, and special elections specified to not require to fill legislative vacancies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1888 | Subsurface sewage treatment systems disclosure requirements modified, and rulemaking required. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 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 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 1786 | Cities authorized to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a licensed cosmetology salon. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 1590 | Mandatory minimum sentences established for malicious punishment of a child. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 1513 | Photo ID required to register to vote and to vote, voter ID card created, provisional ballots established, reports required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 749 | Northstar Commuter Rail line performance requirements and conditional termination established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HF 1681 | Maximum amount of outstanding debt allowed for the state agricultural society increased, and sales tax exemption for certain construction materials provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HF 1259 | Minnesota FFA funding provided for new and expanded access for members involved in art- and history-related FFA activities, and money appropriated. | 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 1476 | Salisbury Bridge rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 1423 | Property tax; shareholder limit for entity-owned agricultural homestead property increased. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 1405 | Campaign reporting requirements amended to require disclosure of all contributors for legislative or statewide candidates and ballot questions. | Co-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 1000 | Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction provided. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 740 | Sales and use tax exemption provided for nonprofit animal shelters. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HF 1331 | Statewide wolf population survey required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HF 638 | Political subdivisions prohibited from establishing or enforcing ranked-choice voting. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HF 1115 | Individual income tax subtractions for overtime pay, tips income, bonuses, and winnings from nonprofit lawful gambling organizations provided; and changes to withholding provisions made. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HF 114 | County fairs funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 1043 | Buffalo; Wright Technical Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 1024 | Animal feedlots defined. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 674 | South Haven; water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 673 | Howard Lake; veterans memorial funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 637 | Election judge employment status clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 636 | Right to carry without a permit provided, and optional permit to carry provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 523 | Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf grant funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 42 | Definition of sustainable aviation fuel modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HF 288 | Legislative approval required to extend a declared emergency beyond five days, citizen rights protected, legislative enactment required before certain executive orders and rules may have the force and effect of law, terms defined, and criminal penalties repealed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HF 148 | Delano; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials for an ice rink. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |