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Krista Knudsen
Republican · Representative

Krista Knudsen

Represents District 5A in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans
100%
on 86 party-line votes · House Republicans median 98%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 187 of 187 roll calls · House median 100%
Their bills that became law
0 of 38
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
187
94th Legislature 2025-2026
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 94th Legislature 2025-2026.

How Krista Knudsen votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Krista Knudsen sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Krista Knudsen is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

0 of 86 party-line votes.

They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

HF3023 · Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted.
Yea
House: H.F. NO. 3023 · 2025-05-18 · Failed 67–67
HF2115 · Human services policy bill.
Nay
House: H.F. NO. 2115 · 2025-05-18 · Failed 67–67
SF1740 · Omnibus Education policy provisions
Yea
House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A3 · 2025-05-16 · Failed 67–67
HF2435 · Health and human services finance bill.
Nay
House: 67 – Amendment to Zeleznikar Amendment – Nays · 2025-05-12 · Failed 67–67
SF1832 · Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations
Nay
House: Greenman – Amendment – S1832A12 · 2025-05-09 · Failed 67–67
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Dan WolgamottDemocrat · District 14B · 103 shared contested votes
11%
Matt NorrisDemocrat · District 32B · 103 shared contested votes
9%
Brad TabkeDemocrat · District 54A · 104 shared contested votes
9%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-02: 20 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 48 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 54 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 65 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayFeb 2025May 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Krista Knudsen was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced38
Out of committee1
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee37

For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 0 bills that became law this session.

Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Gander · 2026-04-09
Athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth required.
Not out of committeeMotion did not prevail 90 votes required to suspend rules · 2026-04-07
Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Curran, Youakim, and Witte · 2026-03-26
Life-sustaining treatment for unemancipated minor patients provided.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Backer · 2026-03-25
Individuals participating in certain public assistance programs prohibited from using money transmission to send money to a foreign country, and money transmitters required to report certain information on individuals.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Finance and Policy · 2026-03-16
Payments to postsecondary institutions and schools for the postsecondary enrollment options program modified.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance · 2026-03-12
Office of the Legislative Auditor directed to evaluate the postsecondary enrollment options program, and report required.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance · 2026-03-12
Health plans required to credit enrollees for services provided by an out-of-network provider at a lower cost than the plan's in-network providers, and commissioner of commerce enforcement authorized.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy · 2026-03-12
Exclusion amount increased for homesteads of veterans with a disability.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Gottfried · 2026-03-12
Frazee; North River Drive improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-05
Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy · 2026-02-23
Nine-county regional waste management system in northwest Minnesota funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2025-04-21
Becker County; Heartland State Trail appropriation amended.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2025-04-21
Tribally licensed residential substance use disorder treatment providers required to enroll in the substance use disorder demonstration project.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Finance and Policy · 2025-04-02
Phase 2 of a multiuse trail to connect Itasca State Park to the Heartland Trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2025-04-02

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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SF3045 · 2025-05-19
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: S.F. NO. 3045)
Passed · 116-18
Nay
HF3023 · 2025-05-19
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
Passed · 132-0
Yea
SF2884 · 2025-05-19
Omnibus Pension bill (House: S.F. NO. 2884)
Passed · 133-1
Yea
HF2115 · 2025-05-19
Human services policy bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2115)
Passed · 124-10
Yea
SF856 · 2025-05-19
Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation (House: S.F. NO. 856)
Failed · 65-68
Nay
SF856 · 2025-05-19
Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation (House: S.F. NO. 856)
Passed · 70-63
Yea
HF2446 · 2025-05-18
Agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2446)
Passed · 130-4
Yea
HF2432 · 2025-05-18
Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2432)
Passed · 131-3
Yea
HF2563 · 2025-05-18
Legacy finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2563)
Passed · 113-21
Nay
HF3023 · 2025-05-18
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
Failed · 67-67 · 3 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
SF2298 · 2025-05-18
Omnibus Housing and Homelessness Prevention policy and appropriations (House: S.F. NO. 2298)
Passed · 108-26
Nay
HF2115 · 2025-05-18
Human services policy bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2115)
Failed · 67-67
Nay
SF2370 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (House: S.F. NO. 2370)
Passed · 80-50
Nay
SF1959 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriations (House: S.F. NO. 1959)
Passed · 130-0
Yea
HF1290 · 2025-05-17
Roadside signage for automatic external defibrillators for qualifying locations authorized. (House: H.F. NO. 1290)
Passed · 131-0
Yea
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Youakim – Amendment – S1740A1)
Passed · 84-46
Nay
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A3)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A4)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: S.F. NO. 1740)
Passed · 131-3
Yea
HF2130 · 2025-05-16
Public safety; various provisions modified relating to driver's license revocations, ignition interlock participation length, treatment or rehabilitation program, criminal penalties for participants who operate a vehicle not equipped with interlock device, criminal vehicular homicide offenders, judicial review of an extension, impounded and reissued license plate process, temporary driver's licenses, and criminal penalties; and money appropriated. (House: H.F. NO. 2130)
Passed · 126-5
Yea
HF3228 · 2025-05-16
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3228)
Passed · 134-0
Yea
HF2433 · 2025-05-16
Education finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2433)
Passed · 93-41
Yea
HF3321 · 2025-05-16
Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors corrected. (House: Passage)
Passed · 132-2
Yea
HF1143 · 2025-05-16
Expiration of aid accounts modified, appropriations modified, and money appropriated. (House: H.F. NO. 1143)
Passed · 131-0
Yea
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Bierman – Amendment – H2464A13)
Passed · 133-0
Yea
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Bahner – Amendment – H2464A6)
Passed · 133-0
Yea
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 134-0
Yea
HF3023 · 2025-05-14
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
Passed · 70-63
Yea
SF3446 · 2025-05-14
Claims bill (House: Passage)
Passed · 133-0
Yea
HF475 · 2025-05-13
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. (House: Passage)
Passed · 85-44
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: 67 – Amendment to Zeleznikar Amendment – Nays)
Failed · 67-67
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: "Shall the decision of Speaker pro tempore Olson stand as the judgment of the House?")
Passed · 69-64
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Zeleznikar – Amendment – H2435A9)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: West – Amendment – H2435A12)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Coulter – Amendment – H2435A8)
Failed · 67-67
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Pinto – Amendment – H2435A11)
Passed · 75-58
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Liebling – Amendment – H2435A13)
Failed · 32-92
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Huot – Amendment – H2435A20)
Failed · 65-67
Nay
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 95-38
Nay
HF3228 · 2025-05-12
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. (House: Passage)
Passed · 134-0
Yea
SF908 · 2025-05-12
Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification (House: Passage)
Passed · 134-0
Yea
SF2200 · 2025-05-12
Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision (House: Passage)
Passed · 98-36
Nay
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Baker – Amendment – S1832A14)
Passed · 69-64
Yea
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Hanson, J. – Amendment – S1832A1)
Failed · 65-67
Nay
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Greenman – Amendment – S1832A12)
Failed · 67-67
Nay
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 115-19
Nay
HF2442 · 2025-05-07
Climate and energy finance bill. (House: Passage)
Passed · 112-21
Nay
SF2077 · 2025-05-05
Omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy and Lands bill (House: Passage)
Passed · 129-5
Yea
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Zeleznikar – Amendment – H2434A7)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Baker – Amendment H2434A17 – H2434A17)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Gillman – Amendment H2434A13 – H2434A13)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Franson – Amendment – H2434A12)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 109-25
Nay
SF2370 · 2025-05-05
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 82-50
Nay
HF2115 · 2025-05-05
Human services policy bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 121-13
Nay
HF1837 · 2025-05-01
State government policy bill. (House: Passage)
Passed · 131-1
Yea
HF2130 · 2025-05-01
Public safety; various provisions modified relating to driver's license revocations, ignition interlock participation length, treatment or rehabilitation program, criminal penalties for participants who operate a vehicle not equipped with interlock device, criminal vehicular homicide offenders, judicial review of an extension, impounded and reissued license plate process, temporary driver's licenses, and criminal penalties; and money appropriated. (House: Passage, as amended)
Passed · 123-5
Yea
SF3045 · 2025-05-01
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: Schultz – Amendment S3045A17 – S3045A17)
Failed · 65-67
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 187 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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