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Bidal Duran
Republican · Representative

Bidal Duran

Represents District 2A in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans
98%
on 86 party-line votes · House Republicans median 98%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 185 of 185 roll calls · House median 100%
Their bills that became law
2 of 50
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
185
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 Bidal Duran 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 Bidal Duran 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. Bidal Duran is circled.

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

2 of 86 party-line votes.

SF2200 · Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision
Yea
House: Passage · 2025-05-12 · Passed 98–36 · most Republicans voted the other way
HF1471 · Copy of the landlord-tenant guide required at issuance or renewal of rental license.
Yea
House: Passage · 2025-04-07 · Passed 91–39 · most Republicans voted the other way
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
24%
David GottfriedDemocrat · District 40B · 68 shared contested votes
24%
Brad TabkeDemocrat · District 54A · 104 shared contested votes
22%
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: 63 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayFeb 2025May 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Bidal Duran 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.

Introduced50
Out of committee5
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee45

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

Veterans; standards established for legislatively directed competitive and direct grants, honor guard detail provided, available benefits to veterans of the Secret War in Laos modified, eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries modified, Commanders Task Force established, pay for state active service modified, commissioner of veterans affairs allowed to temporarily close veterans homes, reports required, and money appropriated.
Became lawSecretary of State Chapter 96 · 2026-05-15
State guardian ad litem program records subject to the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Guardian Ad Litem Program made.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law · 2026-05-14
Age of delinquency for certain serious offenses established to be ten years of age.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy · 2026-05-12
Amendments to the age at which a child may be considered a delinquent child delayed.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy · 2026-05-12
Grants from Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to local law enforcement clarified as reimbursements, law related to recording of crimes updated, process for determining how certain criminal records are ineligible for sealing established, and court required to provide order for protection for access by law enforcement.
Became lawSecretary of State Chapter 70 · 2026-05-05
Property owned by United Way of Bemidji Area exempted from property tax and refund provided.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Taxes · 2026-04-23
County cost-share requirements for economically distressed counties modified.
Not out of committeeJoint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration · 2026-04-16
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities funding provided for identity verification software to combat enrollment fraud, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Wolgamott · 2026-04-13
Red Lake Nation nursing home capital improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2026-04-09
Bemidji; Headwaters Science Center improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2026-04-09
Northern; base year formula aid provided.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Repinski · 2026-03-25
Exceptions expanded to prohibition against gifts to local officials, and penalties provided for using a gift to influence a decision of a public safety officer.
Out of committeeSecond reading · 2026-03-25
Office of Higher Education prohibited from using public money to support low-earning degree programs, and report required.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Higher Education Finance and Policy · 2026-03-23
All property insurance coverage required to allow appraisal of damages and alternative resolution.
Not out of committeeAuthors added Schwartz, Elkins, and Skraba · 2026-03-23
Division of Capitol Security's responsibilities clarified.
Out of committeeSecond reading · 2026-03-23

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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
HF1837 · 2025-05-01
State government policy bill. (House: Passage)
Passed · 131-1
Yea
SF3045 · 2025-05-01
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: Schultz – Amendment S3045A17 – S3045A17)
Failed · 65-67
Yea
SF3045 · 2025-05-01
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: Greenman – Amendment – S3045A18)
Failed · 66-67
Nay
SF3045 · 2025-05-01
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: Davis – Amendment – S3045A10)
Failed · 67-67
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 185 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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