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Republican
· Representative
Peggy Bennett
Represents District 23A in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
94%
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
1 of 24
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
187
94th Legislature 2025-2026
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 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 Peggy Bennett 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 Peggy Bennett 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. Peggy Bennett is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
5 of 86 party-line votes.
SF2370 · Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill
House: S.F. NO. 2370 · 2025-05-17 · Passed 80–50 · most Republicans voted the other way
SF1740 · Omnibus Education policy provisions
House: Youakim – Amendment – S1740A1 · 2025-05-16 · Passed 84–46 · most Republicans voted the other way
SF2200 · Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision
House: Passage · 2025-05-12 · Passed 98–36 · most Republicans voted the other way
HF2435 · Health and human services finance bill.
House: Pinto – Amendment – H2435A11 · 2025-05-12 · Passed 75–58 · most Republicans voted the other way
SF2370 · Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill
House: Passage, as amended · 2025-05-05 · Passed 82–50 · 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.
House: H.F. NO. 3023 · 2025-05-18 · Failed 67–67
HF2115 · Human services policy bill.
House: H.F. NO. 2115 · 2025-05-18 · Failed 67–67
SF1740 · Omnibus Education policy provisions
House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A3 · 2025-05-16 · Failed 67–67
HF2435 · Health and human services finance bill.
House: 67 – Amendment to Zeleznikar Amendment – Nays · 2025-05-12 · Failed 67–67
SF1832 · Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations
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.
David GottfriedDemocrat · District 40B · 68 shared contested votes
29%
Dan WolgamottDemocrat · District 14B · 103 shared contested votes
28%
Brad TabkeDemocrat · District 54A · 104 shared contested votes
26%
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.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Peggy Bennett 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.
Introduced24
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber1
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Never left committee20
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 0 bills that became law this session.
Licensing boards reporting required, criminal offense of grooming established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
Became lawSecretary of State Chapter 108 · 2026-05-27
Restrictions on use of Minnesota investment fund local government loan repayment funds temporarily modified, and report required.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy · 2026-04-16
Easton; new water tower funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-16
Albert Lea; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-12
Albert Lea; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Taxes · 2026-03-12
Albert Lea authorized to extend local sales tax for additional projects.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Taxes · 2026-03-12
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.
Out of committeeAuthor added Repinski · 2026-03-05
School districts allowed to implement local health education standards.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Knudsen · 2026-02-23
Fee exemptions provided for motor vehicles bearing Purple Heart medal special plates.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy · 2025-04-21
Vote threshold established for certain bills heard in a standing committee of the legislature.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy · 2025-04-02
Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance · 2025-03-26
Minimum share of general education funding transferred to an area learning center increased.
Not out of committeeAuthors added Bakeberg, Clardy · 2025-03-26
Waldorf; roadway improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Not out of committeeIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment · 2025-03-20
Classification rate removed and property tax exemption established for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations.
Not out of committeeAuthor added Wolgamott · 2025-03-20
Evidence-based education grant goals clarified.
Out of committeeMotion prevailed · 2025-03-13
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)
HF3023 · 2025-05-19
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
SF2884 · 2025-05-19
Omnibus Pension bill (House: S.F. NO. 2884)
HF2115 · 2025-05-19
Human services policy bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2115)
SF856 · 2025-05-19
Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation (House: S.F. NO. 856)
SF856 · 2025-05-19
Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation (House: S.F. NO. 856)
HF2446 · 2025-05-18
Agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2446)
HF2432 · 2025-05-18
Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2432)
HF2563 · 2025-05-18
Legacy finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2563)
HF3023 · 2025-05-18
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
SF2298 · 2025-05-18
Omnibus Housing and Homelessness Prevention policy and appropriations (House: S.F. NO. 2298)
HF2115 · 2025-05-18
Human services policy bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2115)
SF2370 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (House: S.F. NO. 2370)
SF1959 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriations (House: S.F. NO. 1959)
HF1290 · 2025-05-17
Roadside signage for automatic external defibrillators for qualifying locations authorized. (House: H.F. NO. 1290)
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Youakim – Amendment – S1740A1)
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A3)
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: Bakeberg – Amendment – S1740A4)
SF1740 · 2025-05-16
Omnibus Education policy provisions (House: S.F. NO. 1740)
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)
HF3228 · 2025-05-16
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3228)
HF2433 · 2025-05-16
Education finance bill. (House: H.F. NO. 2433)
HF3321 · 2025-05-16
Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors corrected. (House: Passage)
HF1143 · 2025-05-16
Expiration of aid accounts modified, appropriations modified, and money appropriated. (House: H.F. NO. 1143)
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Bierman – Amendment – H2464A13)
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Bahner – Amendment – H2464A6)
HF2464 · 2025-05-15
Health policy bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
HF3023 · 2025-05-14
Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted. (House: H.F. NO. 3023)
SF3446 · 2025-05-14
Claims bill (House: Passage)
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)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: 67 – Amendment to Zeleznikar Amendment – Nays)
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?")
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Zeleznikar – Amendment – H2435A9)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: West – Amendment – H2435A12)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Coulter – Amendment – H2435A8)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Pinto – Amendment – H2435A11)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Liebling – Amendment – H2435A13)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Huot – Amendment – H2435A20)
HF2435 · 2025-05-12
Health and human services finance bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
HF3228 · 2025-05-12
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. (House: Passage)
SF908 · 2025-05-12
Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification (House: Passage)
SF2200 · 2025-05-12
Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision (House: Passage)
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Baker – Amendment – S1832A14)
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Hanson, J. – Amendment – S1832A1)
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Greenman – Amendment – S1832A12)
SF1832 · 2025-05-09
Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations (House: Passage, as amended)
HF2442 · 2025-05-07
Climate and energy finance bill. (House: Passage)
SF2077 · 2025-05-05
Omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy and Lands bill (House: Passage)
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Zeleznikar – Amendment – H2434A7)
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Baker – Amendment H2434A17 – H2434A17)
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Gillman – Amendment H2434A13 – H2434A13)
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Franson – Amendment – H2434A12)
HF2434 · 2025-05-05
Human services finance bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
SF2370 · 2025-05-05
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (House: Passage, as amended)
HF2115 · 2025-05-05
Human services policy bill. (House: Passage, as amended)
HF1837 · 2025-05-01
State government policy bill. (House: Passage)
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)
SF3045 · 2025-05-01
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (House: Schultz – Amendment S3045A17 – S3045A17)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 187 total roll-call votes this session).
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