Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Minnesota
Votes with Republicans
97%
on 36 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 89 of 89 roll calls · Senate median 100%
Their bills that became law
0 of 96
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
89
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 Rob Farnsworth 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 Rob Farnsworth sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Rob Farnsworth is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
1 of 36 party-line votes.
HF1143 · Expiration of aid accounts modified, appropriations modified, and money appropriated.
Senate: Third reading Passed · 2025-05-18 · Passed 44–23 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HF2442 · Climate and energy finance bill.
Senate: Motion did not prevail to take from the table · 2025-05-09 · Failed 33–33
SR8 · A Senate resolution relating to the termination of Senate Resolution 1
Senate: Adopted · 2025-02-03 · Failed 33–33
HF2432 · Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill.
Senate: Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · 2025-05-18 · Passed 34–33
SF2370 · Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill
Senate: Third Reading Repassed · 2025-05-17 · Passed 34–33
HF2435 · Health and human services finance bill.
Senate: Third reading Passed as amended · 2025-05-14 · Passed 34–33
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.
Nicole MitchellDemocrat · District 47 · 52 shared contested votes
35%
Jen McEwenDemocrat · District 8 · 50 shared contested votes
34%
John MartyDemocrat · District 40 · 53 shared contested votes
34%
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 Rob Farnsworth 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.
Introduced96
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee96
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 0 bills that became law this session.
McKinley street and water infrastructure bond issue and appropriation
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-04-29
City of Hibbing authorization to issue social district license
Not out of committeeReferred to Commerce and Consumer Protection · 2026-04-28
City of Warba recreational trail along a segment of marked U.S Highway 2 bond issue and appropriation
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-04-28
Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement
Not out of committeeReferred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate · 2026-04-07
Eveleth Progress Parkway construction project prior appropriation modification
Not out of committeeComm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance · 2026-03-26
Individuals who are less than 15 years old exempt from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law
Not out of committeeReferred to Jobs and Economic Development · 2026-03-25
Chisolm Minnesota Discovery Center new facility bond issue and appropriation
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-12
Consent requirement for certain biometric data collection
Not out of committeeReferred to Commerce and Consumer Protection · 2026-03-11
Tamarack municipal infrastructure improvements bond issue and appropriation
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-11
Eveleth wastewater treatment facility improvements bond issue and appropriation
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-11
Temporary authority provision to store drill cores outside of drill core library
Not out of committeeReferred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy · 2026-03-11
City of Buhl wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization
Not out of committeeReferred to Capital Investment · 2026-03-11
St. Louis County temporarily exempt plats from certifications related to taxes
Not out of committeeReferred to Judiciary and Public Safety · 2026-03-05
Additional benefits adoption for certain iron ore mining employees
Not out of committeeReferred to Jobs and Economic Development · 2026-03-04
Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker
Not out of committeeReferred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy · 2026-03-04
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 (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
HF2115 · 2025-05-19
Human services policy bill. (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
HF2432 · 2025-05-18
Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (Senate: Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill)
HF2432 · 2025-05-18
Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
HF2446 · 2025-05-18
Agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
HF2563 · 2025-05-18
Legacy finance bill. (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
HF1143 · 2025-05-18
Expiration of aid accounts modified, appropriations modified, and money appropriated. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF2884 · 2025-05-18
Omnibus Pension bill (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2130 · 2025-05-17
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. (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SF2370 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SF1959 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriations (Senate: Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill)
SF1959 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriations (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SF2298 · 2025-05-17
Omnibus Housing and Homelessness Prevention policy and appropriations (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SR51 · 2025-05-17
A Senate resolution relating to conduct of Senate business during the interim between Sessions (Senate: Adopted)
HF1290 · 2025-05-16
Roadside signage for automatic external defibrillators for qualifying locations authorized. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF3228 · 2025-05-16
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2435 · 2025-05-14
Health and human services finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF1090 · 2025-05-13
Library construction grant program renamed as the "Mary C. Murphy Library Construction Grants Program." (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2563 · 2025-05-12
Legacy finance bill. (Senate: Taken from table)
HF2563 · 2025-05-12
Legacy finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2442 · 2025-05-12
Climate and energy finance bill. (Senate: Reconsidered an amendment)
HF2442 · 2025-05-12
Climate and energy finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2442 · 2025-05-09
Climate and energy finance bill. (Senate: Laid on table)
HF2442 · 2025-05-09
Climate and energy finance bill. (Senate: Motion did not prevail to take from the table)
SF3446 · 2025-05-08
Claims bill (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF856 · 2025-05-08
Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2115 · 2025-05-07
Human services policy bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2434 · 2025-05-07
Human services finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2130 · 2025-05-07
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. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF1750 · 2025-05-06
Common interest communities provisions modifications (Senate: Motion did not prevail)
SF1750 · 2025-05-06
Common interest communities provisions modifications (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF2300 · 2025-05-06
Earned sick and safe time provisions modifications (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2551 · 2025-05-05
Follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; technical changes made. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF3022 · 2025-05-05
Miscellaneous technical corrections made to laws and statutes; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed; and style and form changes made. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF286 · 2025-05-05
Local units of government authorized to conduct criminal background checks under certain circumstances. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2438 · 2025-05-01
Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2431 · 2025-05-01
Higher education policy and finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2432 · 2025-04-30
Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF908 · 2025-04-30
Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF2446 · 2025-04-30
Agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF2563 · 2025-04-30
Legacy finance bill. (Senate: Laid on table)
SF2077 · 2025-04-29
Omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy and Lands bill (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF2370 · 2025-04-28
Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF2511 · 2025-04-28
Omnibus Liquor Bill (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF1163 · 2025-04-28
Scope of hometown heroes assistance program clarified. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF3045 · 2025-04-25
Omnibus State and Local Government and Elections policy and appropriations (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF2200 · 2025-04-25
Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
HF688 · 2025-04-25
Service dog provisions modified in housing accommodations for persons with disabilities. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF571 · 2025-04-25
Uniform Trust Code, Powers of Appointment, and Uniform Probate Code provisions modifications (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SF3196 · 2025-04-24
Department of Corrections budget deficiencies appropriation (Senate: Third reading Passed)
SF1740 · 2025-04-24
Omnibus Education policy provisions (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF3414 · 2025-04-23
Sports betting and fantasy contests authorization provision, sports betting and fantasy contests taxation provision, licenses establishment, and appropriation (Senate: Motion did not prevail to withdraw from committee and re-refer to the committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection)
SF2216 · 2025-04-23
Omnibus Commerce and Consumer Protections policy and appropriations (Senate: Third Reading Repassed)
SF2216 · 2025-04-23
Omnibus Commerce and Consumer Protections policy and appropriations (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SF1959 · 2025-04-23
Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriations (Senate: Third reading Passed as amended)
SR33 · 2025-04-23
A Senate resolution relating to appointment of a committee to escort the Governor to the House Chamber for a Joint Convention (Senate: Adopted)
HF747 · 2025-04-22
Minnesota Business Corporation Act modified. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF1346 · 2025-04-22
Training requirements modified for mandatory reporters. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF129 · 2025-04-22
Director of child sex trafficking prevention required to submit a program evaluation each odd-numbered year to the legislature. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
HF1792 · 2025-04-22
Contracts for deed; definition of investor seller modified, and technical changes made. (Senate: Third reading Passed)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 89 total roll-call votes this session).
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