Minnesota State Senate
Senator Aric Putnam
| Seat | Senate District 14 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Room 3215 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 3215, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-6455 |
| Write to | sen.aric.putnam@senate.mn (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 5, 2021 |
Committees 4
- Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development Committee Chair standing
- Senate Higher Education Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee standing
- Senate Taxes Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 135 as principal author · 140 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 1959Omnibus Veterans policy and appropriationsEnacted100
- SF 4807Omnibus Veterans policy and supplemental appropriationsPassed both chambers79
- SF 5073Omnibus Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development policy and supplemental appropriationsPassed Senate44
- SF 3120Certain counties children's savings account program for higher education and pilot grant project establishment and…Passed Senate committee43
- SF 4561Omnibus Agriculture policy billPassed Senate40
- SF 3955Commissioner of veterans affairs permission to close veterans homes under certain circumstancesPassed Senate committee38
- SF 4262Property tax task force establishment provisionPassed Senate committee34
- SF 3753Nonprofit exemption to provide that certain purchases of prepared food of nonprofit organizations are exempt…In Senate committee32
- SF 1209Rural Finance Authority bond issuance and appropriationPassed Senate committee31
- SF 132Individual income and corporate franchise taxes, certain state aid programs and public finance provisions modifications…Passed Senate committee31
- SF 1419Agricultural assets owners available credit cap elimination provisionPassed Senate committee31
- SF 775Ombudsperson for safety, health, and well-being of agricultural and food processing workers establishmentPassed Senate committee31
- SF 4851Nanoparticle iron nitride permanent magnet manufacturing facility appropriationIn Senate committee28
- SF 4668Meat processing training and retention incentive grantees more time to complete projects authorization provisionIn Senate committee27
- SF 1710Ammonia, hydrogen, and renewable energy certification tracking system appropriationIn Senate committee27
All 135 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HF 2446, HF 3522, SF 1552, SF 2298, SF 3623, SF 3832, SF 856, SF 908, HF 3684, SF 2691, HF 1443, SF 1690 and 128 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 94th Legislature, 2025–26
76th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 134 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 22 / 4 / 2 |
| … became law | 1 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 39 ÷ 24.91 = 1.57 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (75), Agriculture & rural life (34), Business, jobs & the economy (33) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Rob Kupec DFLSenate 4 55
- Liz Boldon DFLSenate 25 26
- Grant Hauschild DFLSenate 3 25
- Bill Weber RSenate 21 24
- Gary Dahms RSenate 15 23
- Heather Gustafson DFLSenate 36 21
- Jeff Howe RSenate 13 20
- Torrey Westrom RSenate 12 20
- Gene Dornink RSenate 23 19
- Ann Rest DFLSenate 43 14
“Written together” = 2025–2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 14
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- Benton, Sherburne, Stearns
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Source
Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1249 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.