Minnesota State Senate · President of the Senate
Senator Bobby Joe Champion
| Seat | Senate District 59 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Room 3401 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 3401, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-9246 |
| Write to | sen.bobby.champion@senate.mn (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 8, 2013 |
Committees 3
- Senate Jobs and Economic Development Committee Chair standing
- Senate Finance Committee standing
- Senate Rules and Administration Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 80 as principal author · 115 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 4535Minnesota business recovery loan program establishment and appropriationPassed Senate54
- SF 1832Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriationsPassed both chambers52
- SF 3901School safety threat assessment pilot project establishment and appropriationPassed Senate committee35
- SF 3664Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development policy and supplemental appropriationsPassed Senate committee32
- SF 4336The Cookie Cart grant appropriationIn Senate committee32
- SF 4111Software modernization and outreach appropriationPassed Senate committee29
- SF 4335Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modificationIn Senate committee26
- SF 3665Unemployment insurance judges and paid leave judges designation as judicial officials provision and unemployment…Passed Senate committee25
- SF 5104Youth Stabilization Program grant appropriationIn Senate committee20
- SF 5105Northgate Development LLC grant appropriation for workforce training for employment in renewable energy and related…In Senate committee20
- SF 4448Federal officers exercising certain federal immigration authority prohibition wearing face coveringsIn Senate committee20
- SF 4872Minneapolis local sales tax use of revenue modificationIn Senate committee20
- SF 2725African American Child Wellness Institute grant appropriationIn Senate committee20
- SF 2349Human services commissioner requirement to provide updates on and seek federal approval on children's mental health…In Senate committee20
- SF 1691Grant appropriation to plan and develop an African-American-focused Homeplace modelIn Senate committee20
All 80 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of SR 5, SR 6, SR 62, SR 63, SR 87, HF 3732, SF 3699, SF 4067, SF 4379, SF 203, SF 3596, SF 4368 and 103 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
43rd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 79 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 7 / 2 / 1 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 13 ÷ 24.91 = 0.52 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (61), Business, jobs & the economy (36), Health & mental health (10) |
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
- Liz Boldon DFLSenate 25 29
- Doron Clark DFLSenate 60 19
- John Hoffman DFLSenate 34 19
- Clare Oumou Verbeten DFLSenate 66 18
- Susan Pha DFLSenate 38 15
- Foung Hawj DFLSenate 67 14
- Zaynab Mohamed DFLSenate 63 14
- Erin Maye Quade DFLSenate 56 11
- Omar Fateh DFLSenate 62 11
- Scott Dibble DFLSenate 61 11
“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 59
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Official district map: see the official Senate page.
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Source
Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1212 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.