Minnesota State Senate
Senator Heather Gustafson
| Seat | Senate District 36 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Room 3103 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 3103, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-1253 |
| Write to | sen.heather.gustafson@senate.mn (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 |
Committees 4
- Senate Education Finance Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate State and Local Government Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development Committee standing
- Senate Jobs and Economic Development Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 75 as principal author · 123 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 856Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriationEnacted100
- SF 4745Creation of a centralized certified payroll reporting portal and database requirement for all state projects covered by…Passed Senate committee49
- SF 3907Permit an action to terminate an interest in a contract for deed of a perpetrator of domestic abuse or sexual assaultPassed Senate committee47
- SF 5149Portion of Ramsey County State-Aid Highway 96 designation as "Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway"Passed Senate committee46
- SF 3956Commissioner of veterans affairs permission to direct agency resources to veterans' initiativesPassed Senate committee45
- SF 4735Age deception cases criminal sentencing modificationsPassed Senate committee41
- SF 2233Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System creationPassed Senate committee40
- SF 4874State contracts preclusion with a person or business convicted of fraudPassed Senate committee40
- SF 4889Noncommercial radio station grants eligibility modifications and appropriationPassed Senate committee38
- SF 1474Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program unless granted an exemption and…Passed Senate committee38
- SF 4297Postsecondary institutions clearly noticing deadlines for full reimbursement of tuition requirement provisionPassed Senate committee38
- SF 5181Career rule creation for teachers aged 60 with 30 years of serviceIn Senate committee27
- SF 5301Minnesota Entrepreneurship Task Force establishmentIn Senate committee26
- SF 4630Schools requirement to implement a wearable panic alert systemIn Senate committee26
- SF 4200Reenact the 2024 amendment to the definition of trigger activatorPassed Senate committee24
All 75 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HF 3467, HF 3970, HF 4591, HF 4987, SF 3236, SF 4696, SF 1163, SF 3338, SF 3825, SF 281, SF 5288, SF 2709 and 111 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
62nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 74 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 15 / 1 / 1 |
| … became law | 1 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 24 ÷ 24.91 = 0.96 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (30), State government & agencies (19), Business, jobs & the economy (16) |
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Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Michael Kreun RSenate 32 33
- Jim Abeler RSenate 35 25
- Karin Housley RSenate 33 25
- Zach Duckworth RSenate 57 25
- Rob Kupec DFLSenate 4 23
- Aric Putnam DFLSenate 14 21
- Liz Boldon DFLSenate 25 21
- Judy Seeberger DFLSenate 41 19
- Erin Maye Quade DFLSenate 56 18
- John Hoffman DFLSenate 34 17
“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 36
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- Anoka, Ramsey
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Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1263 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.