Minnesota State Senate
Senator Jim Carlson
| Seat | Senate District 52 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Room 3221 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 3221, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-297-8073 |
| Write to | sen.jim.carlson@senate.mn (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 |
Committees 2
- Senate Elections Committee Chair standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 33 as principal author · 61 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 4699Require transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessibleIn Senate committee27
- SF 4731Wheelchair accessibility for operators of autonomous vehicles requirement provisionIn Senate committee27
- SF 5215Swift and Certain Sanctions ActIn Senate committee24
- SF 1071Ranked choice voting provisionPassed Senate committee21
- SF 2023Help America Vote Act account money transferalIn Senate committee19
- SF 1788Metropolitan cities inflow and infiltration grants bond issuance and appropriationIn Senate committee19
- SF 3097Certain special election timing modificationPassed Senate committee18
- SF 1111Transportation network companies accessibility requirement and appropriationIn Senate committee18
- SF 3523Revenue allocation from the regional transportation sales tax for student transit and replacement services modificationIn Senate committee17
- SF 2856Payments termination to program participants under certain circumstancesPassed Senate committee17
- SF 4869Dakota County regional parks buildings and facilities replacement bond issue and appropriationIn Senate committee15
- SF 4893Accessible parking enforcement standards modifications, statewide citizen disability parking enforcement program…In Senate committee15
- SF 4894City of Eagan woman veterans memorial appropriationIn Senate committee15
- SF 4178Urinalysis test use limitation for supervised individualsIn Senate committee10
- SF 1480Road usage charge enactment for all-electric vehiclesIn Senate committee10
All 33 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of SF 1959, SF 2200, SF 3446, HF 1354, SF 2689, SF 1690, SF 2630, SF 4755, SF 447, SF 1836, SF 2815, SF 1851 and 49 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
17th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 33 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 3 / 0 / 0 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 3 ÷ 24.91 = 0.12 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (10), Transportation & vehicles (9), Elections & ethics (7) |
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
- Ann Johnson Stewart DFLSenate 45 13
- Erin Maye Quade DFLSenate 56 12
- Bonnie Westlin DFLSenate 42 11
- Scott Dibble DFLSenate 61 11
- Jim Abeler RSenate 35 9
- Liz Boldon DFLSenate 25 8
- John Jasinski RSenate 19 7
- Aric Putnam DFLSenate 14 6
- Jeff Howe RSenate 13 6
- Jen McEwen DFLSenate 8 6
“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.
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- Pam Altendorf (20A), Tom Dippel (41B), Liz Reyer (52A), Bianca Virnig (52B), Mary Clardy (53A), Rick Hansen (53B), Jess Hanson (55A), Kaela Berg (55B), Robert Bierman (56A), John Huot (56B), Jon Koznick (57A), Jeff Witte (57B), Drew Roach (58B), María Isa Pérez-Vega (65B)
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Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1140 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.