Minnesota House of Representatives
Representative Mike Howard
| Seat | House District 51A |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Centennial Office Building · Fifth Floor |
| Mailing address | Centennial Office Building 658 Cedar St., Fifth Floor, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-7158 |
| Write to | rep.michael.howard@house.mn.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 |
Committees 3
- House Housing Finance and Policy Committee Co-chair standing
- House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee standing
- House Taxes Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 42 as principal author · 129 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HF 1141Housing finance and policy bill.Enacted100
- HF 3425Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.Enacted100
- HF 2296Victim information disclosure prohibition clarified.In Senate committee37
- HF 2021Source of income discrimination by landlords prohibited.In House of Representatives committee34
- HF 5156Price for prescription drugs subject to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established.In House of Representatives committee33
- HF 2740Report on the affordable housing industry required, maximum compliance period for certain low-income tax credit…Passed House of Representatives committee32
- HF 4207Housing provisions modified, income provisions modified, eligible uses for housing aid funds clarified, and technical…Passed House of Representatives committee26
- HF 5058Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.In House of Representatives committee25
- HF 3806Issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.In House of Representatives committee25
- HF 5025Counties allowed to spend housing aid payments on expenses of administering qualifying aid expenditures.In House of Representatives committee22
- HF 4890Minnesota child credit expanded, and fifth tier and rate on the individual income tax established.In House of Representatives committee22
- HF 1770Cooperative manufactured housing infrastructure grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.In House of Representatives committee22
- HF 5013Minnesota Housing Finance Agency supplemental budget adjustments made, and money appropriated.In House of Representatives committee21
- HF 5014Distribution of local affordable housing aid modified.In House of Representatives committee21
- HF 2480Housing; public corporations authorized relating to properties converted under the federal Rental Assistance…In House of Representatives committee20
All 42 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HF 1143, SF 1714, SF 1750, SF 2298, SF 2971, SF 4171, HF 1268, SF 4535, HF 1234, HF 3169, SF 2691, HF 3951 and 117 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
90th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 42 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 5 / 3 / 2 |
| … became law | 2 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. House majority average | 25 ÷ 10.91 = 2.29 |
| Most-authored topics | Business, jobs & the economy (10), Health & mental health (6), Budget & taxes (5) |
House 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
- Kari Rehrauer DFLHouse 35B 72
- Katie Jones DFLHouse 61A 60
- Larry Kraft DFLHouse 46A 57
- Liish Kozlowski DFLHouse 8B 53
- Esther Agbaje DFLHouse 59B 52
- Emma Greenman DFLHouse 63B 48
- Aisha Gomez DFLHouse 62A 46
- Brion Curran DFLHouse 36B 46
- Athena Hollins DFLHouse 66B 43
- Andy Smith DFLHouse 25B 41
“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 51A
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- Hennepin
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- John Hoffman (34), Warren Limmer (37), Susan Pha (38), Mary Kunesh (39), Bonnie Westlin (42), Ann Rest (43), Ann Johnson Stewart (45), Ron Latz (46), Steve Cwodzinski (49), Alice Mann (50), Melissa Wiklund (51), Bobby Joe Champion (59), Doron Clark (60), Scott Dibble (61), Omar Fateh (62), Zaynab Mohamed (63)
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Copied from https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15518 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota House of Representatives.