Minnesota State Senate
Senator Rob Farnsworth
| Seat | Senate District 7 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 2323 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 2323, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-8436 |
| Write to | sen.robert.farnsworth@senate.mn (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 |
Committees 3
- Senate Education Finance Committee standing
- Senate Higher Education Committee standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 96 as principal author · 73 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 4132Eveleth Progress Parkway construction project prior appropriation modificationPassed Senate committee26
- SF 5241McKinley street and water infrastructure bond issue and appropriationIn Senate committee24
- SF 5237City of Hibbing authorization to issue social district licenseIn Senate committee24
- SF 5238City of Warba recreational trail along a segment of marked U.S Highway 2 bond issue and appropriationIn Senate committee24
- SF 4131Iron ore designation as the state mineralIn Senate committee23
- SF 4152St. Louis County temporarily exempt plats from certifications related to taxesIn Senate committee21
- SF 4134Additional benefits adoption for certain iron ore mining employeesIn Senate committee21
- SF 4133Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application trackerIn Senate committee20
- SF 2078Individualized education program requirements modificationIn Senate committee20
- SF 1591Age modification for a child with a disability to receive special instruction and servicesIn Senate committee20
- SF 171Criminal sexual conduct crimes presumptive sentences increaseIn Senate committee20
- SF 3763U.S Highway 169 to a four-lane highway expansion appropriationIn Senate committee19
- SF 1022Dismissal limitations for kindergarten through grade 3 students provisions modificationsIn Senate committee19
- SF 170Forgotten Heroes Ranges and Retreat appropriationIn Senate committee19
- SF 1702Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness state-owned land sale prohibition provisionIn Senate committee19
All 96 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HF 4006, HF 4146, SF 3593, HF 1982, SF 3594, SF 4014, SF 2766, SF 1197, SF 4528, SF 4911, SF 570, SF 4704 and 61 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
22nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 96 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 1 / 0 / 0 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate minority average | 1 ÷ 6.18 = 0.16 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (52), Cities, towns & counties (23), Environment, water & wildlife (16) |
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
- Grant Hauschild DFLSenate 3 55
- Nathan Wesenberg RSenate 10 22
- John Hoffman DFLSenate 34 17
- Cal Bahr RSenate 31 9
- Glenn Gruenhagen RSenate 17 9
- Heather Gustafson DFLSenate 36 9
- Judy Seeberger DFLSenate 41 9
- Rob Kupec DFLSenate 4 9
- Steve Green RSenate 2 9
- Bill Lieske RSenate 58 8
“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 7
- Counties
- Aitkin, Itasca, St. Louis
- Find your district
- Who represents me?
- House members sharing a county
- Matt Bliss (2B), Roger Skraba (3A), Natalie Zeleznikar (3B), Ben Davis (6A), Spencer Igo (7A), Cal Warwas (7B), Pete Johnson (8A), Liish Kozlowski (8B), Ron Kresha (10A), Jeff Dotseth (11A)
Official district map: see the official Senate page.
Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025–2026
No lobbyist expenditure reports naming this member are in our data.
Registered lobbyists and the organizations they represent are on our sister site, the Minnesota Lobby Guide.
A reported expenditure is a legal, disclosed activity and does not imply wrongdoing.
Source
Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1254 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.