Minnesota State Senate
Senator Sandy Pappas
| Seat | Senate District 65 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Capitol office | Room 2113 · Minnesota Senate Building |
| Mailing address | Room 2113, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-1802 |
Committees 5
- Senate Capital Investment Committee Chair standing
- Senate Finance Committee standing
- Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee standing
- Senate Labor Committee standing
- Senate Rules and Administration Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 114 as principal author · 78 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SF 2200Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data…Enacted100
- SF 390Safe routes to school grant program bond issue and appropriationPassed Senate committee50
- SF 3587Hospital construction moratorium exception provisionPassed Senate committee50
- SF 2827Library construction grant program renaming provision and library construction project grants bond issuance and…Passed Senate committee38
- SF 2320Local governmental units authorization to prohibit or restrict the possession of dangerous weapons, ammunition, or…Passed Senate committee33
- SF 3791Mortgage sale postponement right clarification provisionPassed Senate committee31
- SF 1481Pollution Control Agency notice to retailers that selling skin lightening products that contain mercury is illegal…Passed Senate committee30
- SF 4797Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program provisions modificationIn Senate committee29
- SF 1581Capitol Mall Design Framework implementation appropriation availability extension provisionPassed Senate committee29
- SF 4187Notice of unlawfully transported infectious waste or pathological waste requirementPassed Senate committee28
- SF 1962Foreclosures by action postponement provisions modificationsPassed Senate committee28
- SF 5229St. Paul local sales tax use modificationIn Senate committee26
- SF 1580Violence prevention project research center appropriationPassed Senate committee26
- SF 4409Conditional medical release expansion to include geriatric and nonmedical release provisionIn Senate committee24
- SF 1401St. Paul Shepard Road public real bond issue and appropriationIn Senate committee24
All 114 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HF 1090, HF 2484, HF 3479, HF 3521, HF 4541, HF 719, HF 4017, SF 1163, SF 4745, SF 4067, SF 4064, SF 4662 and 66 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
61st percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 111 |
|---|---|
| … 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 (66), State government & agencies (26), Business, jobs & the economy (20) |
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
- Karin Housley RSenate 33 25
- Clare Oumou Verbeten DFLSenate 66 19
- Foung Hawj DFLSenate 67 19
- Scott Dibble DFLSenate 61 17
- Ann Johnson Stewart DFLSenate 45 15
- Jim Abeler RSenate 35 14
- Bobby Joe Champion DFLSenate 59 10
- Bonnie Westlin DFLSenate 42 10
- Liz Boldon DFLSenate 25 10
- Jen McEwen DFLSenate 8 9
“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 65
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- Dakota, Ramsey
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Copied from https://www.mnsenate.gov/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1046 on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0); member counts checked against official seat counts. Not endorsed by the Minnesota State Senate.