Minnesota House of Representatives
Representative Shane Mekeland
| Seat | House District 27A |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Centennial Office Building · Second Floor |
| Mailing address | Centennial Office Building 658 Cedar St., Second Floor, St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Capitol phone | 651-296-2451 |
| Write to | rep.shane.mekeland@house.mn.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 |
Committees 3
- House Workforce, Labor and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee Co-vice chair standing
- House Energy Finance and Policy Committee standing
- House Housing Finance and Policy Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 41 as principal author · 78 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HF 3298Reimbursement program established for underground petroleum storage tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel…Enacted100
- HF 2614Governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations, and governing bodies…Passed House of Representatives committee41
- HF 4937Electric generation transition aid; criteria for an eligible taxing jurisdiction to qualify for aid modified, and…In House of Representatives committee31
- HF 482Choose Life special license plates established, and money appropriated.In House of Representatives committee30
- HF 4706Propane school bus deployment program established, report required, and money appropriated.In House of Representatives committee27
- HF 4424Sherburne County authorized to impose a local sales and use tax.In House of Representatives committee26
- HF 2553Incumbent electric transmission owner rights eliminated.In House of Representatives committee23
- HF 28Data center energy generation redundancy provided.Passed House of Representatives committee23
- HF 484Natural gas hookup ban prohibited in residential construction.Passed House of Representatives committee23
- HF 1311Procedures governing cost recovery for public utility electric generation and transmission assets modified.Passed House of Representatives committee23
- HF 4990Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers modified, data centers'…In House of Representatives committee21
- HF 3219mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA…In House of Representatives committee21
- HF 485Small modular certificates of need authorized.In House of Representatives committee21
- HF 4168Renewable energy requirements for state-funded construction projects modified.In House of Representatives committee20
- HF 4169Use of state funds to subsidize or support protests prohibited.In House of Representatives committee20
All 41 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of SF 1714, SF 1750, SF 4515, HF 1268, HF 4090, HF 1234, HF 3809, HF 1987, HF 4048, HF 5040, HF 1931, HF 3687 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
67th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 41 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 5 / 1 / 1 |
| … became law | 1 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. House minority average | 14 ÷ 10.94 = 1.28 |
| Most-authored topics | Energy & utilities (18), State government & agencies (8), Business, jobs & the economy (6) |
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
- Isaac Schultz RHouse 10B 40
- Jeff Dotseth RHouse 11A 34
- John Burkel RHouse 1A 32
- Krista Knudsen RHouse 5A 30
- Walter Hudson RHouse 30A 29
- Ben Davis RHouse 6A 28
- Tom Sexton RHouse 19B 28
- Bryan Lawrence RHouse 27B 26
- Jimmy Gordon RHouse 28A 24
- Cal Warwas RHouse 7B 23
“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 27A
- Counties
- Sherburne
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- Aric Putnam (14), Andrew Mathews (27), Eric Lucero (30)
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Source
Copied from https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15500 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.