Minnesota House · District 31A

Harry Niska

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 93% On 258 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 83% Partisan rank: 133 of 133 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 0.2% 1 of 481 roll calls

Bills passed 2 12 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 19 of 133 in the House (tied with 21 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 passed · 0 vetoed

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Harry Niska's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 51% of the Minnesota House.

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65th most conservative of 133

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Minnesota House District 31A.

Also on the ballot: Brian Walker (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Harry Niska.

On 258 contested votes where both voted96% on all 478 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

83%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Harry Niska.

On 209 party-line votesPartisan rank: 133 of 133 in the House132 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Harry Niska sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Harry Niska
	Bills
Sponsored	12
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 19 of 133 in the House (tied with 21 others) · 11 of 66 Republicans (tied with 8 others)

A bill's sponsor is its chief author, the first name on it; other authors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Harry Niska
Bill	Result	Final action
HF 3560 (2025–2026 Regular Session) Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act enacted.	Became law	April 14, 2026
HF 747 (2025–2026 Regular Session) Minnesota Business Corporation Act modified.	Became law	April 30, 2025

Budget projects

Minnesota's appropriation bills don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Minnesota legislators.

Contested votes where they split

18 against the Speaker; 35 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Harry Niska
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 17, 2026	HF 2484: Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established and… Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 17, 2026	SF 4401: Omnibus Cannabis bill Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 16, 2026	SF 3432: Safety and security measures appropriation Repassage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 16, 2026	SF 4282: Various agency forecast adjustments Repassage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 16, 2026	SF 4282: Various agency forecast adjustments Rejection of the Conference Report	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2026	HF 4138: Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 12, 2026	HF 4138: Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 11, 2026	HF 4546: Human services and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families forecasted program adjustments made. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 11, 2026	SF 476: Omnibus Human Services policy bill Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 7, 2026	SF 4612: Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2026	HF 4240: Elections; various changes made related to election administration, absentee voting provisions modified, timelines modified, elected officials and candidates… Appeal of the Chair's Ruling	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2026	SF 3432: Safety and security measures appropriation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	SF 3432: Safety and security measures appropriation Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
May 4, 2026	HF 3732: Employment and economic development finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 4, 2026	HF 1141: Housing finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 4, 2026	HF 4252: Higher education finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 30, 2026	SF 1750: Common interest communities provisions modifications Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	HF 3402: Possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines banned. Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 25, 2026	Motion: That the House adjourn sine die Motion to Adjourn Sine Die	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 16, 2026	HF 3615: Cannabis laboratory testing requirements extended. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 9: Tax finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 17: General fund cash bonding bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	SF 2: Omnibus Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate policy and appropriations Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	SF 17: Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	SF 1: Omnibus Higher Education policy and appropriations Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 5: K12 education finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 14: Transportation finance and policy bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 3: Human services finance bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 9, 2025	HF 2: Health/children and families finance bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 17, 2025	SF 2370: Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill Repassage	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 16, 2025	SF 1740: Omnibus Education policy provisions Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2025	HF 475: Joint Committee on Library of Congress of United States Congress requested to approve replacement of statue of Henry Mower Rice now on display in National… Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 12, 2025	SF 2200: Restorative practices statements and documents inadmissibility in civil and criminal proceedings establishment and data classification provision Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 12, 2025	HF 2435: Health and human services finance bill. Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 5, 2025	SF 2370: Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 7, 2025	HF 1471: Copy of the landlord-tenant guide required at issuance or renewal of rental license. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 10, 2025	HF 3: Legislative auditor required to submit a report to the legislature related to an agency's implementation of legislative auditor recommendations, and money… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	HF 13: Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 3, 2025	HF 12: Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 27, 2025	HF 21: Supermajority approval by each house of the legislature required to extend a peacetime emergency beyond 14 days. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 24, 2025	HF 14: Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 20, 2025	HF 20: Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified. Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Harry Niska voted on each of the 481 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Harry Niska
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.house.mn.gov
Email: rep.harry.niska@house.mn.gov
Capitol office: Centennial Office Building 658 Cedar St., Second Floor, St. Paul, MN 55155
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Committees

Rules and Legislative Administration Co-chair

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Source: the Minnesota House and Senate Journals, Jan. 14, 2025 to May 17, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections