# Leon Lillie

Leon Lillie is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 44B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 44B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00240593-7a31-4725-8c31-c723115732bb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00240593-7a31-4725-8c31-c723115732bb (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Lillie’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## What Lillie says (MN 2025–26 session)

59 classified statements: 59 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lillie | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 6.8% | 39.2% | 722 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.7% | 14.4% | 656 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 25% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Education 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Emergency Management 25% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Immigration 25% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Labor and Employment 25% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.05), from 13 donors and 780 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

296 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 128. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 68 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5012: North St. Paul; new water tower funding provided, prior appropriation canceled, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5012/
- HF 4977: Oakdale provided refundable sales and use tax exemption for construction materials for government facilities. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4977/
- HF 4879: Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan retirement references revised. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4879/
- HF 4891: Oakdale; water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4891/
- HF 4877: Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan established, money transferred, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4877/
- HF 4878: Probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System established, various retirement statutes revised to… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4878/
- HF 4812: St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association provisions modified, Independent School District No. 625 pension adjustment revenue increased, and money… (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4812/
- HF 4514: Local government correctional service retirement plan; employee and employer contribution rates reduced, and postretirement adjustments increased. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4514/
- HF 4522: Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarified. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4522/
- HF 4517: Process to change the investment return assumption for computing joint and survivor annuities that has been approved or deemed approved to be included in the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4517/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2105459098191839394
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2094899778735706368
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2094262527613919707
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2082970032397582712
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2079775009212416061
- 2026-06-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2071008171053973550
- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2070187113249640841
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2068527287276880106
- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2057159540701880567
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonlillie/status/2053896702361284781

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/12269
- X: https://x.com/leonlillie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepresentativeleonlillie/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00240593-7a31-4725-8c31-c723115732bb