# Bill Lieske Bill Lieske is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 58. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 58 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/05fb3c26-0704-49c8-8eb6-8c624b752434 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05fb3c26-0704-49c8-8eb6-8c624b752434 (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 Lieske’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.04), from 32 donors and 120 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 151 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (93.0%). 26 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-16 · voted yea · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/ ## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 69 bills: 69 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 117. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5310: Nonconsensual creation, possession, and dissemination prohibition of nudification images (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5310/ - SF 5295: Limited malt liquor and food retailer definition provision and off-sale limited malt liquor licenses authorization provision (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5295/ - SF 5271: Crime to nudify an image of another creation (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5271/ - SF 5257: Parent's Bill of Rights (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5257/ - SF 5258: Health care access fund transfers prohibition (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5258/ - SF 5185: Display of gas tax requirement on sales receipt (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5185/ - SF 5192: Townships regulation of lawful gambling authorization provision (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5192/ - SF 5189: Credit provision for contributions to women's pregnancy centers (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5189/ - SF 4827: Local government noncompliance allowance with unfunded mandates (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4827/ - SF 4824: Prohibit the state and municipalities from entering into nondisclosure agreements (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4824/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $17.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1272 - X: https://x.com/lieske4senate - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LieskeforSenate - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbill4senate Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05fb3c26-0704-49c8-8eb6-8c624b752434