# Wayne Johnson

Wayne Johnson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 41A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 41A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0926949b-8d9e-4fc0-b860-7662f46afdc6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0926949b-8d9e-4fc0-b860-7662f46afdc6 (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 Johnson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.03), from 53 donors and 184 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

288 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 91.9% (97.5%). 15 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 94. 3.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 66 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4923: Cottage Grove; refundable exemption provided for construction material for clean water infrastructure. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4923/
- HF 4922: Manufacturers audit requirement removed. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4922/
- HF 4604: Sales and use tax exemption provided for local governments on the purchase of motor vehicle leases and construction materials when purchased by a contractor… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4604/
- HF 4416: Targeting property tax refund expanded for taxes payable in 2026. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4416/
- HF 4260: Commissioner's duties related to allocating federal SNAP fiscal disallowances or sanctions modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4260/
- HF 4141: Criminal penalty provided for assaulting housing and redevelopment authority employees. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4141/
- HF 4105: Online publication authorized as an alternative to publication in a qualified newspaper. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4105/
- HF 3989: Lake Elmo; intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3989/
- HF 4017: Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4017/
- HF 3901: Investigative powers added to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3901/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15637
- Campaign site: https://www.johnsoncongress.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Representative-Wayne-Johnson/61573092241060/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@waynejohnsonformn

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0926949b-8d9e-4fc0-b860-7662f46afdc6