# Shelley Buck

Shelley Buck is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 47A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 47A
- Serving since: 2026-02-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0b860ed2-515a-4212-81ab-cc27b5e16223

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b860ed2-515a-4212-81ab-cc27b5e16223 (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 Buck’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.08), from 29 donors and 113 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

177 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.8% (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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 39.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5105: Criminal penalties for domestic violence-related crimes enhanced. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5105/
- HF 5106: Domestic assault by strangulations defined as a violent crime. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5106/
- HF 4236: Public utility interim rate amounts limited. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4236/
- HF 3932: Washington County; refundable sales and use tax exemption for construction materials provided. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3932/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b860ed2-515a-4212-81ab-cc27b5e16223