# Josh Heintzeman Josh Heintzeman is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 6B. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota House, district 6B - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/18549c8f-0d80-4c2f-bdcc-f3762c3acb19 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18549c8f-0d80-4c2f-bdcc-f3762c3acb19 (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 Heintzeman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans. ## What Heintzeman says (MN 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Heintzeman | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 90 donors and 776 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.1% (97.5%). 12 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 nay · 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 71 bills: 70 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 101. 1.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 93 of 131). Recent sponsored bills: - HF 5003: Brainerd; energy efficiency projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5003/ - HF 5002: Tax preparation services; tax preparers prohibited from marking a tax return to designate a contribution to the state elections campaign account without… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5002/ - HF 5017: Cuyuna Lakes State Trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5017/ - HF 4798: Requirement to collect tax on certain undivided interest modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4798/ - HF 4787: Crow Wing County easement required to be granted. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4787/ - HF 4682: Immunity for agritourism related to off-road vehicle trails modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4682/ - HF 4596: Brainerd; energy efficiency projects funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4596/ - HF 4507: Local road wetland replacement program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4507/ - HF 4509: Fees for some nonmotorized watercraft eliminated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4509/ - HF 4508: Elk exempted from live Cervidae importation prohibition. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4508/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $29.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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. - 2025-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshHeintzeman/status/1904982996039479693 - 2025-03-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshHeintzeman/status/1895934357279539628 ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15435 - Campaign site: https://joshheintzeman.com/ - X: https://x.com/JoshHeintzeman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heintzeman/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.heintz - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-heintzeman-50b00199/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18549c8f-0d80-4c2f-bdcc-f3762c3acb19