# Scott Van Binsbergen

Scott Van Binsbergen is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 16A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 16A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/18e1e0aa-a224-4772-b4d1-11c7a9ed510f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18e1e0aa-a224-4772-b4d1-11c7a9ed510f (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 Binsbergen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 54 donors and 194 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 19 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 73. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 15 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5037: Meeker County; new bridge over South Fork Crow River funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5037/
- HF 4911: Certified public accountant and firm eligibility requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4911/
- HF 3604: Exemption criteria for bulk fuel delivery of nonoxygenated gasoline modified. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3604/
- HF 3033: Litchfield; wastewater industrial pretreatment facility funding provided, part of an appropriation to the targeted population workforce grants program… (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3033/
- HF 2358: Enhanced criminal penalty provided for violations of coercion crime. (became law, 2026-08-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2358/
- HF 1772: Process established to compensate businesses for loss of business opportunity resulting from sale and closure of a biomass energy plant. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1772/
- HF 1621: CelluComp grant funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1621/
- HF 1622: Minnesota Made Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Alternative grant funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1622/
- HF 1743: Lake Lillian; water and sewer infrastructure improvements and street reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1743/
- HF 1458: Standards for required education and experience modified for certified public accountants, and mobility for licensed public accountants established. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1458/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.4K (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/15647
- Campaign site: https://svformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/SVforMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SVforMN/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svformn/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-van-binsbergen-51675635/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18e1e0aa-a224-4772-b4d1-11c7a9ed510f