# Brion Curran

Brion Curran is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 36B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 36B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/372ff500-488c-4bf6-9557-6b5824c6e193

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/372ff500-488c-4bf6-9557-6b5824c6e193 (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 Curran’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.05), from 62 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (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 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 224. 6.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 30 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5080: Intentional use of ortho-phthalates in packaged food banned. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5080/
- HF 5008: Academy for Sciences and Agriculture grant funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5008/
- HF 4742: State contracts with person or business convicted of fraud precluded. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4742/
- HF 4741: Registry for repeat domestic violence offenders established, certain information required to be published, fee assessed, criminal penalties provided, and… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4741/
- HF 4632: Waiver reimagine individualized budget requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4632/
- HF 4542: Mortgage foreclosure process modified to allow for online sales and private selling officers. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4542/
- HF 4484: Greenhouse equipment upgrade funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4484/
- HF 4453: Formula for allocation of state money for adult protection services modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4453/
- HF 4209: Postsecondary institutions required to clearly notice deadlines for full reimbursement of tuition. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4209/
- HF 3960: Transfer to Minnesota grown account increased. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3960/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15614
- Campaign site: https://www.brioncurran.com/
- X: https://x.com/brioncurran
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brionforhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brionforhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmc0000

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/372ff500-488c-4bf6-9557-6b5824c6e193