# Heather Keeler

Heather Keeler is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 4A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 4A
- Serving since: 2021-01-05
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ace0851-830e-42a1-8390-27c1142f2367

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ace0851-830e-42a1-8390-27c1142f2367 (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 Keeler’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.95 (standard error 0.04), from 91 donors and 484 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 7 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 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 99. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 22 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5130: Calculation of border city nursing facility rate adjustments clarified. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5130/
- HF 4737: Issuance of emergency shelter facility appropriation bonds authorized, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4737/
- HF 4736: Emergency shelter facility grant program established. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4736/
- HF 4738: Sales and use tax exemptions for preferred athletic facility seating and amenities included with the privilege of admissions repealed, safe harbor shelter and… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4738/
- HF 4231: Student eligibility for postsecondary enrollment options participation established. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4231/
- HF 4232: Postsecondary institutions required to notify a pupil's school of the pupil's grades, and number of college credits granted each school year for postsecondary… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4232/
- HF 4218: Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4218/
- HF 4070: Public interest review by the Minnesota Department of Health on hospital and hospital campus cessations in operations, curtailments of operations, relocations… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4070/
- HF 3585: Interagency Council on Student Attendance established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3585/
- HF 3009: Multidisciplinary child protection team and its duties modified. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3009/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,820 (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/15539
- Campaign site: https://www.heather4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepKeeler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dimples.keeler
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather4house
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-keeler-1b3864121/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ace0851-830e-42a1-8390-27c1142f2367