# Steve Jacob

Steve Jacob is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 20B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 20B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3c90edec-1bce-4197-8e1c-cc840102c7a9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3c90edec-1bce-4197-8e1c-cc840102c7a9 (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 Jacob’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 24 donors and 484 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 28 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, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 99. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 45 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5073: Plainview; National Service Park improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5073/
- HF 4757: Method in which Pollution Control Agency ranks multicommunity projects for the point source implementation grant program adjusted. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4757/
- HF 3593: Zumbrota; portion of marked Trunk Highway 58 designated as "Officer/Firefighter Gary L. Schroeder, Jr. Memorial Highway." (became law, 2026-08-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3593/
- HF 2654: Definition of agricultural products modified for class 2 agricultural property classification. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2654/
- HF 2653: Fees and expenses awarded to prevailing party if municipality's position was not substantially justified. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2653/
- HF 2660: Funding source modified, and soil and water conservation district aid appropriation increased. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2660/
- HF 2684: Mazeppa; pedestrian and bike travel improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2684/
- HF 2661: Three-line fishing in Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers allowed. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2661/
- HF 2405: Department of Transportation required to publish certain notices and information for road easement projects. (in committee, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2405/
- HF 2190: Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties; funding provided to clean and reestablish earthen dams, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2190/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,265 (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/15603
- Campaign site: https://www.jacobforthepeople.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacobforthepeople/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve.jacob.7106
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rep_Steve_Jacob
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-jacob-84613260/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3c90edec-1bce-4197-8e1c-cc840102c7a9