# Paul Novotny

Paul Novotny is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 30B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 30B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3e0eb8aa-b66c-4b30-9a0e-f1326c6f0589

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e0eb8aa-b66c-4b30-9a0e-f1326c6f0589 (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 Novotny’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 39 donors and 526 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 93.7% (97.5%). 11 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 84. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 15 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4988: Health insurance coverage for peace officers and firefighters disabled in the line of duty continued, and eligibility to receive continued health insurance… (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4988/
- HF 4681: Elk River authorization to impose a local sales tax amended. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4681/
- HF 4139: Community corrections employee benefits clarified, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4139/
- HF 3990: Public safety; policy provided for public safety, correctional facilities, investigations, Department of Public Safety data, controlled substances, crime… (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3990/
- HF 3336: Certain felons made ineligible to serve as jurors in criminal cases. (in committee, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3336/
- HF 2892: Community justice reinvestment account in the special revenue fund eliminated. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2892/
- HF 2797: Definitions and benefits in the public safety officer death benefit law expanded, and retroactive benefit awards provided. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2797/
- HF 2796: Right of the people to keep and bear arms protected, and constitutional amendment proposed. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2796/
- HF 2532: Community crime and violence prevention account eliminated, and unexpended amount transferred to the general fund. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2532/
- HF 2432: Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. (became law, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2432/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,600 (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/15536
- X: https://x.com/paulnovotny17
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPaulNovotny/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-novotny-9519bb41

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e0eb8aa-b66c-4b30-9a0e-f1326c6f0589