# Andy Smith

Andy Smith is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 25B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 25B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/41cf59c9-a2c3-442d-85f1-7d6ec8de1a97

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41cf59c9-a2c3-442d-85f1-7d6ec8de1a97 (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 Smith’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.05), from 30 donors and 493 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 3 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 201. 2.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 73 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4965: Commissioner of health and commissioner of agriculture required to develop a proposal for the regulation of itinerant food sales in the state, report… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4965/
- HF 4963: Eligibility for agricultural growth, research, and innovation program modified. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4963/
- HF 4512: Public hearings and disclosures prior to approval of data center development required. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4512/
- HF 4524: Banks and credit unions prohibited from charging a fee for electronically depositing a check. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4524/
- HF 4191: Farmer-lender mediation program hiring funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4191/
- HF 4173: Certain defined terms maintained, and data center exemptions modified. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4173/
- HF 4073: Aviation fuel credit sustainable, and certain taxpayers excluded from qualifying for the credit. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4073/
- HF 3692: Farmer-Lender Mediation Act extended. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3692/
- HF 3259: Farmer-lender mediation program reauthorized. (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3259/
- HF 2987: Certain regulations on lenders to cannabis businesses established. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2987/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,910 (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/15606
- Campaign site: https://www.andysmithmn.com/
- X: https://x.com/andysmithmn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndySmithMN/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andysmithmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AndySmithMN
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-smith-b17aba132

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41cf59c9-a2c3-442d-85f1-7d6ec8de1a97