# Josiah Hill

Josiah Hill is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 33B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 33B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4558fb30-435a-4fde-acdd-bdcc82c7da45

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4558fb30-435a-4fde-acdd-bdcc82c7da45 (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 Hill’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## What Hill says (MN 2025–26 session)

18 classified statements: 18 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hill | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 44.4% | 39.2% | 311 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 75% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%); Families 13% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.04), from 136 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 87. 2.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 80 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5021: Acceptance of best evidence to determine subsurface sewage treatment system compliance required. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5021/
- HF 4863: Public waters and public drainage system laws clarified. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4863/
- HF 4641: Washington County; supplemental rate authorized for a housing support provider. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4641/
- HF 4644: Conveyance of surplus land authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4644/
- HF 4228: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport parking fees waived for veteran with total service-connected disability. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4228/
- HF 4127: World snow-sculpting championship funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4127/
- HF 3934: PFAS biomonitoring funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3934/
- HF 3953: Public employees police and fire retirement plan; application of the reduction for reemployment earnings taken from disability benefits to members who began… (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3953/
- HF 3930: Contract funding provided to support teacher retention, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3930/
- HF 3963: Trafficking and sexual exploitation prevention services for youth funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3963/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2111434268790415573
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2111457406987256243
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2111485701128659076
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2110046959838880250
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2108709334582444472
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2105840853793255904
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2087128659417079947
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2087130711866167499
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2087308371653239123
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse/status/2080002007713071468

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15611
- X: https://x.com/Hill4MNHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJosiahHill
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiahhill4mn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@josiahhillformnhouse-33b/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiah-hill-28064a15b

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4558fb30-435a-4fde-acdd-bdcc82c7da45