# Matt Norris

Matt Norris is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 32B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 32B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/662f07d4-7dd5-4549-bded-c8b5a200e054

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/662f07d4-7dd5-4549-bded-c8b5a200e054 (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 Norris’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

3 classified statements: 3 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 | Norris | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 33.3% | 2.9% | 1 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.04), from 168 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

295 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.2% (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 61 bills: 61 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 225. 1.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 91 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5153: Minnesota Entrepreneurship Task Force created, and report required. (in committee, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5153/
- HF 5052: Individual income tax return required to include the option to make an anatomical gift. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5052/
- HF 4811: Eviction proceedings for manufactured home park residents modified. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4811/
- HF 4816: Organization and operation of housing cooperatives modified; member violations addressed; disclosures and notice required; purchaser permitted to cancel;… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4816/
- HF 4817: Blaine; National Sports Center asset preservation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4817/
- HF 4725: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center established, reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4725/
- HF 4726: Court permitted to stay certain writs of recovery for up to 15 days. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4726/
- HF 4225: Amount a provider can charge an enrollee for denied covered services limited. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4225/
- HF 4226: Licensure of emergency restoration professionals and emergency restoration companies required, fees established, enforcement provided, rulemaking authorized,… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4226/
- HF 4130: Office of Inspector General created, advisory committee created, conforming and technical changes made, interagency agreements provided, reports required, and… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4130/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.6K (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.

- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/mnfrommn/status/2100045539022610570
- 2026-08-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/mnfrommn/status/2089010703801749661
- 2026-08-16 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/mnfrommn/status/2089011056714604621

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15609
- Campaign site: https://votefornorris.com/
- X: https://x.com/mnfrommn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MNforMN/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/norrisforminnesota
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@mnfrommn/featured
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-norris-83514644/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/662f07d4-7dd5-4549-bded-c8b5a200e054