# Kim Hicks

Kim Hicks is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 25A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 25A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6902f219-7571-4bf1-a0af-ffa9eae2c23f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6902f219-7571-4bf1-a0af-ffa9eae2c23f (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 Hicks’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.05), from 57 donors and 485 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)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (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 60 bills: 60 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 113. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4896: New secure psychiatric residential treatment facility operated by Direct Care and Treatment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4896/
- HF 4872: Current and recent foster youth receiving benefits and other income trust established, rulemaking authorized, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4872/
- HF 4635: Employers prohibited from requiring a driver's license as a condition of employment. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4635/
- HF 4636: Medical assistance eligibility redetermination timelines for employed persons with disabilities modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4636/
- HF 4527: State debt authorized for digital infrastructure. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4527/
- HF 4555: Human services background studies and variances modified. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4555/
- HF 4529: Rochester Public Schools grant funding provided for a school-based mental health program, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4529/
- HF 4525: Human services background studies and variances modified, data and language for licensing laws aligned, human services licensing procedures clarified, and… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4525/
- HF 4526: Dog parks allowed to be established in restaurants and breweries. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4526/
- HF 4528: Eligibility for paid blood donation leave expanded to include employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4528/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.4K (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/15605
- Campaign site: https://www.kimhicksformnhouse25a.com/
- X: https://x.com/kimhicksmn25a
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.k.hicks.3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kim.hicks.1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6902f219-7571-4bf1-a0af-ffa9eae2c23f