# Peggy Scott

Peggy Scott is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 31B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 31B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/75f1b339-bd9f-4f7c-820b-75812553bde0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75f1b339-bd9f-4f7c-820b-75812553bde0 (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 Scott’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.01), from 26 donors and 785 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.1% (97.5%). 13 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 nay · 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 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 109. 7.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 28 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5091: Process of firearm purchase by peace officers modified. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5091/
- HF 5065: Study on child custody and parenting time cases in the judicial system funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5065/
- HF 5029: Criminal penalties for bribing or corruptly influencing a juror provided. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5029/
- HF 4938: Employers prohibited from requiring implantation of a microchip. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4938/
- HF 4662: Requirements for a temporary order in a family law case modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4662/
- HF 4661: Automated license plate reader provisions updated to address the role of third-party service providers. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4661/
- HF 4704: Local governments and school districts exempted from state mandates unless funding is provided to comply with the mandate, implementation language provided,… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4704/
- HF 4660: Parenting time determinations provisions modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4660/
- HF 4294: Volunteer participation in guardian ad litem program clarified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4294/
- HF 4293: Provisions related to parenting time determinations amended. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4293/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,900 (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/15314
- Campaign site: http://www.peggy4house.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPeggyScott
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peggyscottmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-scott-6737783a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75f1b339-bd9f-4f7c-820b-75812553bde0