# Bianca Virnig

Bianca Virnig is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 52B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 52B
- Serving since: 2024-01-12
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/971431ad-1fdb-49e5-9cf0-57cfff1645a8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/971431ad-1fdb-49e5-9cf0-57cfff1645a8 (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 Virnig’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.61 (standard error 0.05), from 42 donors and 315 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 0 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 62 bills: 62 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 395. 1.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 92 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5057: School district fund transfers authorized. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5057/
- HF 4979: Delivery of professional services through artificial intelligence directly to consumers precluded, and enforcement and penalties provided. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4979/
- HF 4980: Calculation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2027 modified, allocation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2028 modified, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4980/
- HF 4853: State-funded playgrounds required to use inclusive design standards. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4853/
- HF 4850: Dakota County grant funding provided to study lead exposure, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4850/
- HF 4851: Requirements for grant administration policies and training added. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4851/
- HF 4558: Services that may be provided by school-based health centers modified, commissioner of health required to distribute stabilization grants to school-based… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4558/
- HF 4523: Human services systems modernization pilot projects established, appointments provided, account established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4523/
- HF 4481: Periodic competitions to update the design of "I VOTED" stickers authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4481/
- HF 4450: Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4450/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,127 (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/15625
- Campaign site: https://www.biancavirnig.com/
- X: https://x.com/BiancaVirnig
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Virnigfor196/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biancavirnig
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-w-1ba9773/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/971431ad-1fdb-49e5-9cf0-57cfff1645a8