# Athena Hollins

Athena Hollins is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 66B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 66B
- Serving since: 2021-01-05
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f56bc31-f522-4e29-af62-cdc616babc88

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f56bc31-f522-4e29-af62-cdc616babc88 (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 Hollins’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

5 classified statements: 5 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 | Hollins | 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 | 20.0% | 39.2% | 633 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 20.0% | 2.9% | 4 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 100% (State House Democrats 11%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.05), from 64 donors and 494 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 1 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 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 164. 1.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 90 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5152: Request to change or add sex indicators on birth and death records permitted, modifications to marriage records permitted, and data classified. (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5152/
- HF 5005: Interstate Fiscal Sovereignty Compact adopted, reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5005/
- HF 4972: Civil arrests for persons attending court proceedings prohibited, and civil remedies provided. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4972/
- HF 4831: Provider-based clinics required to obtain and use a unique National Provider Identifier (NPI) for reimbursement claims, and data submitted as all-payer claims… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4831/
- HF 4845: Aids to local governments; new fifth tier individual income tax rate established, and local government aid and county program aid appropriations increased. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4845/
- HF 4824: Locations where certain arrests can be made restricted. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4824/
- HF 4830: State and local units of government and law enforcement agencies prohibited from acquiring military-grade weapons from the Pentagon's 1033 program. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4830/
- HF 4829: Provisions to support deployment of energy storage added and modified, Public Utilities Commission directed to issue an order, utilities required to install… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4829/
- HF 4565: Stewardship program for batteries established, mercury in batteries prohibited, lead acid batteries and rechargeable consumer products provisions modified,… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4565/
- HF 4539: Safe storage standards for firearms established, criminal penalties for failing to meet those standards established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4539/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,950 (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.

- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AthenaHollins/status/1879965737500176714
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/AthenaHollins/status/1880006363113504977
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/AthenaHollins/status/1880013581086781893
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/AthenaHollins/status/1879258019835580718
- 2025-01-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/AthenaHollins/status/1875280984981303435

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15553
- Campaign site: https://www.athenahollins.com/
- X: https://x.com/AthenaHollins
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athenaforhouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athenaforhouse
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDiZLSbTw8UzJmQ4PnuH8Wg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athena-hollins-93573943/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f56bc31-f522-4e29-af62-cdc616babc88