# Bryan Lawrence

Bryan Lawrence is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 27B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 27B
- Serving since: 2024-04-02
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b135d3fd-c3cd-4bb5-a0b8-eefef669aada

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b135d3fd-c3cd-4bb5-a0b8-eefef669aada (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 Lawrence’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.03), from 19 donors and 302 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 19 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 nay · 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 91. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 27 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5015: School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting systems enabled, safe schools revenue increased, school building and… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5015/
- HF 4573: Individual income tax subtraction for volunteer firefighter pension income established. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4573/
- HF 4574: Individual income tax subtraction for firefighter pension income established. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4574/
- HF 4387: Motor vehicle sales tax exemption for sale of preowned motor vehicles created. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4387/
- HF 4296: Compensation for lottery retailers set in law. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4296/
- HF 4312: Uses of operating capital revenue expanded to include utility costs. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4312/
- HF 3494: Safe schools aid for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units created; student support personnel aid repealed; and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3494/
- HF 3493: Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools made; and… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3493/
- HF 3160: Individuals under the age of 18 authorized to vote at a primary election in certain circumstances. (in committee, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3160/
- HF 1391: Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1391/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,300 (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/15626
- Campaign site: https://lawrenceformn.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawrenceformn
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawrenceformn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b135d3fd-c3cd-4bb5-a0b8-eefef669aada