# Patty Acomb

Patty Acomb is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 45B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 45B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b393cb61-cb71-4cd0-8132-6e21c2a7202d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b393cb61-cb71-4cd0-8132-6e21c2a7202d (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 Acomb’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.04), from 79 donors and 780 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 99.3% (97.5%). 3 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 26 bills: 25 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 90. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 22 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4880: Solar Energy Protection Act established relating to the sale of solar energy systems. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4880/
- HF 4560: Technical and clarifying changes to statutes related to Public Utilities Commission made. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4560/
- HF 4559: Commissioner of commerce's ability to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts expanded, energy security planning provided, and various… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4559/
- HF 4374: Use of certain money provided to the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority clarified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4374/
- HF 3716: Variance considerations related to submerged closed loop heat exchanger systems added. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3716/
- HF 3556: Community solar garden named for Melissa Hortman. (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3556/
- HF 3457: Minnetonka authorized to impose a local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3457/
- HF 3445: Minnetonka; fire station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3445/
- HF 3458: Tribal lands exempted from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3458/
- HF 3360: Wayzata; special tax increment financing rules authorized. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3360/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.5K (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/15513
- Campaign site: https://www.pattyacomb.com/
- X: https://x.com/PattyAComb
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepresentativePattyAcomb/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattyacomb
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattyacomb

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b393cb61-cb71-4cd0-8132-6e21c2a7202d