# Steve Elkins

Steve Elkins is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 50B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 50B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b867618c-7a49-4cb3-94ac-b5836ae8dedf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b867618c-7a49-4cb3-94ac-b5836ae8dedf (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 Elkins’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.04), from 46 donors and 794 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 124. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5142: Hospital charity care payment program administered by the commissioner of health established, money collected from the hospital surcharge deposited in a… (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5142/
- HF 4456: Data brokers required to register with the attorney general, account established, enforcement and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4456/
- HF 4175: Technical changes made to various provisions governed or administered by the Department of Commerce. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4175/
- HF 4247: Augmentative and alternative communication systems health insurance coverage required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4247/
- HF 4183: Requirements necessary for a health carrier to discontinue individual health plans eliminated, and state exception for a health carrier's uniform modification… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4183/
- HF 4137: Rulemaking required to adopt standards based on the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety's 2025 FORTIFIED Roof High Wind Standard with Hail… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4137/
- HF 4124: Manufacturers prohibited from advertising prescription drugs on television. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4124/
- HF 3931: Use of spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers prohibited, license application fees increased, permissible sources of income limited, fiduciary duties… (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3931/
- HF 3708: Pharmacy benefit manager requirement clarified. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3708/
- HF 2973: State sales tax rate increased, expiration for certain laws applicable to local sales taxes provided, and revenue dedicated to local government aid… (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2973/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.3K (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/15517
- Campaign site: https://www.elkinsforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/ElkinsForHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elkinsecon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elkinsforhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stelkins

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b867618c-7a49-4cb3-94ac-b5836ae8dedf