# Ethan Cha

Ethan Cha is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 47B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 47B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d0e94ca0-b600-4567-88ee-34a861ca38aa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0e94ca0-b600-4567-88ee-34a861ca38aa (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 Cha’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 119 donors and 483 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)

290 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 102. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 33 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4630: County commissioners authorized to participate in health care savings plan. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4630/
- HF 4646: State statistics literacy graduation seal established. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4646/
- HF 4459: State vegetable designated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4459/
- HF 3933: Woodbury; intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3933/
- HF 3861: Professional Golfers' Association of America championship events funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3861/
- HF 3919: Laos war; veterans benefits relating to the Secret War in Laos modified, veterans affairs commissioner directed to establish an eligibility process, technical… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3919/
- HF 3456: Recommendations of state auditor's fire relief association working group implemented. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3456/
- HF 3182: Saint Paul Neighborhood Network funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3182/
- HF 3154: Rural Policy and Development Center grants funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3154/
- HF 2519: Motorcycles added to Digital Fair Repair Act. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2519/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,675 (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/15621
- Campaign site: https://ethanchamnhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/ethanchamnhouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ethanchamnhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethanchamnhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-cha-38019013

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0e94ca0-b600-4567-88ee-34a861ca38aa