# Robert Bierman

Robert Bierman is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 56A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 56A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f2b7f80c-abb4-4204-839f-eb9a4de6dbab

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2b7f80c-abb4-4204-839f-eb9a4de6dbab (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 Bierman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 69 donors and 792 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% 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%). 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 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 123. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 59 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5147: Income and corporate franchise tax provisions modified, and addition for pharmaceutical marketing expenses required. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5147/
- HF 4968: Health policy changes made to all-payer claims data provisions, newborn screening program, health professional loan forgiveness program, rural residency… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4968/
- HF 4969: Human services provisions on aging and health care, behavioral health, housing, licensing and program integrity, mental health licensing, background studies,… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4969/
- HF 4833: Mobile crisis grants and protected transport start-up grants funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4833/
- HF 4837: Number of physical therapy visits available to children under medical assistance increased. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4837/
- HF 4719: Medical assistance reimbursement rates increased for mental health services. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4719/
- HF 4619: Mental health grants funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4619/
- HF 4620: Medical assistance reimbursement rates for complex outpatient visits increased. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4620/
- HF 4547: Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth, and Families forecasted program adjustments made. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4547/
- HF 4466: Health and human services finance and policy bill. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4466/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.3K (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/15526
- Campaign site: https://www.electrobertbierman.com/
- X: https://x.com/RobertBiermanMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertBiermanMN
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertbeirmanmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbL92WBXJW6gHuhj22jMZrA

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2b7f80c-abb4-4204-839f-eb9a4de6dbab