# Bill Weber

Bill Weber is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f839da78-1e9c-4e4b-b1d7-d203970ec6b2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f839da78-1e9c-4e4b-b1d7-d203970ec6b2 (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 Weber’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.03), from 72 donors and 118 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

149 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 93.3% (93.0%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-16 · voted yea · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 69 bills: 69 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 123. 1.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 32 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 4934: Treatment of independent contractors modification (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4934/
- SF 4960: Trade or business income apportionment provision and foreign sales factors in the apportionment percentage of certain taxpayers requirement provision (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4960/
- SF 4938: Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System capital projects prior appropriation amendment (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4938/
- SF 4831: City of Elk River amend local sales tax imposition authorization (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4831/
- SF 4865: Municipal enforcement modification (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4865/
- SF 4834: Local governments exempt on the purchase of motor vehicles leases and construction materials purchases by a contractor or subcontractor provision (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4834/
- SF 4749: Task Force on Housing Taxes and Fees establishment (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4749/
- SF 4670: Certain school district lease levy amounts eligibility for the school building bond agricultural credit authorization provision (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4670/
- SF 4641: Minnesota-bred Thoroughbred industry support appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4641/
- SF 4644: City of Mountain Lake authorization of special rules (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4644/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1199
- X: https://x.com/SenatorWeber
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenBillWeber
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-weber-63134a62/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f839da78-1e9c-4e4b-b1d7-d203970ec6b2