# Bobbie Harder

Bobbie Harder is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 17B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 17B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fe6a11bc-199d-467e-9447-3999c8250490

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe6a11bc-199d-467e-9447-3999c8250490 (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 Harder’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 494 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (97.5%). 20 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 133. 2.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 86 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4941: Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority eliminated, and debt obligations transferred. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4941/
- HF 4942: STREAMS regional wastewater treatment facility design funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4942/
- HF 4939: Belle Plaine; public safety facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4939/
- HF 4797: Online publication of public notice authorized when no qualified newspaper is available. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4797/
- HF 4575: Plant and soil amendment labeling requirements clarified, guaranteed analysis of soil and plant amendments modified, and applicants submitting plant and soil… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4575/
- HF 4327: Departments of Human Services and Children, Youth, and Families required to provide a report to the legislature on program integrity. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4327/
- HF 4328: Watertown allowed to issue a social district license. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4328/
- HF 4341: Remittance transfer tax imposed. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4341/
- HF 4092: Crime of disseminating personal information expanded to include all individuals, and civil action for dissemination of personal information created. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4092/
- HF 3573: Valid work authorization required to receive benefits under the Minnesota Paid Leave Law. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3573/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,042 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15601
- Campaign site: https://www.harderforhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBobbieHarder

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe6a11bc-199d-467e-9447-3999c8250490