A note from Senator Mark Johnson

Thank you for the honor of representing our communities in the Minnesota Senate! The 2019 legislative session is in the books – and it brought great results for our region. We passed a responsible, bipartisan state budget that includes critical funding for the programs and services on which Minnesotans rely- and we did it by working together, across party lines.

In addition to the first middle-class income tax cut in nearly two decades, we passed the largest invest­ment in public education in state history, landmark elder care protections, measures to lower the costs of prescription drugs, and much more. Working together, we can make sure our communities remain great places to live, work, and raise our families.

As always, please keep in touch. I’d love to hear from you!

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Education

Historic K-12 public school funding and increased funding for school safety and special education costs

Roads & bridges

$6 billion for Minnesota’s roads & bridges and reforms to distracted driving laws

Tax cuts

First middle-class income tax cut in two decades, a cut to the tax on Social Security, and tax breaks for agriculture property

Cybersecurity

Funding to protect against cyber­threats to our elections

Broadband

Increased funding for rural broadband expansion

Local Government Aid

Boost in Local Government Aid for Greater Minnesota cities & counties

Nursing homes

Critical funding for our nursing home

Local agriculture

Secured funding for the Crookston Soybean Crush & Biodiesel Facility

Elder care

Landmark elder care protections & assisted living licensure

Health care

Measures to reduce the cost of insulin & all prescriptions

MNLARS

A long-term fix to the state’s troubled driver’s license system

Opioid response

Crackdown on the state’s opioid crisis & aid-in-treatment

20¢ per gallon gas tax increase

Extreme new anti-gun laws

Driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants

Governor Walz’s Minnesota ‘Green New Deal’

Tab fee & auto sales tax increases

$12 billion in total tax increases

Anti-mining & anti-pipeline laws

Making Minnesota a ‘sanctuary state’

Single-payer health care

Free college for illegal immigrants

Reversing historic teacher licensure reforms

Infanticide and post-birth abortion laws

State Senator Mark Johnson

Proudly representing District 1

Minnesota Senate Building Room 2105
95 University Avenue West
Saint Paul, MN 55155

Office: (651) 296-5782
E-mail: sen.mark.johnson@senate.mn