It is time to contact your legislators and pass Sunday Sales
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The Minnesota House of Representatives is scheduled to hear a bill related to liquor wine and beer on Thursday, May 12, 2016. The bill (HF3966) is focused on licensing for the major league soccer stadium in St. Paul, a brewpub in Minneapolis, and others. Rep. Jenifer Loon is likely to propose an amendment that would give municipalities the option to authorize Sunday liquor sales.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipality may authorize off-sale licensees or a municipal liquor store under its jurisdiction to make off-sales of intoxicating liquor on any day, provided that no sale may be made before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
Look below to find out how legislators have voted in the past. Do they represent your interests?
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How They Voted in 2015
| MN Senate Vote on Sunday Liquor Sales – 2015 | ||||
| Dist | Last Name | First Name | Party | Vote |
| 1 | Stumpf | LeRoy A. | DFL | N |
| 2 | Skoe | Rod | DFL | N |
| 3 | Bakk | Thomas M. | DFL | N |
| 4 | Eken | Kent | DFL | N |
| 5 | Saxhaug | Tom | DFL | N |
| 6 | Tomassoni | David J. | DFL | N |
| 7 | Reinert | Roger J. | DFL | Y |
| 8 | Ingebrigtsen | Bill | R | N |
| 9 | Gazelka | Paul E. | R | N |
| 10 | Ruud | Carrie | R | N |
| 11 | Lourey | Tony | DFL | N |
| 12 | Westrom | Torrey N. | R | N |
| 13 | Fischbach | Michelle L. | R | excused |
| 14 | Pederson | John C. | R | N |
| 15 | Brown | David M. | R | N |
| 16 | Dahms | Gary H. | R | N |
| 17 | Koenen | Lyle | DFL | N |
| 18 | Newman | Scott J. | R | Y |
| 19 | Sheran | Kathy | DFL | excused |
| 20 | Dahle | Kevin L. | DFL | Y |
| 21 | Schmit | Matt | DFL | Y |
| 22 | Weber | Bill | R | N |
| 23 | Hoffman | John A. | DFL | N |
| 23 | Rosen | Julie A. | R | N |
| 24 | Jensen | Vicki | DFL | N |
| 25 | Senjem | David H. | R | Y |
| 26 | Nelson | Carla J. | R | Y |
| 27 | Sparks | Dan | DFL | N |
| 28 | Miller | Jeremy R. | R | Y |
| 29 | Anderson | Bruce D. | R | N |
| 30 | Kiffmeyer | Mary | R | Y |
| 31 | Benson | Michelle R. | R | Y |
| 31 | Carlson | Jim | DFL | N |
| 32 | Nienow | Sean R. | R | Y |
| 33 | Osmek | David J. | R | Y |
| 34 | Limmer | Warren | R | N |
| 35 | Petersen | Branden | R | Y |
| 37 | Johnson | Alice M. | DFL | N |
| 38 | Chamberlain | Roger C. | R | excused |
| 39 | Housley | Karin | R | Y |
| 40 | Eaton | Chris A. | DFL | N |
| 41 | Goodwin | Barb | DFL | excused |
| 42 | Scalze | Bev | DFL | Y |
| 43 | Wiger | Charles W. | DFL | N |
| 44 | Bonoff | Terri E. | DFL | Y |
| 45 | Rest | Ann H. | DFL | N |
| 46 | Latz | Ron | DFL | N |
| 47 | Ortman | Julianne E. | R | Y |
| 48 | Hann | David W. | R | Y |
| 49 | Franzen | Melisa | DFL | Y |
| 50 | Wiklund | Melissa H. | DFL | N |
| 51 | Carlson | Jim | DFL | N |
| 52 | Metzen | James P. | DFL | N |
| 53 | Kent | Susan | DFL | Y |
| 54 | Sieben | Katie | DFL | Y |
| 55 | Pratt | Eric R. | R | Y |
| 56 | Hall | Dan D. | R | Y |
| 57 | Clausen | Greg D. | DFL | N |
| 58 | Thompson | Dave | R | Y |
| 59 | Champion | Bobby Joe | DFL | Y |
| 60 | Dziedzic | Kari | DFL | N |
| 61 | Dibble | D. Scott | DFL | Y |
| 62 | Hayden | Jeff | DFL | N |
| 63 | Torres Ray | Patricia | DFL | N |
| 64 | Cohen | Richard | DFL | N |
| 65 | Pappas | Sandra L. | DFL | Y |
| 66 | Marty | John | DFL | Y |
| 67 | Hawj | Foung | DFL | Y |
| MN House Vote on Sunday Liquor Sales – 2015 | ||||
| Dist | Last Name | First Name | Party | Vote |
| 01A | Fabian | Dan | R | N |
| 01B | Kiel | Debra | R | Y |
| 02A | Hancock | Dave | R | Y |
| 02B | Green | Steve | R | N |
| 03A | Dill | David | DFL | N |
| 03B | Murphy | Mary | DFL | N |
| 04A | Lien | Ben | DFL | Y |
| 04B | Marquart | Paul | DFL | N |
| 05A | Persell | John | DFL | N |
| 05B | Anzelc | Tom | DFL | N |
| 06A | Melin | Carly | DFL | N |
| 06B | Metsa | Jason | DFL | N |
| 07A | Schultz | Jennifer | DFL | N |
| 07B | Simonson | Erik | DFL | N |
| 08A | Nornes | Bud | R | Y |
| 08B | Franson | Mary | R | Y |
| 09A | Anderson | Mark | R | Y |
| 09B | Kresha | Ron | R | Y |
| 10A | Heintzeman | Josh | R | N |
| 10B | Lueck | Dale | R | N |
| 11A | Sundin | Mike | DFL | N |
| 11B | Rarick | Jason | R | N |
| 12A | Backer | Jeff | R | N |
| 12B | Anderson | Paul | R | N |
| 13A | Howe | Jeff | R | |
| 13B | O’Driscoll | Tim | R | N |
| 14A | Theis | Tama | R | N |
| 14B | Knoblach | Jim | R | N |
| 15A | Erickson | Sondra | R | N |
| 15B | Newberger | Jim | R | Y |
| 16A | Swedzinski | Chris | R | N |
| 16B | Torkelson | Paul | R | N |
| 17A | Miller | Tim | R | Y |
| 17B | Baker | Dave | R | N |
| 18A | Urdahl | Dean | R | N |
| 18B | Gruenhagen | Glenn | R | N |
| 19A | Johnson | Clark | DFL | Y |
| 19B | Considine, Jr. | John (Jack) | DFL | N |
| 20A | Vogel | Bob | R | Y |
| 20B | Bly | David | DFL | N |
| 21A | Kelly | Tim | R | Y |
| 21B | Drazkowski | Steve | R | Y |
| 22A | Schomacker | Joe | R | N |
| 22B | Hamilton | Rod | R | Y |
| 23A | Gunther | Bob | R | N |
| 23B | Cornish | Tony | R | N |
| 24A | Petersburg | John | R | Y |
| 24B | Daniels | Brian | R | Y |
| 25A | Quam | Duane | R | N |
| 25B | Norton | Kim | DFL | Y |
| 26A | Liebling | Tina | DFL | Y |
| 26B | Pierson | Nels | R | Y |
| 27A | Bennett | Peggy | R | N |
| 27B | Poppe | Jeanne | DFL | N |
| 28A | Pelowski Jr. | Gene | DFL | N |
| 28B | Davids | Greg | R | N |
| 29A | McDonald | Joe | R | Y |
| 29B | O’Neill | Marion | R | Y |
| 30A | Zerwas | Nick | R | Y |
| 30B | Lucero | Eric | R | Y |
| 31A | Daudt | Kurt | R | Y |
| 31B | Hackbarth | Tom | R | N |
| 32A | Johnson | Brian | R | N |
| 32B | Barrett | Bob | R | N |
| 33A | Hertaus | Jerry | R | Y |
| 33B | Pugh | Cindy | R | Y |
| 34A | Peppin | Joyce | R | Y |
| 34B | Smith | Dennis | R | Y |
| 35A | Whelan | Abigail | R | Y |
| 35B | Scott | Peggy | R | Y |
| 36A | Uglem | Mark | R | Y |
| 36B | Hortman | Melissa | DFL | N |
| 37A | Newton | Jerry | DFL | N |
| 37B | Sanders | Tim | R | Y |
| 38A | Runbeck | Linda | R | Y |
| 38B | Dean | Matt | R | N |
| 39A | Dettmer | Bob | R | Y |
| 39B | Lohmer | Kathy | R | N |
| 40A | Nelson | Michael V. | DFL | N |
| 40B | Hilstrom | Debra | DFL | N |
| 41A | Bernardy | Connie | DFL | N |
| 41B | Laine | Carolyn | DFL | N |
| 42A | Yarusso | Barb | DFL | Y |
| 42B | Isaacson | Jason | DFL | |
| 43A | Fischer | Peter | DFL | N |
| 43B | Lillie | Leon | DFL | N |
| 44A | Anderson | Sarah | R | Y |
| 44B | Applebaum | Jon | DFL | N |
| 45A | Carlson Sr. | Lyndon | DFL | Y |
| 45B | Freiberg | Mike | DFL | Y |
| 46A | Winkler | Ryan | DFL | N |
| 46B | Youakim | Cheryl | DFL | N |
| 47A | Nash | Jim | R | Y |
| 47B | Hoppe | Joe | R | N |
| 48A | Selcer | Yvonne | DFL | Y |
| 48B | Loon | Jenifer | R | Y |
| 49A | Erhardt | Ron | DFL | N |
| 49B | Rosenthal | Paul | DFL | Y |
| 50A | Slocum | Linda | DFL | N |
| 50B | Lenczewski | Ann | DFL | N |
| 51A | Masin | Sandra | DFL | N |
| 51B | Halverson | Laurie | DFL | N |
| 52A | Hansen | Rick | DFL | N |
| 52B | Atkins | Joe | DFL | N |
| 53A | Ward | JoAnn | DFL | N |
| 53B | Fenton | Kelly | R | Y |
| 54A | Schoen | Dan | DFL | N |
| 54B | McNamara | Denny | R | Y |
| 55A | Loonan | Bob | R | Y |
| 55B | Albright | Tony | R | Y |
| 56A | Christensen | Drew | R | Y |
| 56B | Peterson | Roz | R | Y |
| 57A | Mack | Tara | R | Y |
| 57B | Wills | Anna | R | Y |
| 58A | Koznick | Jon | R | Y |
| 58B | Garofalo | Pat | R | Y |
| 59A | Mullery | Joe | DFL | N |
| 59B | Dehn | Raymond | DFL | N |
| 60A | Loeffler | Diane | DFL | Y |
| 60B | Kahn | Phyllis | DFL | Y |
| 61A | Hornstein | Frank | DFL | Y |
| 61B | Thissen | Paul | DFL | N |
| 62A | Clark | Karen | DFL | N |
| 62B | Allen | Susan | DFL | Y |
| 63A | Davnie | Jim | DFL | N |
| 63B | Wagenius | Jean | DFL | N |
| 64A | Murphy | Erin | DFL | N |
| 64B | Pinto | Dave | DFL | N |
| 65A | Moran | Rena | DFL | N |
| 65B | Mariani | Carlos | DFL | N |
| 66A | Hausman | Alice | DFL | Y |
| 66B | Lesch | John | DFL | N |
| 67A | Mahoney | Tim | DFL | N |
| 67B | Johnson | Sheldon | DFL | N |
