The 2026 Minnesota legislative session is quickly approaching and is set to gavel in at noon on Tuesday, February 17th. After national exposure of MN’s fraud scandal forced Tim Walz to drop his reelection bid, eyes will be on the State Legislature to cut the size of government and only fund core, Constitutional spending obligations. Before laying out anticipated legislative actions, let’s remember what took place last year.

In the 2025 session, RINOs caved to liberal demands and seated leftist Brad Tabke despite 21 ballots being trashed in his district and he only won by 15 votes, ensuring the GOP could not get a legislative majority. This led to the passage of the 2nd LARGEST budget in Minnesota history. Despite controlling the State House, RINOs maintained the status quo by utilizing corrupt, unconstitutional omnibus bills that recklessly dished out billions of dollars. In passing and agreeing to the leftist budget plan, RINOs locked-in about $14B in Democrat spending that was initially added to the budget during Covid.

The GOP had the opportunity to play hard-ball (shut down the MN government) and hold Walz accountable by defunding fraud-ridden programs and drastically cutting spending. Instead, RINOs worked with Democrats to increase Socialist Keith Ellison’s budget, funded abortion/Planned Parenthood with your tax dollars, spent billions funding the MN Somali fraud operation (where tax dollars ended up in the hands of Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab), gave billions to woke universities to propagandize students, passed a $700M debt (bonding) bill, gave millions funding a DEI center for the Dept. of Education, and gave millions funding a LGBTQIA2S+ council. 

Lisa Demuth voted for EVERY SINGLE one of the bills mentioned above. Even worse: She voted for EVERY SINGLE bill that Walz signed into law in 2025! Walz was only able to run the Somali fraud operation because the legislature voted to give him the money! 

Lisa Demuth, Kristin Robbins, and Peggy Bennett are all running for the GOP endorsement for Governor and Republican voters will be closely watching their actions during the legislative session. More so than other GOP legislators, Lisa Demuth has the power to prevent bad bills from receiving floor votes and can be unrelenting in negotiations with Democrats. Instead, we are likely to see the Uniparty continue on with their corrupt ways.

With the state budget passed, the 2026 legislative session is more policy focused with some examples of supplemental spending. Below you will see ten legislative issues the Establishment is prioritizing vs. ten issues the Grassroots is prioritizing:

Establishment Uniparty Priorities

1. Pass debt (bonding) bill to fund pet projects for politicians
2. Impose unconstitutional gun control
3. Oppose I.C.E. deportations
4. Pass Democrat Lindsey Port’s bills to give away tax dollars to Minneapolis residents and businesses due to I.C.E. operations
5. Protect squatters not paying rent, including illegal aliens
6. Performative measures about fraud while pushing aside root causes
7. Maintain use of unconstitutional, multi-subject omnibus bills
8. Spend away surplus dollars
9. Impose liberal regulations 
10. Honor Melissa Hortman, who was a corrupt politician that was tragically murdered by a deranged lunatic

Grassroots Conservative Priorities

1. Return surplus money to taxpayers
2. Eliminate state income tax
3. Eliminate property tax
4. Block all gun control
5. Eliminate CCAP funding/defund all fraud-ridden programs
6. Block debt (bonding) bill
7. Repeal far-left laws imposed by Democrats and RINOs
8. Pass Sen. Wesenberg’s bill to commission Charlie Kirk statue at U of M
9. Defund welfare for illegal aliens/no free college for illegal aliens
10. Eliminate MN paid leave program

The creation of an Office of Inspector General is anticipated to again be debated. In 2025, one of the bills doing this (SF856) was passed in the State Senate by a vote of 60-7 but it was not given a floor vote in the House due to the bill being held up in the House State Government Finance and Policy Committee (co-chaired by RINO Jim Nash and Democrat Ginny Klevorn). Rep. Patti Anderson attempted to give the bill a floor vote with a motion to suspend the rules (requiring 2/3rds support) but all the vote did was provide cover for swing district Democrats like Matt Norris, Brad Tabke, and Dan Wolgamott because the Dems did not need their votes and they could appear moderate without consequences by voting with the GOP. 

The main issue with SF856 was that the Governor would appoint the Inspector General despite Tim Walz’ fraud scheme being one of the major reasons the position would need to be created in the first place! While the bill allows the Legislative Inspector General Advisory Commission to be able to provide recommendations, it does not mandate the Governor follow their selection. Of course Walz would select someone who will continue to cover up the fraud! Additionally, expanding the government to create this office does not guarantee good results as there are many examples of Inspector General offices committing fraud themselves!

Reporting suggests there will also be some legislative priorities that will likely be less controversial subjects like sports betting regulation, removing lead water pipes, and keeping zoning control in the hands of local authorities. The largest uniparty priority will be giving our state debt through a costly, multi-subject bonding bill that gives away your tax dollars to the pet projects of politicians. The debt bill is the ultimate way for the Establishment to scratch each other's backs and give incumbents some local project that benefits them electorally. A $700M bonding bill was already passed last year but that is not enough for greedy politicians. 

Action 4 Liberty will continue being the cutting-edge source for grassroots Patriots with hard-hitting, anti-establishment, liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. A4L will keep Minnesotans updated as the legislative session unfolds and will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.