Brad Finstad, R-MN

Brad Finstad is a Republican Representative from Minnesota's House District 1.

Quick Links:

• Entry on the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Official Website

Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hr502-119 - To ensure the rural surface transportation grant program is accessible to rural areas, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act)
• hr1991-119 - To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify limitations on amounts of farm ownership loans and operating loans, and for other purposes. (aka Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2025)
• hr3283-119 - To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide premium support for certain plans of crop insurance, and for other purposes. (aka FARMER Act)
• hr5180-119 - To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 to modify and extend the annual report on military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China.
• hr3212-119 - To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a last acre program, and for other purposes. (aka LAST ACRE Act of 2025)
• hr4657-119 - To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify limitations on access to farm ownership loans for beginning farmers and ranchers. (aka Next Generation Farmer Act)
• hr1463-119 - To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement, administer, or enforce a final rule of the Food and Drug Administration relating to "Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests", and for other purposes.
• hr1604-119 - To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to periodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector and to provide recommendations to enhance their security and resilience, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual cross-sector simulation exercise relating to a food-related emergency or disruption, and for other purposes. (aka Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025)
• hr1063-119 - To affirm that the Farm Credit Administration is the sole and independent regulator of the Farm Credit System. (aka Farm Credit Administration Independent Authority Act)
• hr5038-119 - To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes. (aka American Protein Processing Modernization Act)
• hr4794-119 - To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a lease for a Vet Center in Mankato, Minnesota.
• hr4590-119 - To codify Executive Order 14305 (relating to restoring American airspace sovereignty).
• hr1163-119 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes. (aka Prove It Act of 2025)
• hr5138-119 - To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes. (aka Agriculture Skills Preparation for Industry Recruitment Efforts Act)
• hr1302-119 - To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes. (aka GRAIN DRY Act)
• hr2931-119 - To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes. (aka Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025)
• hr5548-119 - To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the President from providing assistance to the government of any country that has failed to extradite an individual that has been convicted of committing fraud against the United States or that has failed to take all appropriate measures with respect to assisting the recoupment of those funds. (aka Fraud Accountability and Recovery Act)
• hr5944-119 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for Federal financial participation for services furnished to patients in an institution for mental diseases under the Medicaid program. (aka Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.