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    Trimble, Steve

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1987-2000 (District 67B)

    Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Counties Served:  Ramsey

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 12/21/1942
    Birth Place: Emporia, Kansas
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Paul
    Occupation (when first elected): College Teacher/Free Lance Historian

    EDUCATION

    Southern Methodist University; B.A.; History
    University of Chicago; Ph.D. Candidate; History

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Tracey Baker (divorced in 1995)
    Children: Two children: Meridel and Thomas
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Most recent term photo
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    Total Days Served: 5111

    SESSIONS SERVED

    81st Legislative Session (1999-2000)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/3/1998
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/5/1999 to 1/2/2001
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Capital Investment Minutes
    • Jobs and Economic Development Finance Minutes
    • Jobs and Economic Development Policy Minutes

    80th Legislative Session (1997-1998)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/5/1996
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/7/1997 to 1/4/1999
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Agriculture Minutes
    • Agriculture: Joint House/Senate Special Select Subcommittee on Agricultural Education Minutes
    • Capital Investment
    • Economic Development and International Trade
    • Economic Development and International Trade: Economic Development Finance Division (Chair)
    • Economic Development and International Trade: Housing and Housing Finance Division
    • Economic Development and International Trade: International Trade

    79th Legislative Session (1995-1996)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/8/1994
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/3/1995 to 1/6/1997
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Capital Investment
    • Environment and Natural Resources
    • Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    • Housing
    • Housing: Reclaiming and Recycling Vacant Housing
    • Regulated Industries and Energy (Chair) [He became the Chair on March 7, 1995, after Joel Jacods resigned from the Minnesota Legislature.]
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
    • Rules and Legislative Administration: Rules
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    78th Legislative Session (1993-1994)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/3/1992
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/5/1993 to 1/2/1995
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Agriculture
    • Agriculture: Soil and Water Resources
    • Capital Investment
    • Environment and Natural Resources
    • Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
    • Rules and Legislative Administration: Personnel
    Leadership Position: Assistant Majority Leader

    77th Legislative Session (1991-1992)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/6/1990
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/8/1991 to 1/4/1993
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Appropriations: Joint Claims
    • Appropriations: State Government Division
    • Economic Development
    • Economic Development: Review of Economic Development Strategies
    • Energy
    • Environment and Natural Resources
    • Environment and Natural Resources: Game and Fish
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
    Leadership Position: Assistant Majority Leader
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    76th Legislative Session (1989-1990)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/8/1988
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/3/1989 to 1/7/1991
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Teacher
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Education
    • Education: Higher Education Division
    • Environment and Natural Resources
    • Environment and Natural Resources: Solid Waste (Chair)
    • Labor-Management Relations
    • Labor-Management Relations: Unemployment Insurance and Workers' Compensation
    • Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
    • Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs: Metro Affairs

    75th Legislative Session (1987-1988)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 67B
    Elected: 11/4/1986
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/6/1987 to 1/2/1989
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: College Teacher/Free Lance Historian
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Education
    • Environment and Natural Resources
    • Future and Technology
    • Future and Technology: Futurist
    • Future and Technology: Telecommunication
    • Higher Education

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Archive Collections
    Steve Trimble Papers, 1983-1988 - Available in the Minnesota Historical Society's Collections.

    District Files

    District File - 2000 District 67B
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

    The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library has collected newspaper articles on legislators since 1973. They are available in the Library.

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