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    Mekeland, Shane

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    House 2019-2022 (District 15B); House 2023-Present (District 27A)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Wright

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: ??/??/1970 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: ,
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    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
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    City of Residence (when first elected): Clear Lake
    Occupation (when first elected): Business owner, trades/labor

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    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

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    Total Days Served: 2380

    SESSIONS SERVED

    94th Legislative Session (2025-2026)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/14/2025
    Body: House
    District: 27A
    Elected: 11/5/2024
    Residence: Clear Lake
    Term of Office: 1/6/2025 to 1/3/2027
    Oath Date: 1/12/2025
    Counties Represented: Sherburne
    Occupation: Business owner, trades/labor
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Special Session Bills Authored:     2025 1st Sp.S. - Author
    Committees:
    • Energy Finance and Policy Minutes
    • Housing Finance and Policy Minutes
    • Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Minutes
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    93rd Legislative Session (2023-2024)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/2023
    Body: House
    District: 27A
    Elected: 11/8/2022
    Residence: Clear Lake
    Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/5/2025
    Oath Date: 1/3/2023
    Counties Represented: Sherburne
    Occupation: Business owner, trades/labor
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Minutes
    • Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Minutes
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    92nd Legislative Session (2021-2022)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/2021
    Body: House
    District: 15B
    Elected: 11/3/2020
    Residence: Clear Lake
    Term of Office: 1/4/2021 to 1/1/2023
    Oath Date: 1/5/2021
    Counties Represented: Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Wright
    Occupation: Business owner, trades/labor
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Special Session Bills Authored:     2021 1st Sp.S. - Author
    Committees:
    • Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Minutes
    • Higher Education Finance and Policy Minutes
    • State Government Finance and Elections: Local Government Division Minutes
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    91st Legislative Session (2019-2020)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/8/2019
    Body: House
    District: 15B
    Elected: 11/6/2018
    Residence: Clear Lake
    Term of Office: 1/7/2019 to 1/3/2021
    Oath Date: 1/8/2019
    Counties Represented: Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Wright
    Occupation: Business owner, trades/labor
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Labor Minutes
    • Ways & Means: Energy and Climate Finance & Policy Division Minutes
    • Ways & Means: Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division Minutes
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    OTHER INFORMATION

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    The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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