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Vang, Samantha "Sam"

House 2019-2022 (District 40B); House 2023-Present (District 38B)

Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Counties Served:  Hennepin

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 2/20/1994
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Birth County: Hennepin
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death:
Gender: Female
Religion:
Reported Minority: Hmong
Other Names: Sam
City of Residence (when first elected): Brooklyn Center
Occupation (when first elected): Housing advocate

EDUCATION

Armstrong High School; Secondary;
Gustavus Adolphus College; B.A.; Political Science and Communications, 2016

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Single
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

Her reported minority is noted on her 2018 campaign website: "daughter of Hmong refugees" and "co-founder of Progressive Hmong American Organizers."

She is one of the first two Hmong American woman elected to the Minnesota House, along with Rep. Kaohly Vang Her. (League of Women Voters, Minnesota Firsts for Women)

She is the second youngest woman to be elected to the Minnesota Legislature at the time of her swearing in.

Chair of the POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) Caucus in 2022.

She co-founded the Minnesota Asian Pacific caucus. (2022 Campaign website)

Total Days Served: 2265

SESSIONS SERVED

94th Legislative Session (2025-2026)

  Session Details
Body: House
District: 38B
Elected: 11/5/2024
Residence: Brooklyn Center
Term of Office: 1/6/2025 to 1/3/2027
Counties Represented: Hennepin
Occupation: Housing advocate
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Committees:
  • Agriculture Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Legacy Finance (Chair) Minutes [She was a non-voting member until 3/17/2025, when she became co-chair.]
  • Ways and Means Minutes

93rd Legislative Session (2023-2024)

  Session Details
Body: House
District: 38B
Elected: 11/8/2022
Residence: Brooklyn Center
Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/5/2025
Counties Represented: Hennepin
Occupation: Housing advocate
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Committees:
  • Agriculture Finance and Policy (Chair) Minutes
  • Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Higher Education Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Legacy Finance Minutes

92nd Legislative Session (2021-2022)

  Session Details
Body: House
District: 40B
Elected: 11/3/2020
Residence: Brooklyn Center
Term of Office: 1/4/2021 to 1/1/2023
Counties Represented: Hennepin
Occupation: Housing advocate
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Special Session Bills Authored:     2021 1st Sp.S. - Author
Committees:
  • Agriculture Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Minutes
  • Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Redistricting Minutes

91st Legislative Session (2019-2020)

  Session Details
Body: House
District: 40B
Elected: 11/6/2018
Residence: Brooklyn Center
Term of Office: 1/7/2019 to 1/3/2021
Counties Represented: Hennepin
Occupation: Housing advocate
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Committees:
  • Taxes: Property and Local Tax Division Minutes
  • Ways & Means: Agriculture and Food Finance & Policy Division Minutes
  • Ways & Means: Capital Investment Division Minutes
  • Ways & Means: Higher Education Finance & Policy Division Minutes

Session Interviews

These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

News Sources

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.

Photographs

Rep. Samantha Vang and Rep. Paul Anderson converse during a floor session March 14. 3/14/2024. Photo credit: Michele Jokinen, House Public Information Services.

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