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Kozlowski, Liish

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House 2023-Present (District 8B)

Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Counties Served:  St. Louis

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 1/21/1988
Birth Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Birth County: St. Louis
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death:
Gender: Nonbinary
Religion:
Reported Minority: Mexican, Ojibwe
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected): Duluth
Occupation (when first elected): Community relations officer

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, Duluth; B.A.; History, 2009
College of St. Scholastica; M.B.A.; 2017

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Municipal Government: Duluth, Minnesota (Community Relations Officer); 02/2019 to 12/2022

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

Their Ojibwe name is Ozaawaa Anakwad, which is Yellow Cloud. (Sahan Journal)

They are Non-binary / Two Spirit (trans).

They refer to themselves as "a two-spirit person, as a non-binary person, as a Mexican Objiwe." (Sahan Journal)

They are the first openly nonbinary legislator (part of the trans community) to serve in the Minnesota Legislature. (Duluth News Tribune)

Their late father was a Fond du Lac Band elder. (Sahan Journal)

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Total Days Served: 992

SESSIONS SERVED

94th Legislative Session (2025-2026)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/14/2025
Body: House
District: 08B
Elected: 11/5/2024
Residence: Duluth
Term of Office: 1/6/2025 to 1/3/2027
Oath Date: 1/12/2025
Counties Represented: St. Louis
Occupation: Community relations officer
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Committees:
  • Housing Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Taxes 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: 08B
Elected: 11/8/2022
Residence: Duluth
Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/5/2025
Oath Date: 1/3/2023
Counties Represented: St. Louis
Occupation: Community relations officer
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
Committees:
  • Capital Investment Minutes
  • Economic Development Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Housing Finance and Policy Minutes
  • Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Minutes
term photo
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OTHER INFORMATION

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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.
These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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