72nd Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1981 and 1982 legislative sessions}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislative session | name = Seventy-second Minnesota Legislature | image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | body = Minnesota Legislature | country = United States | state = Minnesota | meeting_place = Minnesota State Capitol | election = | government = | term_start = {{Start date|1981|01|06}} | term_end = {{End date|1983|01|04}} | before = 71st Minnesota Legislature | after = 73rd Minnesota Legislature | website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}} | chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate | membership1 = 67 Senators | control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber1_leader1_type = President | chamber1_leader1 = John T. Davies | chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber1_leader2 = Roger Moe | chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber1_leader3 = Robert O. Ashbach | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber1_leader5_type = | chamber1_leader5 = | chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives | membership2 = 134 Representatives | control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker | chamber2_leader1 = Harry A. Sieben | chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber2_leader2 = Willis Eken | chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber2_leader3 = Glen Sherwood,<br>David M. Jennings | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | chamber2_leader5_type = | chamber2_leader5 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }} The '''seventy-second Minnesota Legislature''' first convened on January 6, 1981. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the general election of November 4, 1980.

== Sessions == The legislature met in a '''regular session''' from January 6, 1981, to May 18, 1981. Three '''special sessions''' were also convened in 1981. The first of these special sessions was convened on June 6 to consider the state budget, appropriations, and a tax bill. The second of the special sessions was convened on July 1 and July 2 to consider a short-term borrowing law and to correct errors in the laws enacted during the regular session. The third special session of 1981 was convened from December 1, 1981, to January 18, 1982, to consider reducing appropriations.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>

A continuation of the regular session was held between January 12, 1982, and March 19, 1982. Three additional special sessions were also held in 1982. The first of these special sessions was convened on March 30 to consider changes to the state's unemployment and workers' compensation laws. The second was convened on July 9 to consider authorizing Albert Lea to spend federal revenue sharing funds, and to consider providing employment aid to the Iron Range from the Northeast Minnesota Economic Protection Fund. The final special session of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature met from December 7, 1982, to December 10, 1982, and considered reductions in appropriations, reducing employer and increasing employee contributions to various retirement funds, adding two members to the investment advisory board, and so forth.<ref name="sessions"/>

== Party summary == :''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

=== Senate === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_senate">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=s|title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44 | 21 ! 65 | 2 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 45 | rowspan="2" | 22 ! 67 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | April 10, 1981  | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44 ! 66 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | May 15, 1981  | 23 ! 67 | 0 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|44|67|0}} ! {{percentage|23|67|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=4 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 42 | 25 ! 67 | 0 |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_house">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=h|title=Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 67 | 66 ! 133 | 1 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 70 | 64 ! 134 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | June 1, 1981  | 63 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | July 17, 1981  | 64 ! 134 | 0 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|70|134|0}} ! {{percentage|64|134|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77 | 57 ! 134 | 0 |}

== Leadership == === Senate === ;President of the Senate :John T. Davies (DFL-Minneapolis)<ref name="spres">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>

;Senate Majority Leader :Roger Moe (DFL-Ada)<ref name="smajmin">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/smajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>

;Senate Minority Leader :Robert O. Ashbach (IR-St. Paul)<ref name="smajmin"/>

=== House of Representatives === ;Speaker of the House :Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

;House Majority Leader :Willis Eken (DFL-Twin Valley)<ref name="hmajmin">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

;House Minority Leader :Until February 1982 Glen Sherwood (IR-Pine River){{#tag:ref|Although he retained his seat in the House of Representatives, Glen Sherwood resigned as the House Minority Leader in February 1982, in order to (unsuccessfully) run for the Independent Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in that year's gubernatorial election.<ref name="glen_sherwood">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10611|title=Sherwood, Glen A.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>|name="MinorityLeader"|group="nb"}}<ref name="hmajmin"/> :From February 1982 David M. Jennings (IR-Truman)<ref name="hmajmin"/>

== Members == === Senate === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ashbach, Robert O. | 48 | St. Paul | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bang, Otto T. | 39 | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Belanger, William | 38 | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benson, Duane | 35 | Lanesboro | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Berg, Charlie | 15 | Chokio | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berglin, Linda | 59 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bernhagen, John | 22 | Hutchinson | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bertram, Joe | 16 | Paynesville | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Brataas, Nancy | 33 | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Chmielewski, Florian | 14 | Sturgeon Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dahl, Gregory | 49 | White Bear Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Davies, John T. | 60 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Davis, Chuck | 18 | Princeton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dicklich, Ron | 05 | Hibbing | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dieterich, Neil | 62 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Engler, Steven | 25 | Randolph | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Frank, Don | 46 | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederick, Mel | 32 | West Concord | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederickson, Dennis | 28 | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hanson, Marv | 01 | Hallock | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hughes, Jerome M. | 50 | Maplewood | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Humphrey, Skip | 44 | New Hope | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Doug | 06 | Tower | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kamrath, Randy P. | 20 | Canby | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Keefe, John B. | 40 | Hopkins | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Knoll, Franklin J. | 61 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knutson, Howard A. | 53 | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kroening, Carl | 54 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kronebusch, Patricia Louise | 34 | Rollingstone | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Langseth, Keith | 09 | Glyndon | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lantry, Marilyn | 67 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lessard, Bob | 03 | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Lindgren, Steven O. | 37 | Richfield | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Luther, Bill | 45 | Brooklyn Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Menning, Mike | 26 | Edgerton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Merriam, Gene | 47 | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moe, Donald | 65 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moe, Roger | 02 | Ada | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Tom A. | 31 | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nichols, James W. | 20 | Lake Benton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Olhoft, Wayne | 11 | Herman | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pehler, Jim | 17 | St. Cloud | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Penny, Tim | 30 | New Richland | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Collin Clark | 10 | Detroit Lakes | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Peterson, Darrel L. | 27 | Fairmont | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Randolph W. | 19 | Wyoming | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Petty, Eric D. | 58 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pillsbury, George Sturgis | 42 | Wayzata | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Purfeerst, Clarence | 24 | Faribault | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ramstad, Jim | 43 | Plymouth | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Renneke, Earl | 23 | Le Sueur | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rued, David E. | 13 | Aitkin | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Schmitz, Robert J. | 36 | Jordan | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Setzepfandt, A. O.H. | 21 | Bird Island | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sieloff, Ron | 63 | St. Paul | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sikorski, Gerry | 51 | Stillwater | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Solon, Sam | 07 | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Spear, Allan | 57 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stern, Irving M. | 41 | St. Louis Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stokowski, Anne K. | 55 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stumpf, Jr., Peter P. | 64 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Taylor, Glen | 29 | Mankato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Tennessen, Robert J. | 56 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ulland, James E. | 08 | Duluth | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vega, Conrad | 52 | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Waldorf, Gene | 66 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wegener, Myrton O. | 12 | Bertha | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Willet, Gerald | 04 | Park Rapids | DFL |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Aasness, Paul D. | 11A | Wendell | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ainley, Jr., John A. | 04A | Park Rapids | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Anderson, Bob | 10B | Ottertail | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Bruce W. | 26A | Slayton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Glen H. | 15B | Bellingham | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Irvin N. | 03A | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Battaglia, David Peter | 06B | Two Harbors | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Begich, Joseph | 06A | Eveleth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berkelman, Thomas R. | 08B | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Blatz, Kathleen | 38A | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Brandl, John | 61A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Brinkman, Bernard J. | 16B | Richmond | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Byrne, Margaret Mary | 64B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Carlson, Doug | 14A | Sandstone | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Carlson, Lyndon | 44A | Crystal | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clark, Janet H. | 60A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clark, Karen | 59A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clawson, John T. | 19A | Center City | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dahlvang, George C. | 54A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dean, William D. | 58A | Minneapolis | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dempsey, Terry | 28B | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Den Ouden, Gaylin | 21B | Prinsburg | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Drew, John | 63B | St. Paul | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Eken, Willis | 02B | Twin Valley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Elioff, Dominic J. | 05A | Virginia | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ellingson, Robert L. | 45B | Brooklyn Center | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Erickson, Wendell O. | 26B | Hills | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Esau, Gilbert D. | 28A | Mountain Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Evans, James | 10A | Detroit Lakes | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ewald, Douglas R. | 40A | Minnetonka | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Fjoslien, David O. | 11B | Brandon | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Forsythe, Mary | 39A | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frerichs, Don | 32B | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Friedrich, Donald L. | 32B | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Greenfield, Lee | 57B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gruenes, Dave | 17B | St. Cloud | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Gustafson, Ben E. | 07B | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Halberg, Chuck | 53B | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hanson, Walter R. | 62B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Harens, Thomas J. | 65B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hauge, Earl | 15A | Glenwood | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Haukoos, Bob | 31A | Albert Lea | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Heap, Jim | 43B | Robbinsdale | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Heinitz, Orlando Jacob | 43A | Plymouth | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Himle, John | 39B | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hoberg, Dwaine | 09A | Moorhead | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hokanson, Shirley A. | 37A | Richfield | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hokr, Dorothy | 44B | New Hope | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jacobs, Joel | 47A | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Jennings, David M. | 27B | Truman | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Carl M. | 23B | St. Peter | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson, Dean | 21A | Willmar | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jude, Tad | 42A | Mound | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kahn, Phyllis | 57A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kaley, John R. | 33A | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kalis, Henry | 30A | Walters | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kelly, Randy | 66B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knickerbocker, Jerry | 40B | Minnetonka | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kostohryz, Dick | 50B | North St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Laidig, Gary | 51A | Stillwater | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lehto, Arlene Ione | 08A | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Lemen, Robert N. | 03B | Grand Rapids | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kvam, Adolph Leonard | 22A | Litchfield | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Levi, Connie | 50A | Dellwood | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Long, Dee | 56B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ludeman, Cal | 20B | Tracy | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Luknic, Marsha Johnson | 24B | Faribault | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Mann, George | 27A | Windom | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Marsh, Marcus M. | 17A | Sauk Rapids | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | McCarron, Paul | 46A | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McDonald, K. J. | 36A | Watertown | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | McEachern, Bob | 18B | St. Michael | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Mehrkens, Lyle | 25B | Red Wing | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Metzen, James P. | 52A | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Minne, Lona | 05B | Hibbing | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Munger, Willard | 07A | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Murphy, Mary | 14B | Hermantown | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Nelsen, Bruce G. | 12A | Staples | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Ken | 59B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Niehaus, Sr., Joseph T. | 16A | Sauk Centre | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Norton, Fred C. | 65A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Novak, Steve | 48A | New Brighton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Nysether, Myron E. | 01A | Roseau | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | O'Connor, Rich | 66A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ogren, Paul Anders | 13B | Aitkin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Olsen, Sally | 41A | Saint Louis Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Onnen, Tony | 22B | Cokato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Osthoff, Tom | 64A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Otis, Todd | 58B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Peterson, Bill | 38B | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Donna C. | 60B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Piepho, Mark J. | 29A | Mankato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pogemiller, Larry | 55A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Redalen, Elton | 35A | Fountain | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Reding, Leo John | 31B | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rees, Tom | 36B | Elko | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Reif, Robert W. | 49B | White Bear Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rice, Jim | 54B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodriguez, Carolyn Jane | 53A | Apple Valley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodriguez, Frank J. | 67A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rose, John | 48B | Roseville | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rothenberg, Elliot C. | 41B | St. Louis Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Samuelson, Donald B. | 13A | Brainerd | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sarna, John | 55B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schafer, Gary | 23A | Gibbon | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Schoenfeld, Jerry E. | 30B | Waseca | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schreiber, Bill | 45A | Brooklyn Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Searles, Robert L. | 42B | Wayzata | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Shea, Tom J. | 32A | Owatonna | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sherman, Tim | 34B | Winona | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sherwood, Glen A. | 04B | Pine River | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sieben, Harry A. | 52B | Hastings | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sieben, Michael R. | 51B | Newport | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Simoneau, Wayne | 46B | Fridley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Skoglund, Wes | 61B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Stadum, Tony | 02A | Ada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Staten, Sr., Randolph Wilbert | 56A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Stowell, Warren | 34A | Lewiston | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stumpf, LeRoy A. | 01B | Plummer | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sviggum, Steve | 25A | Kenyon | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Swanson, James C. | 37B | Richfield | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Tomlinson, John D. | 67B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Valan, Merlyn Orville | 09B | Moorhead | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Valento, Don | 49A | Little Canada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vanasek, Robert | 24A | New Prague | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vellenga, Kathleen | 63A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Voss, Gordon | 47B | Blaine | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Weaver, John L. | 19B | Anoka | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Welch, Richard J. | 18A | Cambridge | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Welker, Ray | 20A | Montevideo | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wenzel, Steve | 12B | Little Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Wieser, Jr., Al W. | 35B | La Crescent | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Wigley, Richard E. | 29B | Lake Crystal | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wynia, Ann | 62A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Zubay, Kenneth Peter | 33B | Rochester | IR |}

==Membership changes== ===Senate=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 20 | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James W. Nichols<br/>(DFL) | Resigned April 10, 1981, citing the needs of his family and farm.<ref name="jim_nichols">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10463|title=Nichols, James W. "Jim"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Randy P. Kamrath<br>(IR) | May 15, 1981<ref name="randy_kamrath">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10306|title=Kamrath, Randy P.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> |}

===House of Representatives=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 32B | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Donald L. Friedrich<br/>(IR) | Appointed to other office circa June 1, 1981.<ref name="don_friedrich">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10200|title=Friedrich, Donald L. "Don"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Don Frerichs<br>(IR) | July 17, 1981<ref name="don_frerichs">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10199|title=Frerichs, Donald L. "Don"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> |}

==Notes== <references group="nb"/>

== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=72&body=senate&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 72, Senate)] * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=72&body=house&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 72, House)] {{S-start}} {{Succession box | title = Seventy-second Minnesota Legislature | before = Seventy-first Minnesota Legislature | after = Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature | years = 1981—1982 }} {{S-end}}

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