38 Facts About Jamie Becker-Finn

Jamie Becker-Finn was born on October 20,1982 and is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 until 2025.

Jamie Becker-Finn was raised in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, where she graduated from Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools.

Jamie Becker-Finn's father, Harold "Skip" Finn, was a Minnesota state senator of Ojibwe and Norwegian descent, and her mother, Teri, is of Norwegian descent.

Jamie Becker-Finn attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Jamie Becker-Finn later attended William Mitchell College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor.

Jamie Becker-Finn is an assistant attorney for Hennepin County, specializing in domestic violence.

Jamie Becker-Finn was a legislative assistant for the Minnesota House Tax Committee from 2007 to 2008, a clerk for the Minnesota Fourth District Court in Hennepin County, and a member of the Roseville Parks and Recreation Commission.

In 2022 Jamie Becker-Finn opened Makwa Coffee, a craft coffeeshop in Roseville, Minnesota.

Jamie Becker-Finn was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 and has been reelected every two years since.

Jamie Becker-Finn first ran after two-term DFL incumbent Jason Isaacson announced he would seek election to the Minnesota State Senate.

In 2018, Jamie Becker-Finn was an early endorser of Ilhan Omar for Minnesota's 5th congressional district.

Jamie Becker-Finn served on Attorney General Keith Ellison's transition team.

Jamie Becker-Finn has chaired the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee since 2021, and sits on the Public Safety Finance and Policy, Ways and Means, and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committees.

Jamie Becker-Finn is a member of the House People of Color and Indigenous Caucus, and the Reproductive Freedom Caucus.

Jamie Becker-Finn authored bipartisan legislation that would eliminate driver's license suspensions for minor offenses.

Jamie Becker-Finn authored legislation to increase funding for public defenders that passed unanimously in the Minnesota House.

Jamie Becker-Finn offered an unsuccessful amendment to a 2017 public safety omnibus bill that would have increased penalties for protesters who block freeways, arguing it is a limit on free speech.

Jamie Becker-Finn has supported restoring the right to vote to felons on parole.

Jamie Becker-Finn authored legislation mandating gun owners to keep firearms in a locked container when not in use.

Jamie Becker-Finn attending listening sessions at women's prisons to discuss issues related to pregnant women and mothers of young children.

Jamie Becker-Finn opposed the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline project, a tar sands line that would run through tribal land, saying it "is never going to be my public policy perspective".

Jamie Becker-Finn later authored a bill to give the Department of Natural Resources more tools to penalize water permit violations.

Jamie Becker-Finn has sponsored legislation to increase outdoor education opportunities for Minnesota children and disadvantaged communities, including passing the bipartisan "No Child Left Inside" program.

Jamie Becker-Finn has supported calls to address water contamination by microplastics, lead and salt.

Jamie Becker-Finn co-sponsored a bill that would have imposed a four-year moratorium on new large dairy farms, and a bill to evaluate native "rough" fish populations.

In 2019, Jamie Becker-Finn authored legislation that banned nonessential use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS chemicals due to their health and environmental risks.

An avid hunter, Jamie Becker-Finn has led efforts to address chronic wasting disease in the deer population.

Jamie Becker-Finn has been a longtime supporter of tougher restriction on Minnesota's deer farms, and has criticized the Board of Animal Health's oversight of the industry.

Jamie Becker-Finn passed a bill requiring owners to euthanize their herd when CWD is found, double-gate their properties, and undergo mandatory inspections to prevent further spread.

Jamie Becker-Finn's proposals have been largely supported by deer hunters but opposed by lobbyists from the deer farm association.

Jamie Becker-Finn has authored other measures, like a state-funded buyout of deer farms, increased fencing, and a deer farm moratorium, that have not passed due to opposition in the Republican Senate.

Jamie Becker-Finn has supported funding research efforts to better understand the disease and develop tests for use in deceased and live deer.

In 2019, Becker-Finn sponsored a measure to rename Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, named after John C Calhoun, to its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska.

Jamie Becker-Finn has carried many tribe-specific bills, including legislation that requires that when the state sells property within a reservation it must first offer to sell it to the tribe.

Jamie Becker-Finn supported legislation that created a task force on missing and murdered Native women.

Jamie Becker-Finn has spoken out publicly against offensive Native American depictions such as those in Halloween costumes and professional sports teams mascots.

Jamie Becker-Finn has criticized the Minnesota state seal, which depicts a Native American being driven away by a settler with a rifle nearby.

Jamie Becker-Finn is a descendant of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.