| John Huot | |
| State House: | Minnesota |
| District: | 56B |
| Constituency: | 56B (2023-present) 57B (2019-2022) |
| Term Start: | January 8, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Anna Wills |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1965 |
| Party: | Democratic (DFL) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Residence: | Rosemount, Minnesota |
| Education: | Century College, Kaplan University |
John Duffy Huot (born May 23, 1965) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Huot represents District 56B in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount and parts of Dakota County.[1] [2]
Huot graduated from Hudson High School in Wisconsin and attended trade school in Winona, Minnesota. He received an emergency medical technician certification from Century College and a real estate certification from Kaplan Vocational-Technical School.
Huot was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since. Huot first ran in 2016, losing to two-term Republican incumbent Anna Wills. He challenged Wills again in 2018 and won. In 2020, Huot had his election results challenged, however the case was dismissed by a judge for failing to state a claim and a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Huot serves as vice chair of the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Property Tax Division of the Taxes Committees and the Public Safety Finance and Policy and Rules and Legislative Administration Committees. From 2021 to 2022, he was vice chair of the Health Finance and Policy Committee
Huot authored legislation to increase funding for the Minnesota Attorney General's office, to hire more prosecutors to work on criminal cases around the state.[3] He was the only DFL legislator to vote against a ban on no-knock warrants during a 2022 Public Safety Committee hearing.[4]
A football and basketball referee, Huot authored legislation that would fine unruly youth sports attendees, protecting coaches players and referees.[5] He sponsored legislation to give the Minnesota Zoo emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] [7]
An EMT, Huot has advocated for better conditions for volunteer EMTs in the face of declining volunteers.[8] He supported legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault, speaking out about having been abused by a priest as a child.[9]
Huot and his wife, Angela, have three children. He resides in Rosemount, Minnesota. He is a Roman Catholic.