Joseph Bellino Jr.

Was named Legislator of the Year by Michigan Ducks Unlimited for work on wetlands conservation and related natural-resource policy.

January 31, 2024For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against the Michigan Senate's clean-energy mandate legislation requiring a transition to carbon-free electricity and granting state siting authority over large renewable projects.

October 26, 2023Against

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Voted for legislation revising Michigan's minimum-wage and earned-sick-time laws, including retaining a lower tipped minimum wage instead of its scheduled phaseout.

February 14, 2025Against

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 4603, enacted as 2021 Public Act 54, allowing agricultural commodity marketing boards to meet electronically on a permanent basis.

July 13, 2021For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored Senate Bill 301, which passed the Senate to create a tax credit for employers that provide paid leave to employees recovering from living organ donation.

April 21, 2026For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 4659, enacted as 2021 Public Act 94, creating an exception to electronic-prescription mandates for drugs used in home-based dialysis treatment.

October 29, 2021For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against the Senate's fiscal year 2025 state budget, citing higher spending, use of school-retirement funding, and reduced debt payments.

June 27, 2024For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored Senate Bill 58, enacted as 2024 Public Act 19, creating criminal penalties for selling nitrous-oxide inhalation devices for recreational use, with enhanced penalties for sales to minors.

March 12, 2024For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 4220, enacted as 2021 Public Act 79, allowing applications to expunge a first-time drunken-driving offense.

August 23, 2021For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 5844, enacted as 2020 Public Act 375, eliminating certain mandatory minimum sentences for violations of occupational-registration mandates in medical professions.

December 31, 2020For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 4489, enacted as 2020 Public Act 369, limiting the use of criminal records to deny eligibility for a state-mandated law license.

December 31, 2020For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored Senate Bill 935, which passed the Senate as part of a bipartisan package strengthening oversight and protections for mobile-home park residents.

May 19, 2026For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 6017, enacted as 2022 Public Act 188, extending completion time for developers receiving neighborhood-enterprise-zone subsidies.

July 25, 2022For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Secured $10 million in the fiscal year 2024 state budget for workforce development and campus improvements at the Adrian campus of Siena Heights University while voting against the overall budget.

July 31, 2023For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Joined Right to Life of Michigan and other plaintiffs in filing a federal civil-rights lawsuit challenging Michigan's voter-approved reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment.

November 8, 2023Against

Source: dockets.justia.com · researched July 23, 2026

Voted for a Senate package authorizing enforcement actions and civil penalties against unlawful spam telemarketers and spoofed caller identification.

January 29, 2026For

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 5094, enacted as 2018 Public Act 76, barring consumer credit bureaus from charging fees to place, remove, or temporarily lift a security freeze.

March 19, 2018For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Received the Michigan Chamber PAC's endorsement for reelection in Michigan Senate District 16 in its first 2026 legislative endorsement round.

June 5, 2026

Source: michamber.com · researched July 23, 2026

Sponsored Senate Bill 97, enacted as 2023 Public Act 27, extending industrial-processing sales and use tax exemptions to some road-construction materials and outstanding balances.

May 8, 2023

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Received Senate committee assignments including minority vice chair of the Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee for the 2023-2024 session.

January 12, 2023

Source: senatorjosephbellino.com · researched July 23, 2026

Was identified by Monroe County Community College as the sitting chair of its elected Board of Trustees after serving as a trustee from 2001 through 2016.

October 14, 2016

Source: monroeccc.edu · researched July 23, 2026

The Michigan Department of State found reason to believe campaign material connected to Bellino omitted part or all of the required paid-for statement; it dismissed a separate allegation concerning use of a legislative phone number and pursued informal resolution.

September 13, 2022

Source: michigan.gov · researched July 23, 2026