Jasper Ryan Martus

Submitted a bipartisan letter with Rep. Matthew Bierlein to the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees seeking restoration of state funding for the Farmer Suicide Prevention Program after the program's funding was paused.

December 12, 2025For

Source: housedems.com · researched July 23, 2026

Broke with the majority of his caucus to vote yes on House Bill 5081, requiring every school district to employ at least one teacher trained in Orton-Gillingham approach principles for special education; the bill passed the House 66-40 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

June 18, 2026For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Broke with the majority of his caucus to vote yes on House Bill 5821, requiring school districts to adopt elementary reading curriculum materials from a department-approved list; the bill passed the House 61-45 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

June 10, 2026For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted yes on House Bill 5451, which required school districts to give parents and legal guardians information about safe firearm storage and became 2024 Public Act 258; the bill passed the House 56-53 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

November 13, 2024For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted yes on House Bill 4127, which barred possession of firearms at a polling place and later became 2024 Public Act 157; the bill passed the House 56-53 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

November 9, 2023For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted yes on House Bill 4148, which enacted sentencing guidelines for offenses under Michigan's extreme risk protection order (red flag) act; the bill passed the House 56-51 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

April 13, 2023For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted yes on House Bill 4949, the Reproductive Health Act, which repealed and rewrote Michigan's abortion statutes and became 2023 Public Act 286; the bill passed the House 56-54 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

November 1, 2023For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted no on House Bill 4765, which required documentary proof of United States citizenship to register to vote and identification to cast a ballot; the bill passed the House 58-46 with Martus recorded in the Democratic nay column.

April 14, 2026For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted no on House Bill 4002, which scaled back the earned sick time requirements employers must meet; the bill passed the House 67-38 with Martus recorded in the Democratic nay column.

January 23, 2025For

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Voted yes on the conference report for Senate Bill 878, the fiscal year 2026-2027 supplemental omnibus appropriations measure; the report was adopted 99-7 with Martus recorded in the Democratic yea column.

July 3, 2026

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Led a bipartisan legislative delegation on a multi-day trip to Toronto with Reps. Matthew Bierlein and Tom Kunse, meeting Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Parliament Speaker Donna Skelly, the Toronto Region Board of Trade and the U.S. Consul General on Michigan-Ontario trade.

January 15, 2026

Source: housedems.com · researched July 23, 2026

Served on the House Appropriations Committee and as Majority Vice Chair of the Appropriations subcommittees on Health and Human Services and on Labor and Economic Opportunity, plus the subcommittees on Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources, on Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, and on Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Insurance and Financial Services.

February 11, 2025

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Lead-sponsored House Bill 5100, creating a research and development tax credit against the corporate income tax for larger employers; Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed it as 2024 Public Act 186.

January 14, 2025

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026

Named House Democratic Legislator of the Year by the Small Business Association of Michigan, which cited his work ensuring small businesses were included in the research and development tax credit package.

June 24, 2024

Source: housedems.com · researched July 23, 2026

Lead-sponsored House Bill 4988, modifying livestock licensing fees under the animal industry act; Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed it as Public Act 128 of 2023.

September 29, 2023

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 23, 2026