Gregory Markkanen

Sponsored as prime sponsor 2025 House Bill 4798, which amended section 1901 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.1901) to align state land management law with the new recreational forest authority structure; it became 2026 Public Act 14.

May 14, 2026For

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Offered 2022 House Resolution 219 as its first-named sponsor, urging the Wolf Management Advisory Council, the Natural Resources Commission and the Department of Natural Resources to authorize and organize wolf hunting and trapping; the House adopted it by voice vote.

February 8, 2022Against

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2020 House Bill 5333, which revised allowable uses of the state forest development fund, permitting administrative expenses at the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and barring payments in lieu of taxes from that fund; it became Public Act 287 of 2020.

December 29, 2020For

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Voted yes on 2020 Senate Bill 1253, which limited the duration of state health department epidemic orders issued without legislative approval; it passed the House 59 to 44.

December 17, 2020Against

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Offered 2020 House Resolution 282 as its first-named sponsor, expressing House support for timely permitting of the Great Lakes Tunnel Project that would house the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac; the House adopted it 80 to 28.

June 24, 2020Against

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Offered 2019 House Resolution 87 as its first-named sponsor, urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Michigan gray wolf from the federal endangered and threatened species list; the House adopted the resolution.

October 2, 2019Against

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Voted no on 2023 House Bill 4004, the measure repealing Michigan's right-to-work restriction and again allowing agency fees for nonunion members as a condition of employment; it passed the House 56 to 53 and became Public Act 9 of 2023.

March 8, 2023Against

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2021 House Bill 5046, which required licensed child care organizations to adopt newly promulgated regulator rules within 90 days; it became 2022 Public Act 111.

June 23, 2022For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2021 House Bill 4977, which enrolled Michigan in an international motor fuel tax reciprocity agreement covering interstate trucking; it became 2022 Public Act 25.

March 10, 2022For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2021 House Bill 4978, which removed interstate truckers covered by the new international fuel tax reciprocity agreement from an existing state fuel tax reciprocity arrangement; it became 2022 Public Act 26.

March 10, 2022For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2021 House Bill 4787, which waived the written driver license test for individuals with military commercial motor vehicle experience; it became Public Act 148 of 2021.

December 23, 2021For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2020 House Bill 5825, a coronavirus response measure that extended statutory deadlines for counties to submit personal property value and classification data to the State Tax Commission; it became Public Act 297 of 2020.

December 29, 2020For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2019 House Bill 5194, which raised the weight threshold defining a heavy-duty truck from 10,000 to 14,000 pounds under the state's motor vehicle repair facility licensing law; it became 2020 Public Act 227.

October 16, 2020For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2019 House Bill 5085, which directed state health regulators to write rules permitting veterinarians to consult with animal owners about marijuana and CBD use in animals; it was signed into law as 2020 Public Act 280.

December 29, 2020For

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Chaired the Michigan House committee responsible for the higher education and community college budgets and publicly criticized the Senate's higher education budget proposals over $15 million in student loan repayment funding and new diversity, equity and inclusion reporting requirements.

June 3, 2025For

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Voted yes on 2026 House Bill 5745, which amended sentencing guidelines for intentionally discharging a firearm from a vehicle or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure; it passed the House 75 to 28.

May 14, 2026For

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Announced passage of the bipartisan state budget agreement he negotiated as higher education budget chair, which included $30 million for infrastructure improvements at Michigan Technological University's Center for Convergence and Innovation.

July 20, 2026For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2020 House Bill 5911, which revised the state cap on public school students taking online virtual courses, allowing additional online courses for academic deficiency and, in the 2020-21 school year, at parental request for health and safety reasons; it became Public Act 147 of 2020.

August 20, 2020For

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Voted yes on 2025 House Bill 4980, which removed the requirement that an applicant for a concealed pistol license file in the applicant's county of residence; it passed the House 60 to 45.

January 21, 2026Against

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Voted no on 2023 Senate Bill 476, which amended the born alive infant protection act definition of abortion as part of the package repealing prior abortion restrictions; it passed the House 56 to 54 and became Public Act 206 of 2023.

November 1, 2023Against

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Voted yes on 2021 House Bill 5558, which barred research using fetal tissue obtained from abortions; it passed the House 55 to 51.

February 9, 2022Against

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Voted yes on 2019 House Bill 4321, the measure banning the abortion procedure its sponsors called dismemberment abortion, which passed the House 58 to 51.

May 14, 2019Against

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Voted yes on 2021 Senate Bill 311, part of the election administration rules package that became 2022 Public Act 197; it passed the House 98 to 6.

September 28, 2022For

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Voted yes on 2020 House Resolution 342, which authorized subpoenas to the Detroit and Livonia city clerks for records concerning claimed irregularities in the 2020 election; it was adopted 58 to 51.

December 15, 2020For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2021 House Bill 4976, which exempted from state sales and use tax the motor fuel purchased by interstate truckers covered by international motor fuel tax reciprocity agreements; it became 2022 Public Act 24.

March 10, 2022For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2025 House Bill 4695, which amended the definitions and formation sections of the Recreational Authorities Act (MCL 123.1131 and 123.1133) to let a single municipality establish a recreational authority; it became 2026 Public Act 13.

May 14, 2026For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2025 House Bill 4694, which rewrote the core governance sections of the Recreational Authorities Act (MCL 123.1135, 123.1137, 123.1141 and 123.1151) and added new sections on authority membership, funding and asset management; it became 2026 Public Act 12.

May 14, 2026For

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Offered 2024 House Resolution 184 as its first-named sponsor with 11 co-sponsors, opposing the U.S. Postal Service transfer of mail processing operations from the Iron Mountain facility to Green Bay, Wisconsin; the House adopted it.

February 13, 2024For

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2020 House Bill 5314, which extended the maximum term for county road commission installment purchases of property and equipment from 15 years to 30 years; it became Public Act 286 of 2020.

December 29, 2020For

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Received the endorsement of the Michigan Chamber PAC for Michigan House District 110 in the first round of the chamber's 2026 legislative endorsements, which covered 72 House and Senate candidates.

June 5, 2026

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Sponsored as prime sponsor 2024 House Bill 5462, which designated a portion of highway M-26 as the Private Wesley Vietti Karna Memorial Highway; it became Public Act 95 of 2024.

July 23, 2024

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Offered 2024 House Resolution 232 as its first-named sponsor, urging the Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Commission to designate Houghton-Douglass Falls in Houghton County as a veterans scenic site within McLain State Park; the House adopted it.

April 24, 2024

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