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Peter Herzberg

Democratic · MI · Michigan State Representative, District 25

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Peter Herzberg serves 90,562 constituents in northwest Dearborn Heights, Westland, Wayne and southeastern Canton.

Where Peter Herzberg stands, based on their records

Supports

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Government Efficiency (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),

Opposes

Immigration (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record)

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (3 support · 7 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (2 support · 1 oppose), Data Privacy (2 support · 1 oppose)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 7 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 4350, which lets people put out small amounts of feed for wild birds near home despite deer feeding bans. The House agreed to the Senate version 76-32 and it became law.

    July 3, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5707, a bill to let landowners dig a pond under 1 acre for home use without a state permit. The House passed it 63-44. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 24, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5069, a bill to ban food containing certain dyes and additives from 2029. The House passed it 56-51. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5710, the utility-rules half of a plan to repeal Michigan's clean energy standards. The House passed it 58-47. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4445, a bill to let hunters bait deer anywhere in Michigan during open deer seasons. The House passed it 66-38. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4486, a bill to bar local governments from banning natural gas or propane. The House passed it 61-42. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    December 17, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4160, a bill to bar state rules stricter than federal standards without a finding of clear need. The House passed it 59-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    September 24, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4369, a bill to bar schools from serving food with certain dyes and additives from July 2028. The House passed it 58-47. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    July 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4283, a bill to let a utility running pre-2024 gas engines in the Upper Peninsula skip clean energy filings. The House passed it 83-26. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Moved to let a lab run a temporary rapid COVID-19 testing site in a Westland shopping center parking lot. The approval waived the city's seven-day cap on temporary uses so the site could run daily.

    May 17, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: cityofwestland.com · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
  • Voted against rolling back Michigan's youth employment rules. The House passed it 57 to 49.

    July 1, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 3 support
  • Voted for House Bill 5933, a bill to change how the state handles building and trade permit applications. The House passed it 79-26. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5935, a bill to make the state cite the rule behind any building permit denial. The House passed it 81-24. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5934, a bill to refund building permit fees when the state misses its decision deadline. The House passed it 75-30. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 2 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 4341, a bill to bar people who are not citizens or qualified immigrants from state housing programs. The House passed it 63-43. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 1, 2025Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4340, a bill to bar people who are not citizens or qualified immigrants from most public assistance. The House passed it 63-43. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 1, 2025Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 723, which widens the transformational brownfield program, allowing another $80 million a year of tax capture. The House passed it 82-26 and it became law.

    July 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
  • Voted for House Bill 5574, a bill to make it a crime to ignore a first responder's warning and come within 25 feet to interfere. The House passed it 74-30. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for a bill banning concealed carry of stabbing weapons longer than five inches. Hunting and fishing knives were exempt. The House passed it 58 to 48.

    April 29, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5036, a bill to make fertility fraud a felony carrying up to 5 years in prison. The House passed it 60-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 5037, a bill to set a 15-year time limit for charging the new fertility fraud crime. The House passed it 61-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 3 support
  • Voted to bar large institutional companies from buying up single-family homes. The House passed it 102 to 3.

    June 25, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted to bar landlords from turning away tenants over their source of income, such as housing vouchers. The House passed it 57 to 53.

    June 27, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Moved the Westland council package that handed a tax-foreclosed property to a nonprofit housing developer. The transfer was for redevelopment and affordable homeownership in the city's neighborhood stabilization program.

    July 17, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: cityofwestland.com · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 4515, a bill to put the recipient's photo and signature on the Bridge card for food and cash aid. The House passed it 60-38. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    September 17, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4746, which makes the state give every food or cash aid recipient a chip-enabled Bridge Card within a year. The House passed it 77-28 and it became law.

    September 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted to increase the maximum number of weeks a jobless worker can draw unemployment benefits. The House passed it 58 to 51.

    December 10, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4159, a bill to base early grade reading standards on the science of reading. The House passed it 65-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    April 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 2 support
  • Voted to require that guns collected in police buyback programs be destroyed. The House passed it 56 to 53.

    December 12, 2024Supports Gun Control

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted to require school districts to send families information on storing firearms safely. The House passed it 56 to 53.

    November 13, 2024Supports Gun Control

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 3 support
  • Voted for House Bill 5845, a bill to keep electronic poll book data for 22 months after an election. The House passed it 62-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 17, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4602, a bill to let local election boards build their own test ballots from any source. The House passed it 63-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    September 9, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against banning ranked choice voting in Michigan elections. The House passed the ban 57 to 44.

    August 20, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4747, a bill to let taxpayers deduct contributions to other states' college and disability savings plans. The House passed it 72-32. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    October 21, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 5974, a bill to give parents the right to see a minor's medical records. The House passed it 61-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 24, 2026Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Introduced a Michigan bill making it illegal to knowingly fly a drone in a way that stops the owner or occupant of a home from peacefully enjoying it, unless they consent. The rewritten version he backed also exempts short daytime flights by phone and internet companies working on their own equipment at the home. Twenty-seven representatives from both parties signed on, and the House adopted the rewritten version on May 12, 2026 (House Bill 5327).

    May 12, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4242, a bill to make health professionals keep patient records physically in the United States or Canada. The House passed it 71-39. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 6, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support
  • Voted to create a hate crime offense in Michigan law. The bill covered attacks driven by traits such as race, religion, and sexual orientation. The House passed it 57 to 52.

    November 13, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support
  • Voted for House Bill 5035, a bill to let people harmed by fertility fraud sue for three times their damages. The House passed it 61-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 18, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4951, which sets a new 24 percent wholesale tax on marijuana to pay for road work. The House passed it 78-21 and it became law.

    September 25, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Moved the Westland City Council to adopt the city's five-year parks and recreation master plan. The council closed the public hearing on it the same night and approved it without dissent.

    January 6, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: cityofwestland.com · researched August 2, 2026

Track record — General

General · 37 records
  • Voted against Senate Bill 293, which lets agencies require a care deposit from the owner of an animal seized in a cruelty case. The House passed it 84-24 and it became law.

    July 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted against Senate Bill 294, which lets agencies require a care deposit from the owner of an animal seized in a torture case. The House passed it 84-24 and it became law.

    July 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5937, a bill to cut the state's time to say whether a permit application is complete from 30 days to 7. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 25, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5938, a bill to require wetland permit hearings within 30 days of a complete application. The House passed it 62-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 25, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5936, a bill to make the state refund the full fee when it misses an environmental permit deadline. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 25, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5082, a bill to make the state assess whether land is a wetland within 60 days, for free. The House passed it 57-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 24, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5502, a bill to exempt wetlands created by accident from state regulation. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 24, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5145, a bill to bar accepting an applicant's own statement as proof of identity or income for public assistance. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 23, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5081, a bill to make every school district employ a dyslexia teacher by 2027. The House passed it 66-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 18, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 6038, a bill to limit when the state can ask for changes to a wetland permit application. The House passed it 61-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 17, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5819, a bill to move up the required start of standards-based reading materials to July 2026. The House passed it 56-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 10, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5820, a bill to move up the deadline for teacher training courses to add dyslexia instruction. The House passed it 56-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 10, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5536, a bill to narrow state wetland protection to wetlands connected to federally protected waters. The House passed it 57-51. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 4, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5520, a bill to bring back holding third graders back for reading from the 2027-2028 school year. The House passed it 57-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4466, a bill to let the state discipline health professionals who break the proposed minor gender care ban. The House passed it 57-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4467, a bill to bar puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and gender surgery for minors. The House passed it 57-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5812, a bill to bar the state from waiving food assistance work requirements without legislative approval. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 6013, a bill to suspend Bridge cards used outside Michigan for more than 90 days in a row. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5744, a bill to make shooting at an occupied vehicle a felony carrying up to 10 years. The House passed it 79-24. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 14, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5711, a bill to repeal Michigan's clean energy standards, including 100% clean energy by 2040. The House passed it 57-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 12, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4582, a bill to restore the rule that property owners owe no duty to warn visitors of open and obvious dangers. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    March 11, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4949, a bill to widen the shield protecting sport shooting ranges from noise lawsuits. The House passed it 56-51. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    March 10, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 5298, a bill to make a passenger's own auto insurance pay first for injuries in limousines and charter buses. The House passed it 67-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 24, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against changing where applicants file for a concealed pistol license. The House passed it 60 to 45.

    January 21, 2026

    Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4492, a bill to let employers require tipped workers to share tips. The House passed it 57-52. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    January 14, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4933, a bill to repeal state licensing of fee-charging personnel agencies. The House passed it 57-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    December 17, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4915, a bill to bar requiring implicit bias training for health professional licenses. The House passed it 56-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    December 11, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Served as minority vice chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He also sat on the Rules and Energy committees in the 2025-26 term.

    December 9, 2025

    Source: housedems.com · researched August 2, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4664, a bill to make blocking traffic during a highway protest a crime carrying up to 93 days in jail. The House passed it 61-42. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    September 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4339, a bill to void county rules that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4342, a bill to withhold revenue sharing from local governments that limit immigration cooperation. The House passed it 57-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4338, a bill to void city and township rules that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4028, a bill to repeal the 2023 law letting the state override local zoning for large wind and solar projects. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    April 30, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4027, the zoning half of a plan to repeal the 2023 state siting law for large wind and solar projects. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    April 30, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4170, a bill to cut the state income tax rate from 4.25% to 4.05% and make future automatic cuts permanent. The House passed it 65-43. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    March 18, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 4052, a bill to bar legislators and their staff from signing nondisclosure agreements about official work. The House passed it 80-28. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

    February 25, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

  • Moved to introduce a Westland ordinance rewriting the city's massage parlor rules. The council backed it 7 to 0 on a roll call.

    June 15, 2020

    Source: cityofwestland.com · researched August 2, 2026

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