Nancy Jenkins-Arno

Voted for House Bill 4350. It lets a person put out feed for wild birds and other wildlife even where the Natural Resources Commission has ordered a stop to deer and elk feeding. The feed must be within 300 feet of a home, and there can be no more than two gallons in total, counting feed already on the ground. Any feeding order must still follow federal rules on stopping the spread of disease. 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. It would let a landowner dig or build a pond of less than 1 acre on land zoned for homes or farming without a state permit, if the pond is for noncommercial home use and is not connected to a lake, river or stream. The pond would also be exempt from the state's wetland permit rules, and the dug-out soil could be spread on nearby dry land. The exemption from the inland lakes and streams permit would reach back to January 1, 2020. 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 5502. It would add to the list of wetlands the state does not regulate: any wetland created by accident through human activity that was not meant to create a wetland. The state environment department would have to prove a wetland was not created that way before regulating it. The House passed it 58-49. 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. It would ban the sale of food containing brominated vegetable oil, propylparaben, or the dyes Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1, Blue 2 or Yellow 6, starting January 1, 2029. The ban would not apply if the federal government bans these substances by that date. 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 5536. It would narrow which wetlands the state protects. A wetland would be covered only if it sits next to a federally protected water and has a continuous surface connection to it. Local wetland rules would keep the broader current test, except that a wetland could no longer qualify just by being larger than 5 acres. The House passed it 57-51. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5711. It would repeal Michigan's clean energy standards, which require electric providers to reach 80% clean energy by 2035 and 100% by 2040, and 50% renewable energy by 2030 and 60% by 2035. It would also repeal the rules that make utilities run yearly programs to cut energy waste, including programs for low-income customers, and end requirements that state government cut its own energy use. It would also shrink the utility program that credits rooftop-solar customers for power they send back: systems could be sized to 100% of past-year use instead of 110%, and utilities could cap the program at 1% of peak load instead of 10%. It would count municipal trash and landfill gas as renewable energy. The House passed it 57-48. 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 5710. It is the utility-rules half of the plan to repeal Michigan's clean energy standards. When the Public Service Commission reviews a utility's long-term power plan, it would have to put reliability and affordability first and weigh other factors only if they do not hurt reliability or raise total costs. It would drop the requirements that utilities forecast their greenhouse gas emissions and study environmental justice effects of new gas plants. It would also end the grant program that pays nonprofits and local governments to speak for home utility customers in rate cases. 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. It would let hunters bait deer anywhere in Michigan during the open deer seasons. Today a state wildlife order bans deer baiting in the Lower Peninsula. It would also write separate definitions of deer baiting and deer feeding into law. 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. It would bar counties, cities, villages and townships from banning the use of natural gas or propane, or the installation of pipes and other equipment that deliver them. Any such local rule adopted after the bill took effect would be void. 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. It would bar state agencies from adopting a rule stricter than the matching federal standard unless the agency's director finds a clear and convincing need and states the facts and exceptional circumstances behind it. Where federal law does not require a state rule, a Michigan law that specifically allows the stricter rule would also be enough. Emergency rules and changes to the current special education rules would be exempt. 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. From July 2028 it would bar schools from giving out or selling food containing brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or the dyes Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Yellow 6. It would cover both public and private schools. 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. It would let an electric provider that runs gas-fired engines built before February 27, 2024 to replace coal plants in the Upper Peninsula skip the filings that show it meets Michigan's renewable and clean energy standards. It would only have to certify that it uses such an engine and gets at least 15% of its power from renewable energy credits. A provider whose rates the state sets would still have to file plans to meet the standards by 2050, and this option would end after 2050. 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

Voted for House Bill 4028. It would repeal the 2023 law that lets developers of large wind, solar and energy storage projects get a state siting permit from the Public Service Commission that overrides local zoning. Siting decisions for these projects would go back to local governments. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4027. It is the zoning half of the plan to repeal Michigan's 2023 siting law for large wind, solar and energy storage projects. It would remove the rule that local zoning is subject to that siting law. It would also end a protection for renewable energy projects that got local land use approval on or after January 1, 2021: today that approval cannot be revoked or changed once substantial construction or spending has begun. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Co-sponsored and voted for a bill ending the state zoning override for large solar, wind and battery storage projects. It handed siting decisions back to townships and counties. It passed 58-48 (House Bill 4028).

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law adding the bush autumn olive to Michigan's list of banned invasive plants. Possessing or releasing a listed species is illegal. Signed as Public Act 358 (House Bill 4038).

December 9, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against letting companies take private land by eminent domain to build carbon dioxide pipelines that feed oil wells. The House passed it 69-41 (House Bill 5255).

February 13, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a law that raised Michigan's minimum wage and cancelled a ballot drive for a $10.10 wage. She sided with Democrats here; most House Republicans voted no. It passed 76-34 (Senate Bill 934).

May 27, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4492. It would change the rules for workers paid Michigan's lower tipped wage. An employer could require these workers to share their tips with other employees, as long as each worker's tipped wage plus kept tips still reaches the full minimum wage. It would drop the rules that tips stay with the worker unless shared by choice, and that the employer explain the tipped wage in writing and get the worker's written consent. It would also remove the rule that tips and service charges do not count toward the wages an employer owes. The House passed it 57-52. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

January 14, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Sponsored a law on who counts as the employer at a franchised business. It named the local franchise owner, not the parent company, as the sole employer. That settles who answers under state minimum wage rules. Signed as Public Act 19 (House Bill 5072).

February 23, 2016Opposes Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a law that raised Michigan's minimum wage and cancelled a ballot drive for a $10.10 wage. She sided with Democrats here; most House Republicans voted no. It passed 76-34 (Senate Bill 934).

May 27, 2014Supports Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for the companion right-to-work law covering government and public school employees. It barred union membership or dues as a condition of a public job. The House passed it 58-51 (House Bill 4003).

December 11, 2012Opposes Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for Michigan's right-to-work law. It barred contracts that make private-sector workers join or pay a union to keep a job. The House passed it 58-52 (Senate Bill 116).

December 11, 2012Opposes Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a ban on project labor agreements. Those deals require government construction contractors to follow union pay scales and work rules. The House passed the ban 62-47 (Senate Bill 165).

June 29, 2011Opposes Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4052. It would bar members of the Legislature and their staff from entering into nondisclosure agreements about any work done in a lawmaker's official role. Any such agreement made, changed, extended or renewed after the bill took effect would be void. The House passed it 80-28. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

February 25, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5937. It would cut the time the state environment department has to tell an applicant whether a permit application is complete from 30 days to 7. It would also set a decision deadline for wetland permits of 30 days, or 90 days if a hearing is held. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5938. It would require any hearing on a wetland permit to be held within 30 days of a complete application, instead of 60. When a permit holder asks to change a permit, the state could add only related changes, could not reopen parts it already approved, and would have to name any added changes within 7 days. The House passed it 62-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5936. When the state environment department misses its deadline to approve or deny most permits, it now owes the applicant 15% of the fee. The bill would make it pay the full application fee plus any first annual or other periodic fee. Each approval or denial would also have to cite the law it is based on. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5082. It would make the state environment department assess whether a landowner's property is a wetland within 60 days of a request, instead of within a reasonable time. It would also end the fee for this assessment. The House passed it 57-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 6038. It would limit when the state environment department can ask for changes to a wetland permit application. It could visit the site and ask for changes only before the application is treated as complete, and could not ask for changes after any later site visit. The House passed it 61-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 17, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5933. It would change how the state handles building permits and trade permits such as electrical and plumbing permits when the state is the permit office. The state would have to ask for any changes to an application within the existing deadline of 10 business days, or 15 for a complicated building, and could not ask for new changes after that. 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. When the state is the permit office for a building permit or trade permit, it would have to cite the rule behind any denial. It would also have to tell the applicant within 7 days if an application is incomplete, or the application would count as complete. 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. It would make the state refund the fee for a building permit or trade permit when the state is the permit office and misses the deadline to grant or deny the application. 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

Voted for House Bill 5504. It would create a State Digital Service Office inside the state technology department, working independently of the department's director. The office would review state software projects costing $1 million or more, oversee technology work costing more than $500,000, and push agencies toward modern, user-centered software practices. The House passed it 57-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5505. It would create a digital oversight office in the Legislature, led by an officer the Legislature appoints for three years. The office could investigate state agencies' technology projects and purchases, on a complaint or on its own, and could join or take over projects at risk of running over cost or schedule. The House passed it 57-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Economic Opportunity. She ran hearings that reviewed every direct grant requested in the state budget.

March 17, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: gophouse.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law on local governments that combine services and move employees between them. The new employer is not bound by the workers' old union contract, pay or seniority. Signed as Public Act 114 (House Bill 4534).

July 20, 2011Supports Government Efficiency

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for the 2011 law that expanded the power of state-appointed emergency managers over cities and school districts. The law let managers void union contracts and remove local elected officials. The House passed it 62-48 (House Bill 4214).

March 15, 2011Supports Government Efficiency

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4339. It would bar counties from adopting or enforcing any rule that limits police or local officials from sharing information or cooperating with federal officials about a person's immigration status. Any such rule would be void. Residents could sue, the attorney general would have to sue, and a court would order the rule amended or repealed and award damages and legal costs. The House passed it 58-48. 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 4342. It would make the state withhold the revenue-sharing payments the Legislature sets each year from a city, village, township or county for as long as it enforces a local rule that limits cooperation with federal immigration officials, starting with the fiscal year that began October 1, 2025. The share the state constitution guarantees would still be paid. The House passed it 57-49. 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 4338. It would bar cities, villages and townships from adopting or enforcing any rule that limits police or local officials from sharing information or cooperating with federal officials about a person's immigration status. Any such rule would be void. Residents could sue, the attorney general would have to sue, and a court would order the rule amended or repealed and award damages and legal costs. The House passed it 58-48. 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 4341. It would bar anyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a qualified immigrant under federal law from receiving services, grants or other help from the state housing development authority's programs, except where federal law requires otherwise. 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. It would bar anyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a qualified immigrant under federal law from receiving services, grants or other help under Michigan's main public assistance law, except where federal law requires otherwise. 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 Senate Bill 723. It widens Michigan's transformational brownfield program, which lets the developer of a large project keep some of the state taxes raised on that site. It drops the 2027 end date for approving new plans, allows another 80 million dollars a year of tax capture on top of the 80 million already allowed, and lifts the lifetime cap from 1.6 billion dollars to 3.2 billion. In return it adds guardrails: a public webpage showing each project's analyses, audits and investment milestones, an independent review of each plan's fiscal benefit to the state, a 300 million dollar cap per new plan that the treasurer can enforce by taking back payments, and required penalties for developers who fall short of promised investment. The House passed it 82-26 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted against extending Michigan's tax on health insurance claims, which the state uses to draw down federal Medicaid money. Most House Republicans voted yes. It passed 83-23 (House Bill 5105).

December 8, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against raising vehicle registration taxes to pay for road repairs. The House passed the increase 67-43 (House Bill 4630).

December 19, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against a $50 million state subsidy for a single firm that wanted to build electric car battery systems at the closed Ford plant in Wixom. The House passed it anyway, 82-24 (Senate Bill 855).

December 15, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a ban on project labor agreements. Those deals require government construction contractors to follow union pay scales and work rules. The House passed the ban 62-47 (Senate Bill 165).

June 29, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 293. It changes what happens to an animal taken away in a case of animal neglect or cruelty. The agency holding the animal can now require the owner to put up a deposit for its care within 14 days or lose the animal for good, even before any conviction. The owner can ask a judge to review the deposit. A prosecutor can still ask a court to take the animal in a separate civil case. A person found guilty can be told to pay the cost of the case and of the animal's care, housing and vet bills. The House passed it 84-24 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 294. It changes what happens to an animal taken away in a case of torturing or killing an animal. The agency holding the animal can now require the owner to put up a deposit for its care within 14 days or lose the animal for good, even before any conviction. The owner can ask a judge to review the deposit. A prosecutor can still ask a court to take the animal in a separate civil case. A person found guilty can be told to pay the cost of the case and of the animal's care, housing and vet bills. The House passed it 84-24 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Voted against letting some apartment buildings be built with only one exit stairway. She was one of just two Republicans to vote no. It passed 97-9 (House Bill 5570).

June 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5574. It would make it a crime to ignore a first responder's spoken warning to stay back and to come and stay within 25 feet with the intent to interfere with, threaten or harass the responder. It would carry up to 60 days in jail or a $500 fine, up to 2 years if it injures the responder, and up to 15 years if it causes the responder's death. First responders would include police, corrections officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers. 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 House Bill 5744. It would make it a felony to shoot on purpose at a vehicle the shooter knows or has reason to believe is occupied, punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a $10,000 fine. If the shooter knows or has reason to believe a child is inside, the penalty would be up to 20 years or a $20,000 fine. The House passed it 79-24. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5036. It would make fertility fraud a crime. Knowingly giving false or misleading information about the embryo, egg or sperm used in assisted reproduction, or about a donor's identity or medical history, would be a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison or a $50,000 fine. A health professional who knowingly or recklessly used an embryo, egg or sperm other than the one the patient agreed to in writing, including the professional's own, would face up to 15 years or a $100,000 fine. 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. It would set the time limit for charging the new fertility fraud crime at 15 years. If DNA evidence points to an unidentified person, charges could be filed at any time, and within 15 years after that person is identified. 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

Voted for House Bill 4315. It would make the State Police, working with the Attorney General and the Department of Education, build school safety and security training materials and best practices, and hand out training each year. The training would go to school resource officers, safety staff and all school staff, in both public and private schools. The House passed it 82-24. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4222. It would make every school have a crisis team, and would make private schools have an emergency plan too unless their board opts out. It would also stretch the gap between reviews of that plan from two years to three, and make private schools carry out those reviews. The House passed it 80-26. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Sponsored a law raising the prison penalty for crimes that lead to commercial sex acts involving a minor. Signed as Public Act 338 (House Bill 5544).

December 14, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law setting prison sentencing guidelines for coercing a woman into an abortion against her will. Signed as Public Act 150 (House Bill 4830).

June 8, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against a "presumptive parole" bill. It directed the parole board to release most prisoners who served their minimum term and scored as low risk. Most House Republicans voted yes; she did not. It passed 67-39 (House Bill 4138).

October 1, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law rewriting Michigan's human trafficking crime. It updated the definitions, court procedures and penalties in the statute. Signed as Public Act 329 (House Bill 5234).

October 15, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law making Michigan's sobriety court ignition interlock program permanent. The 2010 pilot was meant to cut repeat drunk driving. Signed as Public Act 226 (House Bill 5020).

December 21, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against letting some apartment buildings be built with only one exit stairway. She was one of just two Republicans to vote no. It passed 97-9 (House Bill 5570).

June 11, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5145. It would bar the state from accepting an applicant's own statement as proof of identity, income or Michigan residency for any public assistance program, when first applying and at each yearly review. Applicants would have to provide documents such as a driver's license, pay stubs or a lease. Before denying help, the state would have to try other ways to verify eligibility, such as data matches. The House passed it 58-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 23, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5812. It would bar the state from seeking or renewing a federal waiver of the food assistance work requirements without the Legislature's specific approval. It would also bar the state from using its federal option to exempt some people from those work requirements, though the federal good-cause rule for a temporary absence from work would still apply. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 3, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 6013. It would make the state track where Bridge cards are used. If a recipient's card is used outside Michigan for more than 90 days in a row, the state would have to suspend it, subject to federal law, until the recipient confirms Michigan residency or eligibility. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 3, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4515. It would require the Bridge card, which delivers food and cash assistance, to show the recipient's photo and signature. If more than one adult may use the card, each adult's photo and signature would have to appear on it. 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. It tells the state health department to give a chip-enabled Michigan Bridge Card to every person who gets food help or cash help, within one year. The card must meet published industry safety standards. The department must keep adding new safety features as they come out. The House passed it 77-28 and it became law.

September 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Sponsored a law protecting disability savings accounts. Money in a person's ABLE account no longer counts when the state decides eligibility for welfare benefits. Signed as Public Act 162 (House Bill 4544).

October 28, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a pair of laws on court oversight of older foster youth. A court keeps jurisdiction over the guardianship of a youth aged 16 or older. It holds that until the state decides whether the youth qualifies for support up to age 21. Signed as Public Acts 533 and 534 (House Bills 5745 and 5746).

December 31, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5081. By January 2027 it would make every school district and charter school employ at least one teacher whose job is helping students with dyslexia. That teacher would need at least 30 hours of training in the Orton-Gillingham approach, a step-by-step way of teaching reading that uses more than one sense. The House passed it 66-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5819. Michigan law already requires schools to teach reading with materials that meet set standards, starting in the 2027-2028 school year. The bill would bring that date forward to July 2026, the start of the 2026-2027 school year. The House passed it 56-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5820. Under current law, teacher training courses must add instruction in certain dyslexia and literacy practices, and the Department of Education must stop approving, or revoke approval of, courses that do not by September 30, 2027. The bill would move one part forward: from July 1, 2026, courses that train reading, language arts or special education teachers, or school psychologists, would have to teach methods grounded in the science of reading. The department's September 2027 approval deadline would not change. The House passed it 56-50. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5520. It would bring back holding third graders back for reading, starting with students in grade 3 in the 2027-2028 school year. A student who does not score proficient in English on the state test could not move to grade 4 unless the student shows proficiency on another approved reading test or a portfolio, is proficient in every other subject, or gets a good cause exemption. Exemptions would cover students with disability plans, English learners with under 3 years of instruction, some recent transfers, students already held back after 2 years of help, and cases where a parent asks and the superintendent agrees. The House passed it 57-49. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4159. It would make the State Board of Education base its model reading and writing standards for kindergarten through grade 6 on the science of reading. Those standards would have to use a code emphasis approach covering decoding, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, spoken language, comprehension and word recognition, and use methods grounded in structured literacy. Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, every school district's reading and writing curriculum for those grades would have to follow the state standards; today a district may vary from them. 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

Voted for part of the state plan to pay off the Detroit school district's debt. The bill routed state income tax money through a fund created for the bailout. It passed by one vote, 57-52 (House Bill 5383).

June 9, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a law making it a crime to sell an aborted fetus or fetal body parts. It passed the House 69-37 (Senate Bill 564).

December 14, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for a package of tighter abortion clinic rules. It added licensing and inspection requirements, banned remote prescribing of the morning-after pill, and treated fetal remains under the laws for human bodies. The House passed it 70-39 (House Bill 5711).

June 13, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5845. It would require the data on an electronic poll book flash drive used at an election to be kept for 22 months. Only after that could the data be erased and the drive used again. 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 4720. It would bar any electronic voting system bought from January 2026 on from containing parts made or supplied by a company on the Federal Communications Commission's list of security threats. The Board of State Canvassers could not approve such a system. The House passed it 63-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 14, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4602. It would let each local election board control how it builds the test ballots used to check voting machines before an election, using any source. The Secretary of State could not give one vendor exclusive control of test ballots or require all ballot data to go to a single vendor. The state's testing procedures would have to be clear, public and repeatable without proprietary systems. 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 for House Bill 4356. It would have the Secretary of State mail a notice and a return card after each November election to every registered voter who has not voted in 8 years or more. A voter who does not return the card would have to confirm their address at the polls, and a card whose signature does not match would mark the registration as challenged. If the notice comes back undeliverable, the registration would be challenged and then canceled unless the voter votes or takes another voting-related step, such as requesting an absentee ballot application or updating their registration, by the day after the second November election. The House passed it 56-41. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 12, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for a new emergency manager law after Michigan voters repealed the 2011 version at the ballot box. It restored state control over financially failing cities and school districts. The House passed it 63-46 (Senate Bill 865).

December 12, 2012Opposes Election Integrity

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4747. It would let taxpayers deduct contributions to another state's 529 college savings plan or ABLE disability savings account from their state income, starting in 2026. Today only Michigan's own plans qualify. The existing yearly limits of $5,000 for a single return and $10,000 for a joint return would apply to each kind of account. 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

Voted for House Bill 4170. It would cut the state income tax rate from 4.25% to 4.05% starting with the 2025 tax year. It would also make future automatic rate cuts, which happen when state general fund revenue grows faster than inflation, permanent instead of lasting one year. The House passed it 65-43. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 18, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5974. It would give parents, guardians and others acting as parents the right to see a minor's medical records, including records of care the minor lawfully got without a parent's consent or notice. Today the minor alone controls those records. Except where federal law says otherwise, a provider could not limit a parent's access. 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

Voted for House Bill 4242. It would require licensed health professionals who keep patient records off-site, including through a records company, to make sure the records are physically kept in a U.S. state or a Canadian province. 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

Voted for House Bill 4466. It would let the state discipline a licensed health professional who is found by a court to have violated House Bill 4467, the proposed ban on gender transition treatment for minors. A certified court record would be conclusive proof. The House passed it 57-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 3, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4467. It would bar health professionals from giving minors puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones above normal levels, sterilizing surgery, genital surgery, or removal of healthy body parts, when done to change a minor's apparent sex or affirm a gender identity that differs from the minor's sex. Exceptions would include minors born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development and treatment of harm from an earlier transition procedure. People could sue over violations until age 38 if treated as minors, and the attorney general could enforce the ban. The House passed it 57-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 3, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4765. It would make the Secretary of State check the citizenship of everyone who applies to register to vote, using state and federal databases. A person whose citizenship could not be checked would be marked a federal-only voter and could not vote in state or local elections until they hand in proof, such as a birth certificate or passport. The House passed it 58-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 14, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4915. It would bar the state and health licensing boards from requiring implicit bias training to get or renew a health professional license or registration, and would cancel the current rule that requires it. The House passed it 56-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

December 11, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4664. Blocking traffic on a public street is already against the law and is normally a civil infraction. The bill would make it a crime, punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a fine of up to 5,000 dollars, when the person is taking part in an assembly on a highway. The House passed it 61-42. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

September 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4024, the student restroom privacy act. It would make an educational institution require every restroom or changing area built for more than one student at a time to be used by sex. Sex would mean what is listed on a person's original birth certificate. The House passed it 58-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

September 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4066. It would make a school district or charter school that takes part in school sports label each team as being for females, for males, or mixed, with sex meaning what is listed on a student's original birth certificate. A school could not knowingly let a male student play on a team set aside for females, and a student harmed by a violation could sue the school. The House passed it 58-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 22, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4469. It would let a school covering any of grades K to 12 decide who may play school sports by a student's biological sex as listed on their original birth certificate. Michigan's civil rights law would not stand in the way. The House passed it 59-45. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 22, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5652. It would bar people who own or live on property within 5 miles of a motor racing track from suing the track over nuisance, a taking of property, or any other theory, if the track was there before they bought or built. The shield would stay in place even if the track later changed its size, layout, technology or type of racing, as long as the changes are lawful. Tracks would still have to follow environmental and health and safety laws. The House passed it 64-38. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 19, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4582. It would write into law the rule that a property owner or occupant owes business visitors no duty to protect them from, or warn them of, dangers that are open and obvious. The Michigan Supreme Court dropped that rule in 2023. A narrow exception would remain for dangers that are effectively unavoidable or pose an unreasonably high risk of severe harm, and courts could not adopt a broader reasonable-care standard. The House passed it 58-48. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 11, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4949. It would widen the shield that protects sport shooting ranges from noise lawsuits and noise-related prosecution. Today a range is protected if it follows accepted practices and met the noise rules in place when it opened. The protection would continue even after the range is updated, modified or expanded, as long as the changes follow accepted practices. The House passed it 56-51. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 10, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5298. It would change who pays no-fault injury benefits when a passenger is hurt in a limousine or in a charter or other bus not already covered by the current rules. The passenger's own auto insurance would pay first, instead of the vehicle's insurer, unless the passenger has no other policy. The House passed it 67-40. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

February 24, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5035. It would let people harmed by fertility fraud sue for three times their damages plus lawyer fees. The patient who gave birth, the patient's spouse at the time, a person conceived through the fraud, and the donor could all sue, with a separate claim for each child born. A suit would have to be filed within 3 years after the fraud is discovered. 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

Voted for House Bill 4933. It would repeal Michigan's licensing of personnel agencies, the employment and career counseling businesses that charge job seekers a fee, and of the agents who manage them. These businesses would no longer need a state license to operate. The House passed it 57-46. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not law.

December 17, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Sponsored a law on who counts as the employer at a franchised business. It named the local franchise owner, not the parent company, as the sole employer. That settles who answers under state minimum wage rules. Signed as Public Act 19 (House Bill 5072).

February 23, 2016Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against a use tax break for developers turning the old Steelcase "Pyramid" building in Grand Rapids into a data center. It passed 61-45 (Senate Bill 617).

December 15, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4951. It sets a new tax of 24 cents on the dollar on marijuana sold or moved wholesale. Almost all of the money goes to a new Neighborhood Roads Fund and pays for road work. The House Fiscal Agency put the yearly take at about 420 million dollars. The House passed it 78-21 and it became law.

September 25, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Voted for a bill that raised Michigan's motor fuel tax and widened which fuels it covers. It became Public Act 20. The House passed it 62-46 (House Bill 4183).

March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against raising vehicle registration taxes to pay for road repairs. The House passed the increase 67-43 (House Bill 4630).

December 19, 2014Opposes Public Infrastructure

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Citizens for Traditional Values PAC endorsed her in the August 4, 2026 Republican primary for Michigan House District 34.

July 15, 2026

Source: ctvmichigan.org · researched August 1, 2026

Testified before the House Rules Committee on her bill to create an income tax credit for people who invest in Michigan-based businesses. A constituent's suggestion prompted the proposal.

March 12, 2026

Source: gophouse.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted against a bill exempting Uber and Lyft drivers from the chauffeur license rules and setting their insurance limits. She was one of only eight Republicans to vote no. It passed 74-36 (House Bill 4641).

June 17, 2015

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law raising license fees on makers and sellers of commercial animal feed. It also changed how the state inspects them. Signed as Public Act 83 (House Bill 4451).

June 16, 2015

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law raising the state license fees paid by livestock dealers, truckers, brokers and agents. It also made earlier "temporary" fee increases permanent. Signed as Public Act 69 (House Bill 4400).

June 10, 2015

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a pair of laws letting state-chartered banks run savings promotion raffles. Customers enter by depositing money and can win a prize. A companion bill kept the raffles out of the state gambling crime law. Signed as Public Acts 399 and 400 (House Bills 5412 and 5413).

December 24, 2014

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law creating a regulatory system for a Michigan-only stock exchange. It set the rules for trading shares of in-state companies. Signed as Public Act 355 (House Bill 5273).

October 21, 2014

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law letting small Michigan companies sell stock without registering the offering with the state. The exemption applies only if the offering meets conditions set in the law. Signed as Public Act 264 (House Bill 4996).

December 26, 2013

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored a law letting veterans have their military service printed on their Michigan driver's license. The veteran has to show documents proving the service. Signed as Public Act 27 (House Bill 4037).

May 14, 2013

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Voted for the companion right-to-work law covering government and public school employees. It barred union membership or dues as a condition of a public job. The House passed it 58-51 (House Bill 4003).

December 11, 2012

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026

Sponsored Michigan's "right to try" law. It stopped state officials and licensing boards from punishing doctors who give terminal patients experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Signed as Public Act 346 (House Bill 5649).

October 15, 2014

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched August 1, 2026