Kevin Hertel

Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 249 as prime sponsor, changing the written and practical examination requirements for paramedic licensure under the Public Health Code and directing the state health department to develop an alternative examination; it became 2024 Public Act 48.

May 22, 2024For

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Sponsored 2018 House Bill 6023 as prime sponsor, repealing the seven-day deadline for health care providers to report HIV cases to local health departments; it was signed into law as 2018 Public Act 539.

December 27, 2018For

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Sponsored 2018 House Bill 5379 as prime sponsor, which barred public schools from prohibiting student use of sunscreen at school and school events; it was signed into law as 2018 Public Act 243.

June 27, 2018For

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Sponsored 2025 Senate Bill 8 as prime sponsor, the Senate rewrite of the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act that raised Michigan's minimum wage to $15 by 2027, indexed it to inflation, and set terms for tipped employees; it became 2025 Public Act 1.

February 21, 2025For

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Voted no as a state representative on 2018 Senate Bill 1171, the Legislature's rewrite of the citizen-initiated minimum wage law; the measure passed the House 60-48 and became 2018 Public Act 368.

December 4, 2018For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 331 as prime sponsor, revising how small business taxpayers claim the personal property tax exemption and how local governments are reimbursed for it; it became 2023 Public Act 176.

October 24, 2023For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 384 as prime sponsor, barring insurers from discriminating against a person solely because they are a living organ donor; it became 2023 Public Act 192.

November 7, 2023For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 356 as prime sponsor, writing federal Affordable Care Act protections on summaries of benefits, policy rescission, and acceptable coverage levels into Michigan's Insurance Code; it became 2023 Public Act 161.

October 19, 2023For

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Voted yes as a state representative on 2021 Senate Bill 28, which directed additional spending to auto crash injury rehabilitation providers after the no-fault fee schedule cut their reimbursements; it passed the House 79-30 and became 2021 Public Act 65.

June 30, 2021For

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Voted yes as a state representative on 2019 Senate Bill 1, the overhaul of Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system that restructured personal injury protection coverage and premiums; the bill passed the House 94-15 and became 2019 Public Act 21.

May 24, 2019For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 508 as prime sponsor, capping at $75 the per diem compensation and mileage reimbursement that Farm Produce Insurance Authority board members receive for board work; it became 2023 Public Act 196.

November 7, 2023For

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Sponsored 2024 Senate Bill 834 as prime sponsor, doubling from $25,000 to $50,000 the benefit paid to survivors of public safety officers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; it became 2024 Public Act 128.

October 3, 2024For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 328 as prime sponsor, creating the Smoke Alarm Battery Standard Act that requires new smoke detector units sold in Michigan to run on a nonremovable ten-year battery; it became 2024 Public Act 98.

July 23, 2024For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 135 as prime sponsor, expanding the DWI/sobriety court ignition interlock program into a broader Specialty Court Interlock Program covering additional certified specialty courts; it became 2023 Public Act 125.

September 19, 2023For

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Sponsored 2017 House Bill 5166 as prime sponsor in the Michigan House; the bill revised penalties for unemployment insurance fraud, including imposter claims, and was signed into law as 2017 Public Act 226.

December 20, 2017For

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Sponsored 2025 Senate Bill 23 as prime sponsor, amending the Land Division Act to increase the number of parcels that may be created from a parent parcel and to allow more flexible partitioning under local ordinances; it became 2025 Public Act 58.

December 23, 2025For

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 602 as prime sponsor, rewriting real estate broker and salesperson regulation and voiding right-to-list home sale agreements that are unwritten, unsigned by all owners, longer than two years, or lack an early termination option; it became 2024 Public Act 122.

July 25, 2024For

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Sponsored 2025 Senate Bill 540 as prime sponsor, establishing a Michigan National Guard child care assistance program for eligible Guard members; it became 2025 Public Act 37.

December 9, 2025For

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Sponsored 2024 Senate Bill 790 as prime sponsor, creating the home help caregiver council and requiring collective bargaining over terms of employment for individual home health caregivers; it became 2024 Public Act 144.

October 8, 2024For

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Sponsored 2021 House Bill 5276 as prime sponsor, revising enrollment procedures for the state child abuse central registry to support a statewide electronic case management system for child abuse and neglect cases; it became 2022 Public Act 66.

May 5, 2022For

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Announced more than $1 million in Senate District 12 appropriations included in the bipartisan fiscal year 2027 state budget passed by the Legislature, among them $150,000 for restoration of the Mount Clemens Community Schools auditorium, $115,000 for Grosse Pointe Public Schools communication and emergency preparedness systems, and $75,000 to establish a Grosse Pointe robotics and innovation center.

July 3, 2026For

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Voted yes in the Senate on 2024 Senate Bill 942, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or possession of a bump stock; the bill passed the Senate 23-12 with three Republicans joining the majority.

December 12, 2024For

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Voted yes in the Senate on 2023 House Bill 4146, barring anyone subject to an extreme risk protection order from buying a firearm or holding a concealed pistol license; the bill passed the Senate 20-18 and became 2023 Public Act 37.

April 19, 2023For

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Voted yes in the Senate on 2023 House Bill 4138, which required a license or background check for the purchase of any firearm; the bill passed the Senate 20-18 on a party-line roll call and became 2023 Public Act 19.

March 23, 2023For

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Voted yes in the Senate on 2023 House Bill 4949, the Reproductive Health Act, which rewrote Michigan statutes to reflect the repeal of the state's abortion ban; the bill passed the Senate 20-17 and became 2023 Public Act 286.

November 7, 2023For

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Sponsored 2025 Senate Bill 581 as prime sponsor, amending Michigan's tax increment financing law to clarify definitions, broaden flexibility for local development authorities, and refine procedures for financial obligations and development districts; it became 2026 Public Act 5.

March 26, 2026For

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Voted no in the Senate on 2025 House Bill 4183, which increased and expanded Michigan's motor fuel tax as part of the road funding package; the bill passed the Senate 24-12 with Hertel among three Democrats opposed and became 2025 Public Act 20.

October 3, 2025Against

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 237 as prime sponsor, extending to 2050 the sales and use tax exemptions available to qualifying large data centers; it became 2024 Public Act 181.

December 30, 2024

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 149 as prime sponsor, requiring research facilities to offer dogs and cats no longer needed for research to an animal protection shelter before euthanizing them; it became 2023 Public Act 315.

December 14, 2023

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Sponsored 2023 Senate Bill 268 as prime sponsor, removing the mandatory annual inflation increase on prepaid funeral contract death benefits and updating statutory dollar maximums in the Insurance Code; it became 2023 Public Act 167.

October 19, 2023

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Served as chair of the Michigan Senate Health Policy Committee and as a member of the Senate Appropriations, Energy and Environment, and Regulatory Affairs committees during the 2023-2024 and 2025-2026 sessions.

March 7, 2023

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Sponsored 2021 House Bill 5296 as prime sponsor, extending to chiropractic physician groups the ability to form professional limited liability companies with other medical professionals; it became 2022 Public Act 32.

March 15, 2022

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Sponsored 2021 House Bill 4431 as prime sponsor, revising the definition of an 'occasion' in Michigan's charitable gaming and bingo law after a 2019 change limited how many events charities could hold; it became 2021 Public Act 92.

October 29, 2021

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