Kevin Hertel

Voted for Senate Bill 760. It would bar AI chatbot operators from offering minors features that act like a friend, romantic partner or other relationship, or that claim to be human or have feelings. Chatbots could not give minors content that encourages suicide, self-harm, eating disorders or drug use, or that urges secrecy from parents. A user's own claim to be an adult would not be enough, and the attorney general could seek fines of $25,000 per violation. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 29, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Voted for Senate Bill 973. It would create a Michigan-run health insurance exchange, governed by a 12-member board, where people and small employers could compare and buy health plans through a website and phone line by January 1, 2028. The Senate passed it 20-16. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 18, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 977. It would require the state insurance department to apply for a federal waiver to set up a reinsurance program, which helps pay the largest medical claims so individual market premiums can be lower, and to run the program if the waiver is approved. The Senate passed it 20-16. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 18, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 3. It would create a state prescription drug affordability board. The board could review drugs whose costs burden patients or the health system and set upper limits on what insurers, Medicaid and other buyers in Michigan pay for them. Limits could not apply to drugs in short supply, and the board could not use cost measures that value the lives of older, sicker or disabled people less. The Senate passed it 20-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 37. It would require health insurers that cover gynecological and pregnancy care to cover that care whether it is given at an in-network facility or at home, by an in-network doctor, certified nurse midwife or midwife. The Senate passed it 27-9. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4187. It cuts the yearly income tax money set aside for the Renew Michigan Fund from 69 million dollars to 52 million for one year and 56 million for the two years after that, then puts it back to 69 million. That fund pays for cleaning up polluted sites, waste management and recycling. The act also shifts the shares between those three uses. The Senate passed it 26-10 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 462. It would require a state license to sell tobacco and nicotine products at retail, including vapes, and a license for delivery and other third-party sellers. Sellers would have to check photo ID for every sale, and a licensee that sells to someone under 21 would face fines from $250 for a first sale up to $10,000 and loss of the license for a fourth sale within three years. The Senate passed it 19-16. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 515. It would require landlords to install at least one working carbon monoxide detector in every rental unit that has a landlord-provided fuel-burning appliance or is next to an enclosed garage. A landlord who does not could be fined up to $500. The Senate passed it 23-12. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

October 23, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 577. It pushes back the end date for the fees the state charges to train and certify public water supply operators, from October 2025 to October 2029. The money goes to the fund that pays for that training. The Senate agreed to the House version 23-13 and it became law.

October 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 579. It pushes back to October 2029 the end dates for a set of environmental fees the state charges. The fees cover floodplain permits and land and water permits. They also cover training and certifying wastewater and stormwater operators, discharges to storm and surface water, and handling hazardous waste. The Senate agreed to the House version 21-15 and it became law.

October 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 576. It would create an energy efficiency revolving fund to pay for energy-saving projects in state facilities, giving priority to projects that cut the state's carbon footprint. The state budget office would set terms with agencies tied to the energy savings each project produces. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

September 25, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 246. It would pause new commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal licenses and expansions for 5 years or until the state adopts an updated waste plan, whichever is later. Afterward, new sites and disposal wells could not go in a community that already has one or had one within the past 25 years, with limited exceptions. It would also raise the landfill fee on waste with raised natural radioactivity from $5 to $12.50 a ton. The Senate passed it 19-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

August 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 247. It would charge commercial hazardous waste disposal wells a fee of 0.417 cents per gallon of waste injected, adjusted for inflation, with waste from government cleanups exempt. The money would go to a fund that makes grants to the communities that host these wells. The Senate passed it 19-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

August 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 46. It would let the state environment department enter mobile home parks and seasonal mobile home parks whose water runs through the park's own pipes, to investigate complaints that the water reaching a home is unsafe or fails state drinking water standards. The Senate passed it 28-9. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 807. It would create a state-run retirement savings program for workers whose employers offer no retirement plan. Workers would be enrolled automatically through payroll unless they opt out, could change or stop contributions at any time, and the state would not guarantee returns. Employers could offer their own plan instead. The Senate passed it 20-18. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 17, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 232. It would let the state lower the minimum age for Michigan Reconnect community college grants from 25 to as low as 21, if enough money is set aside to expand the program. A lower age could not be used after September 30, 2032. The Senate passed it 25-10. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

December 9, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2018Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 49. It would raise Michigan's workplace safety fines to match the federal fines for the same violations. Today a serious violation can cost up to $7,000 and a willful or repeated one up to $70,000. The state labor department would have to start updating the fines within 10 working days after a federal change. It would also formally put the labor department in charge of the safety law, and keep reports from its safety advice program for employers out of public records requests. The Senate passed it 20-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 23, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 145. It would bar employers from asking job applicants about their past pay, past benefits, credit score or credit history, or from seeking that information in other ways. Employers that a law or a securities industry regulator requires to use this information would be exempt, as would banks that take federally insured deposits and registered securities brokers and investment advisers. It would also bar written policies or practices that stop or discourage workers from sharing their own pay. The Senate passed it 19-16. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 22, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 296. Starting June 1, 2027, it would bar hospitals from requiring registered nurses to work beyond their scheduled or on-call hours, except in a declared emergency, a mass casualty event, the first 4 weeks of a public health emergency, or certain ongoing procedures. A nurse could be held up to 2 more hours, or 4 at rural hospitals, when unexpected circumstances prevent relief, and would get 8 hours off after a 12-hour shift. The Senate passed it 21-16. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 15, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 319. It would make minimum staffing levels a required topic of union bargaining for police, firefighters and other public safety workers covered by Michigan's binding arbitration law for those jobs. An employer could decline to bargain over staffing in a year after its state revenue-sharing payments, or its property tax collections because of lower property values, fell below the year before. For other public workers, it would say nothing bars bargaining over staffing. The Senate passed it 19-18. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 26, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2018Supports Labor Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for House Bill 4064. It bars a sitting Michigan state lawmaker from taking pay to lobby government officials, in Michigan or in any other state. State law already limited lobbying by some former lawmakers. This act reaches lawmakers who are still in office. The Senate passed it 28-8 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

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, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 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 Senate agreed to the House version 24-12 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5055. It lets a House or Senate sergeant at arms who holds a police commission enforce state law anywhere in Michigan. That power is limited to three uses: guarding a lawmaker, their family or their staff when the danger comes from threats or crimes tied to the lawmaker's official duties; guarding an event the lawmaker attends as part of those duties; and looking into threats or crimes against a lawmaker. The lawmaker must submit a request, and the Senate majority leader or the House speaker must approve it. The Senate passed it 20-16 and it became law.

November 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 78. It would let a person convicted of a felony committed before age 18 ask a court to set it aside, even for offenses that normally cannot be cleared. At least 15 years must have passed since release, with no adult conviction, no pending charge and no positive test for illegal drug use since the conviction. Crimes requiring sex offender registration would not qualify. The Senate passed it 23-11. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 260. It would end governmental immunity for public universities, colleges and school districts sued over sexual abuse by an employee when the school was negligent in hiring, supervising or training, or knew of the abuse and did not report it. A school could be held liable only if it knew of an earlier act or the person's tendency and failed to act. The Senate passed it 25-9. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 257. It would give survivors of criminal sexual conduct more time to sue: the later of 10 years after the claim arises, age 42, or 7 years after discovering the injury and its cause. There would be no deadline if the abuser is convicted. Older claims already too late could be filed within 1 year, with damages capped at $1.5 million per defendant for each incident. The Senate passed it 25-9. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 111. It would create a personal protection order for adults 60 and older, vulnerable adults and people with developmental disabilities. A court could bar abuse, threats, stalking, buying or having a firearm, harm to pets, and control over the person's money and property. It could also order property returned and damages paid. The Senate passed it 19-18. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 373. It would bar leases that charge an extra fee on every allowed way of paying rent. If a lease allows more than one payment method, at least one would have to be free for the tenant. The Senate passed it 24-12 and the House passed it 99-5. The bill has passed the Legislature and is awaiting the governor's decision.

July 3, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 966. It tells the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to set up and run a housing opportunity tax credit program. The credit is for low-income housing projects. Applications open with the 2027 award cycle. They are taken at the same time as applications for the federal low-income housing credit. The Senate agreed to the House version 22-14 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5806. It creates a state housing opportunity tax credit that the owner of a low-income housing project can claim against the income tax, for tax years starting in 2027. The credit sits alongside the federal low-income housing credit. Total credits are capped at 42 million dollars for the first award cycle. The Senate passed it 21-15 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 5807. It lets an out-of-state insurer that qualifies use the new housing opportunity tax credit against the extra tax Michigan charges insurers from states that tax Michigan insurers. It is one of three bills that together create the credit for low-income housing projects. The Senate passed it 21-15 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 967. It would let developers awarded a new state low-income housing tax credit, given alongside the federal credit, claim it against the state income tax starting in 2027. The state would take back a matching share if the federal credit for the same project is taken back. The Senate passed it 23-13. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for House Bill 6043. It writes the Tri-Share child care program into law. Until now the program ran on budget money alone, starting as a pilot in 2020. Under Tri-Share an employer, the worker and the state each pay about a third of that worker's child care costs, and an employer joins by covering at least a third. The bill also writes the related CareShare arrangement into law. The Senate passed it 23-13 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 310. It would write Michigan's Tri-Share child care program, now a pilot funded year to year in the state budget, into law. It would create a state fund to run the program and recruit employers to take part in each region. The Senate passed it 22-13. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 311. It would require the state to raise child care subsidy payments to providers each year by the Detroit-area inflation rate, starting October 1, 2027, unless it has already adjusted the rates for that year. The Senate passed it 21-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 903. It sets conditions a school district must meet to keep the extra funding it gets for students who need more help. The district must work on reading and math achievement, teach English directly to English learners for at least a state-set number of minutes a week based on each pupil's level, test them with the WIDA assessment, and run a tiered support system in every grade it operates. No more than 2 percent of that money may go to administration. The Senate agreed to the House version 24-12 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for Senate Bill 234. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, it would require every school district and charter school to adopt a policy limiting student cellphone use during school hours. Policies would need exceptions for emergencies, medical needs and disability accommodations. The Senate passed it 28-9. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

May 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 224. It would add bump stocks and multiburst trigger activators to the list of devices that may not be made, sold, offered for sale or held in Michigan. A bump stock lets a semi-automatic gun fire more than one shot with a single pull. Breaking the rule would be a felony. The Senate passed it 22-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 226. It would add the Michigan State Capitol Building, the Anderson House Office Building and the Binsfeld Senate Office Building to the places where a person may not have a gun, whether hidden or not. Police, building security and lawmakers with a concealed-pistol license could still carry. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 331. It would bar making, buying, selling or passing on a gun, frame or receiver that has no valid serial number, and 18 months later bar knowingly holding one. It would also bar using a 3D printer or milling machine to make guns without a license, cap an unlicensed person at five guns a year, and require them to tell the State Police within 10 days. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 225. It would add the Michigan State Capitol Building, the Anderson House Office Building and the Binsfeld Senate Office Building to the places where a person may not carry a concealed pistol. Lawmakers with a concealed-pistol license could still carry while serving. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 154. It would make it a crime to use force, threats or physical obstruction to injure, intimidate or interfere with people getting or providing reproductive health care, or to damage a facility because it provides that care. A first offense could bring up to 1 year and a $10,000 fine, repeat offenses would be felonies, and officials could sue to stop violations. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 33. It would let a person's advance directive say which life-sustaining treatment the person wants or refuses if pregnant. It would end the rule that a patient advocate may not refuse treatment for a pregnant patient when that decision would result in the patient's death. The Senate passed it 19-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 31. Starting in 2027, it would require hospitals to let a patient giving birth have a partner or spouse and a doula present throughout the stay, or a doula and another companion if no partner or spouse is available, with limited exceptions. Hospitals would also have to state their informed consent policy and accept transfer information from midwives. It would add pregnancy and breastfeeding to the sex discrimination hospitals may not practice. The Senate passed it 22-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

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, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 962. It would direct the Secretary of State to partner with one or more public universities to create a Michigan voting and elections database and institute by November 5, 2027. It would keep a free public archive of election, voter registration and ballot access data from every local government, and support research and training on running elections. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 16, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 964. From 2028 it would make a local government tell the Secretary of State when it changes how it runs elections, when a voter asks to view voting equipment, and which groups may appoint election challengers, with each notice posted within five days. It would also let a voter who cannot get into the polling place vote from outside, let a voter choose who helps them in another language, and let people hand out food, warmth or other necessities to voters waiting in line. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 16, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 533. It would set a civil fine of up to 1,000 dollars for knowingly telling someone a lie about when, where or how an election is held, who may vote, the penalties for voting, or that person's own registration, meaning to stop them voting. An employer that put such a person to work on an election could be fined up to 10,000 dollars. The Senate passed it 19-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

September 17, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 757. It would bar social media and similar apps from showing a minor a feed chosen by the app from what it knows about the user, unless reasonable steps show the user is not a minor or a parent gives verified consent. It would bar feed notifications to minors from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and during school hours on school-year weekdays, and require age-check data to be deleted right away. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 29, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 758. It would make online services set a minor's account to the most private settings by default, collect only the data needed for the service, and stop targeted ads, profiling and manipulative design aimed at minors. It would also bar notifications to minors late at night and during school hours, and limit how a minor's data may be used to recommend content. Violations could bring fines of up to $50,000 each starting in 2027. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 29, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 360. It would require businesses and state agencies that hold personal information to keep reasonable security safeguards. It would add passport and other ID numbers, medical and health insurance details, online account logins and biometric data to the information protected. People would have to be told of a breach within 45 days, and the attorney general could sue for fines, including up to $2,000 for failing to keep safeguards. The Senate passed it 19-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

August 26, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for Senate Bill 81. It extends the work of the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission to young people in the juvenile courts who cannot pay for a lawyer. The Commission must set the least a local government has to do to give them a defense. The act also changes who sits on the Commission. The Senate agreed to the House version 23-13 and it became law.

July 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 964. From 2028 it would make a local government tell the Secretary of State when it changes how it runs elections, when a voter asks to view voting equipment, and which groups may appoint election challengers, with each notice posted within five days. It would also let a voter who cannot get into the polling place vote from outside, let a voter choose who helps them in another language, and let people hand out food, warmth or other necessities to voters waiting in line. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 963, the Language Assistance for Elections Act. It would make a local government give help in another language at its elections when enough of its people share that language and have limited English. The Secretary of State would list which places and which languages every two years, and would pay back the extra cost of testing ballot-counting machines. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 961, the State Voting Rights Act. It would bar a local government or state agency from any rule or method of election that leaves a protected class taking part less than other voters or that holds them back from the political process. Someone who wanted to sue would usually first have to write to the local government setting out the problem and a way to fix it, though not when asking a court for quick relief before an upcoming election. The Senate passed it 20-17. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 29. It would require the state health department's plan to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities to also address inequities. The department's website would have to link to peer-reviewed studies on biased or unjust care for pregnant patients, including obstetric racism and obstetric violence. The Senate passed it 22-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 34. Michigan's civil rights law already treats pregnancy and childbirth as part of sex, so that discrimination on those grounds is barred. The bill would add lactating status to that list. The Senate passed it 22-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 30, the biased and unjust care reporting act. It would make the state health department collect reports from pregnant and postpartum patients whose care was not unbiased, dignified, safe or properly consented to. The department would use those reports to find cases of obstetric racism and obstetric violence and report the totals, with no names in them, to the Governor and to legislative committees. The Senate passed it 22-14. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

April 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 1042. It would bar sellers from raising prices on food, building materials, emergency and medical supplies and other goods and services by more than 20% during or shortly after a declared state of emergency, unless higher costs, an earlier discount or a retail markup no larger than the seller's own cost explains it. The attorney general could seek fines of up to $10,000 per violation for a person and $500,000 for a business. The Senate passed it 20-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 1043. It would bar sellers of gasoline, propane and home heating oil from raising prices by more than 20% during or shortly after a market disruption such as a storm, shortage or strike, unless higher costs or an earlier discount explains it. The attorney general could seek fines of up to $10,000 per violation for a person and $500,000 for a business. The Senate passed it 20-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 1041. It would bar hotels and other lodging from raising prices by more than 20% during or shortly after a declared state of emergency in the affected area, unless higher costs, an earlier discount, an earlier contract or normal seasonal pricing explains it. The attorney general could seek fines of up to $10,000 per violation for a person and $500,000 for a business. The Senate passed it 20-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 451. It would bar credit reporting companies from including medical debt in credit reports, except for reports used for a loan of any kind larger than the federal conforming mortgage limit. Medical providers and debt collectors could not report medical debt to credit bureaus, and people could sue for damages over violations. The Senate passed it 27-8. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 134. It would widen Michigan's consumer protection law. A business would no longer be exempt just because its industry is regulated or its type of deal is allowed by law, only for a practice the law expressly permits. Fines of up to $25,000 could apply to each person misled or each deceptive ad, the attorney general could bring class actions, and small businesses and nonprofits would also be protected. The Senate passed it 19-18. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

June 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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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, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 947. It would overhaul Michigan's dam safety law. Owners would have to register every dam with the state environment department in rounds over about 10 years and keep current inspection, monitoring, maintenance and safety plans. It would also bring federally licensed hydropower dams under state review and require engineers on dam projects to have experience with similar work. The Senate passed it 22-15. The House has not voted on it, so it is not law.

July 2, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for Senate Bill 578. It creates the Neighborhood Roads Fund and the Infrastructure Projects Authority Fund and sets out how the money in each is shared. Those funds are where the 2025 road funding package sends its money. The Senate agreed to the House version 21-15 and it became law.

October 3, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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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

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

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, 2026

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026

Voted against House Bill 4183. It raises Michigan's tax on motor fuel from 31 cents a gallon to at least 51 cents, starting January 1, 2026. The money pays for road work. The bill is one part of the 2025 road funding package. The Senate passed it 24-12 and it became law.

October 3, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted against 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 Senate passed it 19-17 and it became law.

October 3, 2025

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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, 2018

Source: michiganvotes.org · researched July 24, 2026