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Dan Lauwers
Republican · Senator

Dan Lauwers

Represents District 25 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
91%
on 179 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 93%
Cast a vote
84%
Yea or Nay on 475 of 563 roll calls · Senate median 98%
Their bills that became law
2 of 8
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 2.5
Roll calls on record
563
103rd Legislature
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 103rd Legislature.

How Dan Lauwers votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Dan Lauwers sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Dan Lauwers is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

16 of 179 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

SB0885 · Criminal procedure: indigent defense; parent and child legal representation commission; create. Creates new act.
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 246 · 2026-09-10 · Passed 27–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0480 · Children: child care; definition of minor in the child care organizations act; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111).
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 154 · 2026-06-24 · Passed 26–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0966 · Housing: housing development authority; housing opportunity tax credit program; establish and administer. Amends sec. 22 of 1966 PA 346 (MCL 125.1422) & adds sec. 22e. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5806'26, HB 5807'26
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 138 · 2026-06-18 · Passed 23–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0967 · Individual income tax: credit; state low-income housing tax credit; create. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 – 206.847) by adding secs. 279, 679 & 821. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0966'26, SB 0968'26
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 139 · 2026-06-18 · Passed 23–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0968 · Insurance: other; state low-income housing tax credit; create. Amends secs. 476a & 476b of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.476a & 500.476b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0966'26, SB 0967'26
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 140 · 2026-06-18 · Passed 23–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4695 · Local government: authorities; revisions to the recreational authorities act; provide for. Amends secs. 1 & 3 of 2000 PA 321 (MCL 123.1131 & 123.1133). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4694'25
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 81 · 2026-04-30 · Passed 27–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0232 · Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant recipient act; modify. Amends secs. 11, 15 & 21 of 2020 PA 68 (MCL 390.1711 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0233'25
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 317 · 2025-12-09 · Passed 25–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0233 · Higher education: financial aid; eligibility for Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1701). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0232'25
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 318 · 2025-12-09 · Passed 25–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0531 · Elections: petitions; process for counting duplicate petition signatures; provide for, and eliminate penalties. Amends secs. 482, 590h, 685, 957 & 958 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.482 et seq.) & adds secs. 482f & 547.
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 296 · 2025-11-13 · Passed 21–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0578 · Highways: bridges; movable bridge fund; modify and create neighborhood roads fund. Amends sec. 11g of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.661g) & adds sec. 13c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4180'25, HB 4181'25, HB 4182'25, HB 4183'25, HB 4951'25, HB 4961'25, HB 4968'25
Yea
Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 267 · 2025-10-03 · Passed 21–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB0860 · Appropriations: school aid omnibus; fiscal year 2026-2027 appropriations for K-12 school aid, higher education, and community colleges; provide for. Amends secs. 11, 201 & 236 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0903'26
Nay
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 90 · 2026-04-30 · Passed 19–18
SB0877 · Appropriations: supplemental; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0878'26
Nay
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 95 · 2026-04-30 · Passed 19–18
SB0878 · Appropriations: omnibus; supplemental appropriations for multiple departments and branches for the fiscal year 2026-2027 and supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
Nay
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 78 · 2026-04-29 · Passed 19–18
SB0319 · Labor: collective bargaining; minimum staffing levels within a bargaining unit; make a mandatory subject of bargaining for certain public employees. Amends secs. 11 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.211 & 423.215).
Nay
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 189 · 2025-06-26 · Passed 19–18
SB0157 · Cemeteries and funerals: other; pet cemetery regulation act; create. Creates new act.
Nay
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 160 · 2025-06-10 · Passed 19–18
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Winnie BrinksDemocrat · District 29 · 234 shared contested votes
32%
Sarah AnthonyDemocrat · District 21 · 234 shared contested votes
32%
Dayna PolehankiDemocrat · District 5 · 242 shared contested votes
31%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (88 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 2 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 8 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 25 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 35 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 45 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 35 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2025-07: 15 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-08: 15 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2025-09: 37 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-10: 32 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2025-11: 14 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-12: 69 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 11 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 5 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 39 roll calls, 10 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 29 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 15 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-06: 50 roll calls, 5 without a Yea or Nay2026-07: 65 roll calls, 65 without a Yea or Nay2026-09: 17 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026Sep 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Dan Lauwers was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced8
Out of committee5
Passed one chamber5
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee3

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 2.5 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Occupations: cosmetologists 1Property: conveyance of state property 1Civil rights: open meetings 1Transportation: school vehicles 1Vehicles: registration plates 1Industrial Hemp: administration 1
Industrial Hemp: administration; administration of industrial hemp program; modify. Repeals secs. 101, 103, 105, 201, 211, 213, 215, 217, 301, 303, 305, 307, 309, 311, 313, 401, 403, 405, 407, 409, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 601, 602, 603, 605, 607, 609 & 801 of 2020 PA 220 (MCL 333.29101 et seq.)
Passed one chamberReferred To Committee On Regulatory Reform · 2026-06-04
Land use: farmland and open space; relinquishment of farmland from development rights agreements; expand legal arrangements triggering. Amends sec. 36111 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.36111). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0685'25
Became lawAssigned Pa 0072'25 With Immediate Effect · 2025-12-23
Vehicles: registration plates; next of kin special registration plate; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e).
Passed one chamberReferred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure · 2025-12-10
A resolution to recognize October 9, 2025, as Auto Heritage Day.
Became lawAdopted · 2025-10-01
Transportation: school vehicles; requirements for pupil transportation; modify. Amends sec. 10 of 1990 PA 187 (MCL 257.1810) & adds sec. 10b.
Not out of committeeReferred To Committee On Education · 2025-06-26
Civil rights: open meetings; remedies for violations of the open meetings act; revise. Amends sec. 11 of 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.271).
Not out of committeeReferred To Committee On Local Government · 2025-06-17
Occupations: cosmetologists; branch facilities for a school of cosmetology; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 – 339.2677) by adding sec. 1205b.
Passed one chamberReferred To Committee On Regulatory Reform · 2025-04-29
Property: conveyance of state property; transfer of certain state-owned property in Tuscola County; provide for. Creates land transfer act.
Not out of committeeReferred To Committee On Appropriations · 2025-03-19

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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SB1138 · 2026-09-10
Civil procedure: bankruptcy; bankruptcy exemptions; modify. Amends sec. 5451 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5451). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 242)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
SB1133 · 2026-09-10
Retirement: state police; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1603 & 38.1604). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1134'26, SB 1135'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 236)
Passed · 27-8
Nay
SB1137 · 2026-09-10
Civil procedure: execution; procedures for collection of judgments; revise. Amends & adds (See bill). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 241)
Passed · 21-14
Nay
SB0885 · 2026-09-10
Criminal procedure: indigent defense; parent and child legal representation commission; create. Creates new act. (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 246)
Passed · 27-8
Yea
SB1140 · 2026-09-10
Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; brownfield redevelopment financing act; amend to exempt museum authorities. Amends sec. 2 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139'26, SB 1141'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 244)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
SB1139 · 2026-09-10
History and arts: other; history museum authorities act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1140'26, SB 1141'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 243)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
SB1134 · 2026-09-10
Retirement: state employees; election process to transfer certain law enforcement officers to the Michigan state police retirement system; provide for. Amends sec. 55 of 1943 PA 240 (MCL 38.55) & adds secs. 50b, 50c, 50d, 64a, 64b & 64c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1133'26, SB 1135'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 237)
Passed · 27-8
Nay
SB1136 · 2026-09-10
Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; modify. Amends title & secs. 3, 4 & 5 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563 et seq.) & adds secs. 3a & 4a. (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 240)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
SB1135 · 2026-09-10
Retirement: state employees; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system. Amends 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1601 – 38.1674) by adding secs. 24c, 24d, 24e & 24f. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1133'26, SB 1134'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 239)
Passed · 27-8
Nay
SB1141 · 2026-09-10
Economic development: tax increment financing; definition of tax increment revenues; exclude taxes levied under history museum authorities act. Amends secs. 201, 301, 402, 523, 603, 703 & 803 of 2018 PA 57 (MCL 125.4201 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139'26, SB 1140'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 245)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
HB6130 · 2026-09-09
Education: financing; Michigan trust fund act; modify. Amends sec. 12 of 2000 PA 489 (MCL 12.262). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 235)
Passed · 33-1
Yea
HB5482 · 2026-09-09
State agencies (existing): generally; plans to correct audit recommendations; require notification to the legislature if the executive branch fails to prepare. Amends sec. 242 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1242). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 232)
Passed · 24-10
Nay
HB6127 · 2026-09-09
Gaming: other; expenditures in the internet gaming fund; modify. Amends secs. 14 & 16 of 2019 PA 152 (MCL 432.314 & 432.316). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 234)
Passed · 32-2
Yea
SB0729 · 2026-09-09
State finance: authorities; outstanding obligations of the state building authority; provide exception to the limit of. Amends sec. 8 of 1964 PA 183 (MCL 830.418). (Senate Third Reading: House Amendment(s) Concurred In Roll Call # 229)
Passed · 24-10
Nay
HB6126 · 2026-09-09
Gaming: other; expenditures under the internet sports betting fund; modify. Amends secs. 15 & 16 of 2019 PA 149 (MCL 432.415 & 432.416) (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 233)
Passed · 32-2
Yea
SB1013 · 2026-09-09
Insurance: no-fault; price optimization use in determining insurance rates; prohibit. Adds sec. 2027a of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2027a). (Senate Third Reading: House Amendment(s) Concurred In Roll Call # 230)
Passed · 32-2
Yea
HB5109 · 2026-09-09
Vehicles: other; allocation to transportation administration collection fund; modify. Amends sec. 810b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.810b). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 231)
Passed · 34-0
Yea
SB0205 · 2026-07-15
Health: anatomical gifts; certain private practice offices and urgent care centers to provide information on the donor registry and donating bone marrow; allow. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 – 333.25211) by adding sec. 10401. (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 216)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4063 · 2026-07-03
Public employees and officers: ethics; certain former officers of the executive branch of state government; prohibit from engaging in certain lobbying activities for a period of time. Amends 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.411 – 4.431) by adding sec. 6d. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 195)
Passed · 29-7
Absent
HB4518 · 2026-07-03
Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify. Amends title & sec. 3 of 2002 PA 712 (MCL 28.753). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 183)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
HB4518 · 2026-07-03
Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify. Amends title & sec. 3 of 2002 PA 712 (MCL 28.753). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 183)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
HB4062 · 2026-07-03
Public employees and officers: ethics; former members of the legislature; prohibit from engaging in certain lobbying activities for a period of time. Amends sec. 6a of 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.416a). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 194)
Passed · 29-7
Absent
SB1052 · 2026-07-03
Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 187)
Passed · 22-14
Absent
HB5807 · 2026-07-03
Insurance: other; housing opportunity tax credits against the retaliatory tax; provide for. Amends secs. 476a & 476b of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.476a & 500.476b). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5805'26, HB 5806'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 182)
Passed · 21-15
Absent
HB4309 · 2026-07-03
Health occupations: physician's assistants; physician's assistants licensure compact; provide for. Amends secs. 16337 & 18001 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16337 & 333.18001) & adds secs. 16187d, 17011b, 17061a, 17511b & 18011b. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 180)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
HB5232 · 2026-07-03
Labor: leave; local unit of government's option to provide paid leave for military active service; modify to reflect mandatory paid leave for certain members of law enforcement agencies and fire departments. Amends sec. 3a of 1955 PA 133 (MCL 32.273a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5233'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 200)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB5249 · 2026-07-03
Health: emergency services; ambulance operation adaptive care license; create. Amends sec. 20920 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20920). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 191)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
SB0527 · 2026-07-03
Civil procedure: foreclosure; public sale of property being foreclosed by advertisement; allow to be held virtually. Amends secs. 151d & 321 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.151d & 600.321). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 185)
Passed · 23-13
Absent
HB4189 · 2026-07-03
Highways: memorial; bridge over highway I-96; designate as the "LCpl Michael W. Hanks Memorial Bridge". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 – 250.2092) by adding sec. 1051. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 201)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4350 · 2026-07-03
Natural resources: other; wildlife feeding; allow under certain conditions. Amends sec. 40111a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40111a). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 177)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4746 · 2026-07-03
Human services: food assistance; chip-enabled bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 – 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n. (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 176)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
SB0022 · 2026-07-03
Housing: landlord and tenants; return of security deposit by electronic transfer; allow. Amends sec. 9 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.609). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 192)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4187 · 2026-07-03
Individual income tax: revenue distributions; distribution and use of renew Michigan fund and lapse of interest and earnings from the revitalization and placemaking fund to general fund; modify and provide for. Amends secs. 51, 51g & 696 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.51 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4180'25, HB 4181'25, HB 4182'25, HB 4183'25, HB 4184'25, HB 4185'25, HB 4186'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 205)
Passed · 26-10
Absent
HB5570 · 2026-07-03
Construction: code; single exit stairway in multiple-family dwellings; allow under certain conditions. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 – 125.1531) by adding sec. 4j. (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 174)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB4644 · 2026-07-03
Vehicles: other; operation of golf carts on streets and county roads in certain municipalities; allow. Amends sec. 657a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.657a). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 198)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB4471 · 2026-07-03
Retirement: county employees; employment of retirant in a county sheriff's office; allow without forfeiting retirement allowance. Amends sec. 12a of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 178)
Passed · 26-10
Absent
HB4064 · 2026-07-03
Public employees and officers: ethics; state senators and representatives; prohibit from engaging in certain lobbying activities. Amends 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.411 – 4.431) by adding sec. 6c. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 196)
Passed · 28-8
Absent
HB4805 · 2026-07-03
Children: other; rolling average amount for disbursement under the children's trust fund; increase. Amends sec. 1 of 1982 PA 249 (MCL 21.171). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 188)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB4808 · 2026-07-03
Civil rights: open meetings; the children trust Michigan state board; allow to meet remotely under the open meetings act. Amends sec. 3a of 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.263a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4807'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 189)
Passed · 22-14
Absent
HB4207 · 2026-07-03
Insurance: health benefits; excluding federal excepted benefits from a health insurance policy; provide for. Amends sec. 3701 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3701). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4208'25 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 202)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4208 · 2026-07-03
Insurance: health benefits; exclusion of federal excepted benefits from a health insurance policy; provide for. Amends sec. 608 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.608). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4207'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 203)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
SB0373 · 2026-07-03
Housing: landlord and tenants; limitations on fees charged to tenants; provide for. Amends sec. 3 of 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.633). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 193)
Passed · 24-12
Absent
HB5233 · 2026-07-03
Labor: leave; paid military leave for certain members of a fire department or law enforcement agency; provide. Creates new act. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 204)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB5806 · 2026-07-03
Individual income tax: credit; housing opportunity tax credits; create. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 – 206.847) by adding secs. 281 & 678. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5805'26, HB 5807'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 181)
Passed · 21-15
Absent
SB0569 · 2026-07-03
Health facilities: other; fees related to nurse aide and medication aide training and permit programs; modify. Amends secs. 5431, 5841,13104, & 16315 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5431 et seq.). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 186)
Passed · 21-15
Absent
HB5995 · 2026-07-03
Traffic control: driver license; points from violations captured by automated traffic enforcement devices; prohibit. Amends sec. 320a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.320a). (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 199)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4100 · 2026-07-03
Highways: memorial; portion of M-50; designate as the "Animal Control Officer Darrian Young Memorial Highway." Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 – 250.2092) by adding sec. 6d. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 190)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB6043 · 2026-07-03
Children: child care; Tri-Share child care program and fund and CareShare arrangement; establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 – 722.128) by adding secs. 6b & 6c. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 184)
Passed · 23-13
Absent
HB6074 · 2026-07-03
Property: land sales; purchase of residential property by certain businesses; prohibit. Creates new act. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 206)
Passed · 29-7
Absent
HB5697 · 2026-07-03
Education: teachers and administrators; completion of certain training for K-5 teachers; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 – 380.1852) by adding sec. 1531k. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 208)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
SB0081 · 2026-07-03
Courts: other; Michigan indigent defense commission act; expand duties to include indigent defense of youth. Amends title & secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21 & 23 of 2013 PA 93 (MCL 780.983 et seq.) & adds sec. 14. (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 215)
Passed · 23-13
Absent
HB4103 · 2026-07-03
Health occupations: occupational therapists; occupational therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 – 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4104'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 211)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
SB0723 · 2026-07-03
Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; transformational brownfield plan; modify. Amends secs. 2, 13c, 14a & 16 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652 et seq.) & adds secs.16a & 16b. (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 221)
Passed · 24-12
Absent
SB0018 · 2026-07-03
Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 – 722.960) by adding sec. 8g. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4750'25 (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 214)
Passed · 36-0
Absent
HB4779 · 2026-07-03
Health facilities: other; surgical smoke plume evacuation plan; require. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 – 333.25211) by adding sec. 20187. (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 226)
Passed · 29-7
Absent
SB0418 · 2026-07-03
Children: child abuse or child neglect; child abuse and neglect prevention act; modify. Amends title & secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 12 of 1982 PA 250 (MCL 722.602 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0421'25, HB 4805'25, HB 4808'25 (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 218)
Passed · 34-2
Absent
SB0604 · 2026-07-03
Liquor: authorized distribution agents; authorized distribution agent fees; increase. Amends sec. 205 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1205). (Senate Third Reading: Roll Call: Roll Call # 220)
Passed · 30-6
Absent
HB4104 · 2026-07-03
Health occupations: occupational therapists; licensure process for occupational therapists; modify to incorporate occupational therapy licensure compact. Amends secs. 16345, 18301 & 18305 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16345 et seq.) & adds secs. 18303a & 18303b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4103'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 212)
Passed · 35-1
Absent
HB5571 · 2026-07-03
Construction: code; sunset of MCL 125.1504j; provide for on adoption of certain rules by the department. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 – 125.1531) by adding sec. 4k. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5570'26 (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 175)
Passed · 33-3
Absent
HB4824 · 2026-07-03
Liquor: other; definition of brand; modify. Amends secs. 105 & 1115 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1105 436.2115) & adds sec. 604. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4823'25 (Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 224)
Passed · 25-11
Absent
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