Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Michigan
Votes with Democrats
99%
on 195 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 519 of 519 roll calls · Senate median 98%
Their bills that became law
13 of 13
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 7
Roll calls on record
519
103rd Legislature
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 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 Winnie Brinks 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 Winnie Brinks 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. Winnie Brinks is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 195 party-line votes.
HB4002 · Labor: benefits; requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time, modify. Amends title and secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 12 of 2018 PA 338 (MCL 408.962 et seq.) & adds sec. 3a.
Senate Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 10 · 2025-02-20 · Passed 26–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB0008 · Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify Amends secs. 2, 4, 4d, 9 & 10 of 2018 PA 337 (MCL 408.932 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4002'25
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 7 · 2025-02-13 · Passed 20–12 · most Democrats 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
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
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.
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).
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.
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 160 · 2025-06-10 · Passed 19–18
Republicans 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.
Michael WebberRepublican · District 9 · 268 shared contested votes
59%
Mark HuizengaRepublican · District 30 · 265 shared contested votes
54%
John DamooseRepublican · District 37 · 262 shared contested votes
52%
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 (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Winnie Brinks 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.
Introduced13
Out of committee13
Passed one chamber13
Passed both chambers13
Became law13
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 7 bills that became law this session.
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for R. Robert Geake, former member of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2026-06-25
A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Joel Gougeon, former member of the Michigan Senate.
Became lawEntire Membership Of The Senate And Lieutenant Governor Named Co-sponsors · 2026-03-18
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Bruce Patterson, former member of the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2026-03-12
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Donald Koivisto, former member of the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2025-12-16
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Irma Clark-Coleman, former member of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2025-12-02
A concurrent resolution to urge the Trump Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately release Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding.
Became lawLaid Over One Day Under The Rules · 2025-11-04
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Virgil Clark Smith, former member of the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2025-10-23
A resolution to condemn political violence in all forms, regardless of political party or ideology, and affirm the commitment of the Michigan Senate to peaceful dispute resolution through lawful, democratic means.
Became lawAdopted · 2025-10-21
A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Darwin Booher, former member of the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives.
Became lawReferred To Secretary For Record · 2025-05-22
A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for George Alvin McManus Jr., former member of the Senate.
Became lawEntire Membership Of The Senate And Lieutenant Governor Named Co-sponsors · 2025-05-20
A resolution to authorize the Senate Majority Leader to commence legal action, on behalf of the Senate, to compel the House of Representatives to fulfill its constitutional duty to present to the Governor the nine remaining bills passed by both houses during the One Hundred Second Legislature.
Became lawAdopted · 2025-01-22
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)
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)
SB1137 · 2026-09-10
Civil procedure: execution; procedures for collection of judgments; revise. Amends & adds (See bill). (Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 241)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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