Michigan House of Representatives

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Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Legislature
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Type
Type
Term limits
6 terms (12 years)
History
New session started
January 11, 2023
Leadership
Joe Tate (D)
since January 11, 2023
Speaker Pro Tempore
Laurie Pohutsky (D)
since January 11, 2023
Majority Leader
Abraham Aiyash (D)
since January 11, 2023
Minority Leader
Matt Hall (R)
since January 11, 2023
Structure
Seats110
Michigan House of Representatives.svg
Political groups
Majority
  •   Democratic (56)

Minority

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle IV, Section 3, Michigan Constitution
Salary$71,865/year + expenses
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
(110 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024
(110 seats)
RedistrictingIndependent Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
Michigan House of Representatives.jpg
House of Representatives Chamber
Michigan State Capitol
Lansing, Michigan
Website
house.mi.gov
Rules
Standing Rules of the House of Representatives

The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2020 U.S. census. Its composition, powers and duties are established in Article IV of the Michigan Constitution.

Contents

Members are elected in even-numbered years and take office at 12 p.m. (EST) on January 1 [1] following the November general election. Concurrently with the Michigan Senate, the House first convenes on the second Wednesday in January, according to the state constitution. [2] Each member is limited to serving at most six terms of two years, but may not serve more than twelve years combined across the Michigan House and Michigan Senate. [3] [4] The House meets in the north wing of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing. The Democratic Party currently has a majority in the chamber. Starting in January 2025, the Republican Party will have a 58-52 vote power majority within the chamber. [5]

In recent years, the Republican majority in the House has been widely attributed to Republican gerrymandering, implemented by the legislature after the 2010 census. [6] In many legislative elections since then, the Democratic Party has won the popular vote, but nonetheless failed to attain a majority. However, after the passage of Proposal 2, a 2018 ballot initiative, redistricting in the state was instead delegated to a nonpartisan commission, which drew new maps after the 2020 census. Aided by the redrawn district lines, in 2022, Democrats won a majority in the House for the first time since 2008.

Qualifications

According to the constitution of Michigan, to be eligible for the office of State Representative a person must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, and a registered and qualified elector of the district he or she wishes to represent by the filing deadline. [7]

Title

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives are commonly referred to as representatives. Because this mirrors the terminology used to describe members of Congress, constituents and news media, abiding by the Associated Press guidelines for journalists, often refer to members as state representatives to avoid confusion with their federal counterparts. As elected officials, members of the Michigan House of Representatives also receive the courtesy title of the Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.

Composition

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
End of the previous legislature561 [8] 531100
Begin 2023 Session54561100
Nov 13, 2023 [9] 551091
Nov 20, 2023 [10] 541082
April 30, 2024 [11] 561100
Latest voting share

Leadership

Majority party

Minority party

Members

Composition of the Michigan State House after the 2022 elections
Democratic Party
Republican Party Michigan House of Representatives Party Map.svg
Composition of the Michigan State House after the 2022 elections
  Democratic Party
  Republican Party
DistrictState RepresentativePartyCounty(ies)Term
1 Tyrone Carter Dem Wayne 3rd
2 Tullio Liberati DemWayne2nd
3 Alabas Farhat DemWayne1st
4 Karen Whitsett DemWayne3rd
5 Natalie Price Dem Oakland, Wayne1st
6 Regina Weiss DemOakland, Wayne2nd
7 Helena Scott DemOakland, Wayne2nd
8 Mike McFall DemOakland, Wayne1st
9 Abraham Aiyash DemWayne2nd
10 Joe Tate Dem Macomb, Wayne3rd
11 Veronica Paiz DemMacomb, Wayne1st
12 Kimberly Edwards DemMacomb, Wayne2nd
13 Mai XiongDemMacomb, Wayne1st
14 Donavan McKinney DemMacomb, Wayne1st
15 Erin Byrnes DemWayne1st
16 Stephanie Young DemWayne2nd
17 Laurie Pohutsky DemWayne3rd
18 Jason Hoskins DemOakland1st
19 Samantha Steckloff DemOakland2nd
20 Noah Arbit DemOakland1st
21 Kelly Breen DemOakland2nd
22 Matt Koleszar DemWayne3rd
23 Jason Morgan DemOakland, Washtenaw, Wayne1st
24 Ranjeev Puri DemWayne2nd
25 Peter HerzbergDemWayne1st
26 Dylan Wegela DemWayne1st
27 Jaime Churches DemWayne1st
28 Jamie Thompson Rep Monroe, Wayne1st
29 James DeSana RepMonroe, Wayne2nd
30 William Bruck Rep Lenawee, Monroe1st
31 Reggie Miller DemLenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne1st
32 Jimmie Wilson Jr. DemWashtenaw1st
33 Felicia Brabec DemWashtenaw2nd
34 Dale Zorn RepLenawee3rd
35 Andrew Fink Rep Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee2nd
36 Steve Carra Rep Cass, St. Joseph 2nd
37 Brad Paquette Rep Berrien, Cass3rd
38 Joey Andrews Dem Allegan, Berrien, Van Buren 1st
39 Pauline Wendzel RepAllegan, Berrien, Van Buren3rd
40 Christine Morse Dem Kalamazoo 2nd
41 Julie Rogers DemKalamazoo2nd
42 Matt Hall RepAllegan, Kalamazoo3rd
43 Rachelle Smit RepAllegan, Barry, Eaton, Ottawa 1st
44 Jim Haadsma Dem Calhoun 3rd
45 Sarah Lightner RepCalhoun, Kalamazoo, Jackson 3rd
46 Kathy Schmaltz RepJackson, Washtenaw1st
47 Carrie Rheingans DemJackson, Washtenaw1st
48 Jennifer Conlin DemJackson, Livingston, Washtenaw1st
49 Ann Bollin RepLivingston, Oakland3rd
50 Bob Bezotte RepLivingston2nd
51 Matt Maddock RepOakland3rd
52 Mike HarrisRepOakland2nd (1st full)
53 Brenda Carter DemOakland3rd
54 Donni Steele RepOakland1st
55 Mark Tisdel RepOakland2nd
56 Sharon MacDonell DemOakland1st
57 Thomas Kuhn RepMacomb, Oakland1st
58 Nate Shannon DemMacomb3rd
59 Doug Wozniak RepMacomb3rd
60 Joseph Aragona RepMacomb1st
61 Denise Mentzer DemMacomb1st
62 Alicia St. Germaine RepMacomb1st
63 Jay DeBoyer RepMacomb, St. Clair 1st
64 Andrew Beeler Rep Sanilac, St. Clair2nd
65 Jaime Greene Rep Lapeer, Macomb, St. Clair1st
66 Josh Schriver RepMacomb, Oakland1st
67 Phil Green Rep Genesee, Lapeer, Tuscola 3rd
68 David Martin RepGenesee, Oakland2nd
69 Jasper Martus DemGenesee1st
70 Cynthia NeeleyDemGenesee3rd (2nd full)
71 Brian BeGole RepGensee, Saginaw, Shiawassee 1st
72 Mike Mueller RepGenesee, Livingston, Oakland3rd
73 Julie Brixie Dem Ingham 3rd
74 Kara Hope DemIngham3rd
75 Penelope Tsernoglou Dem Clinton, Ingham, Shiawassee1st
76 Angela Witwer Dem Eaton 3rd
77 Emily Dievendorf DemClinton, Eaton, Ingham1st
78 Gina Johnsen RepBarry, Eaton, Ionia, Kent 1st
79 Angela Rigas RepAllegan, Barry, Kent1st
80 Phil Skaggs DemKent1st
81 Rachel Hood DemKent3rd
82 Kristian Grant DemKent1st
83 John Fitzgerald DemKent1st
84 Carol GlanvilleDemKent2nd (1st full)
85 Bradley Slagh RepOttawa3rd
86 Nancy De Boer RepAllegan, Ottawa1st
87 Will Snyder Dem Muskegon 1st
88 Greg VanWoerkom RepMuskegon, Ottawa3rd
89 Luke Meerman RepKent, Muskegon, Ottawa3rd
90 Bryan Posthumus RepKent2nd
91 Pat Outman RepIonia, Kent, Montcalm 2nd
92 Jerry Neyer Rep Gratiot, Isabella 1st
93 Graham Filler RepClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, Saginaw3rd
94 Amos O'Neal DemSaginaw2nd
95 Bill G. Schuette Rep Gladwin, Midland 1st
96 Timothy Beson Rep Bay 2nd
97 Matthew Bierlein RepBay, Genesee, Saginaw, Tuscola1st
98 Gregory Alexander Rep Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Tuscola1st
99 Mike Hoadley Rep Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw 1st
100 Tom Kunse RepClare, Lake, Mecosta, Osceola 1st
101 Joseph Fox RepLake, Mason, Newaygo, Oceana, Wexford 1st
102 Curt VanderWall Rep Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana3rd
103 Betsy Coffia Dem Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelenau 1st
104 John Roth Rep Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford2nd
105 Ken Borton RepAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Oscoda, Otsego, Roscommon 2nd
106 Cam Cavitt Rep Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle 1st
107 Neil Friske Rep Charlevoix, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac 1st
108 David Prestin RepChippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee, Schoolcraft 1st
109 Jenn Hill Dem Alger, Baraga, Dickinson, Marquette 1st
110 Gregory Markkanen RepDickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon 3rd

Officials

Speaker of the House

The 76th and current Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House and the leader of the majority party. The current Speaker is Joe Tate, a Democrat from Detroit.

The Speaker calls the House to order at the hour to which the House last adjourned, preserves order and decorum in the chamber, recognizes Members to speak, and puts all questions. The Speaker is the chief administrator of the House and is technically the employer of all legislative staff. There is also a Speaker pro tempore and two associate Speakers pro tempore who preside in the absence of the Speaker. The full duties of the Speaker are described in Chapter II of the Rules of the House. [12]

Clerk of the House

Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives
Incumbent
Gary L. Randall
since January 12, 2011
Style Mister Clerk
AppointerElected by the House
Term length Pleasure of the House (nominally a two-year Legislature)
Inaugural holderGeorge R. Griswold

The Clerk of the House of Representatives is elected by Members of the House at the beginning of each two-year term. The 33rd and current clerk is Gary L. Randall. [13] Randall also served as clerk from 1999 to 2006. The assistant clerk is Richard J. Brown, who served as clerk from 2007 to 2010. Both Randall and Brown are former Members of the House.

Under the rules of the House, the clerk is the parliamentarian of the House, presides in the absence of the Speaker or any Speaker pro tempore, takes roll at the beginning of each session day and announces whether or not a quorum is present, prepares the official calendar and journal of the House, is responsible for the care and preservation of all bills introduced in the House, and for bills sent from the Senate until they are returned to the Senate. [12] [14]

Sergeant at Arms

The sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives is the chief police officer of the House, appointed by the Speaker. The current chief sergeant at arms is David D. Dickson Jr.

The chief sergeant and the assistant sergeants are empowered as law enforcement officers by statute. [15] The sergeants at arms have authority to serve subpoenas and warrants issued by the House or any duly authorized officer or committee, see that all visitors are seated and at no time are standing on the floor or balconies of the House, ensure that reasonable decorum is maintained in the lobby immediately in front of the entrance to the chamber to ensure access for Members and to ensure equal treatment for all citizens. [12]

Committees

Article IV of the Michigan Constitution authorizes each house of the Legislature to "establish the committees necessary for the conduct of its business." [16] The House does much of its work in committees, including the review of bills, executive oversight, and the budget and appropriations process. Members of committees and their chairmen are appointed by the Speaker. [12] [17] Bills are referred to a committee by the Speaker, and the chairman of a committee sets its agenda, including whether or not a bill will be reported to the full House. The Committee on Appropriations divides its work among subcommittees ordinarily structured by state department or major budget area.

There are also four statutory standing committees: Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee; Legislative Council; Michigan Capitol Committee. Currently, it would appear, the House committees meet on a 'year by year' basis. A full list may be accessed here. [18]

Unlike the Senate, the House does not utilize the committee of the whole.

House Fiscal Agency

House Fiscal Agency
Agency overview
HeadquartersCora B. Anderson House Office Building
Employees24
Annual budget$4,050,400
Agency executives
  • Mary Ann Cleary, Director
  • Kevin Koorstra, Deputy Director
Parent departmentHouse Fiscal Agency Governing Board (Michigan House of Representatives)
Website house.mi.gov/hfa/

The House Fiscal Agency is a nonpartisan agency within the House of Representatives which provides nonpartisan expertise to members of the House Appropriations Committee, as well as all other Members of the House. Fiscal analysts review the governor's budget recommendation, review and prepare budget bills, supplemental appropriations, and certain transfer requests, provide fiscal impact statements on legislative proposals, monitor state and national situations that may have budgetary implications, research and analyze fiscal issues, prepare reports and documents to assist legislative deliberations, and prepare special reports at the request of Representatives. The economist analyzes legislation related to tax and lottery issues, respond to Representatives' inquiries regarding state tax revenue, revenue sharing, and other economic issues, monitors state revenue, tracks state, and national economic conditions, and prepares reports on revenue and other economic issues. Legislative analysts prepare concise, nonpartisan summaries and analyses of bills. Summaries, completed prior to committee deliberations, describe how a bill would change current law, including any fiscal impact. Analyses are prepared for bills reported to the full House from committee and include, with the summary information, a description of the problem being addressed, arguments for and against the bill, and positions of interested organizations. [19]

The agency is governed by a six-member board consisting of the chairman and minority vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the Speaker of the House and the minority leader, and the majority and minority floor leaders. The governing committee is responsible for HFA oversight, establishment of operating procedures, and appointment of the HFA director. The director is one of three state officials charged with annually forecasting the state's revenues at the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conferences, which are held at least twice each year. [20]

In January 1993, a front-page story in The Detroit News detailed a massive scandal in the House Fiscal Agency. For six years, the agency's imprest account was used to finance credit card payments, vacations, and property tax payments as well as payments to HFA employees and contract workers for non-existent workers. The scandal threatened to collapse the joint leadership agreement between the Democrats and Republicans brought about by a 55-55 partisan split in the House from the 1992 election. It resulted in Representative Dominic J. Jacobetti of Negaunee in the Upper Peninsula, the longest-serving Member in history, losing his position as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee; the conviction and imprisonment of HFA Director John Morberg; and the resignation of state representative Stephen Shepich as part of a plea bargain. [21]

Past composition of the House of Representatives

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References

Notes
    References
    1. "Michigan Legislature - Article XI § 2". legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
    2. "Michigan Legislature - Article IV § 13". legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
    3. Hendrickson, Clara (November 9, 2022). "Michigan voters approve Proposal 1 to modify term limits, require disclosures". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
    4. "Michigan Legislature - Article IV § 54". legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
    5. "In Michigan, an effort to take politics out of redistricting". PBS NewsHour. September 25, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
    6. "Michigan Legislature - Article IV § 7". legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
    7. Republican Matt Maddock (District 44) expelled from GOP caucus in Apr 2022
    8. Democrat Kevin Coleman (District 25) resigned to be sworn in as Mayor of Westland.
    9. Democrat Lori Stone (District 13) resigned to be sworn in as Mayor of Warren.
    10. Democrats Mai Xiong (District 13) and Peter Herzberg (District 25) sworn in to succeed Stone and Coleman, respectively.
    11. 1 2 3 4 Rules of the Michigan House of Representatives
    12. House Resolution 3: A resolution to provide for the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the Ninety-seventh Legislature
    13. 2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives (p. 302)
    14. Legislative Sergeant at Arms Police Powers Act, 185 PA 2001, MCL 4.381-4.382
    15. Michigan Constitution: Article IV, § 17 Committees; record of votes, public inspection, notice of hearings.
    16. Journal of the House of Representatives: 97th Legislature—Regular Session of 2013, No. 5 (pg. 77-78)
    17. Standing Committees , retrieved November 27, 2020
    18. About Us :: House Fiscal Agency
    19. Michigan Legislature: Management and Budget Act: MCL 18.1367b Revenue estimating conference; principals; forecasts.
    20. Gongwer News Service Blog: The Scandal, 20 Years Later

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