Who Represents Michigan in the House of Representatives

Lower state bedroom of Michigan

Michigan House of Representatives
101st Michigan Legislature

Type
Blazon	Lower house of the Michigan Legislature
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
History
New session started	Jan thirteen, 2021
Leadership
Speaker	Jason Wentworth (R) since January thirteen, 2021
Speaker pro tempore	Pamela Hornberger (R) since January 13, 2021
Bulk Leader	Ben Frederick (R) since January 13, 2021
Minority Leader	Donna Lasinski (D) since January thirteen, 2021
Structure
Seats	110

Political groups	Bulk Republican (55) Minority Autonomous (51) Vacant Vacant (iv)
Length of term	2 years
Potency	Article 4, Section 3, Michigan Constitution
Salary	$71,865/year + expenses
Elections
Concluding election	November 3, 2020 (110 seats)
Next election	Nov 8, 2022 (110 seats)
Redistricting	Contained Redistricting Commission
Meeting place

Business firm of Representatives Sleeping accommodation Michigan Country Capitol Lansing, Michigan
Website
Michigan 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 2010 U.S. Census. Its composition, powers and duties are established in Article IV of the Michigan Constitution.

Members are elected in even-numbered years and take office at 12 p.g. (EST) on Jan 1^[i] following the November full 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 express to serving three terms of two years. The House meets in the north wing of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing.

Qualifications [edit]

According to the constitution of Michigan, to be eligible for the part of Land Representative a person must exist a denizen 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 past the filing deadline.

Title [edit]

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, oftentimes refer to members as country representatives to avert confusion with their federal counterparts. As elected officials, members of the Michigan Firm of Representatives also receive the courtesy title of the Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.

Limerick [edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates bulk conclave)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Begin 2022 Session	58	52	110	0
Oct 1, 2021^[3]	57	52	109	one
Nov 10, 2021^[4]	55	52	107	3
January iii, 2022^[five]	55	51	106	4
Latest voting share	l%	47%		three%

Leadership [edit]

Majority political party [edit]

Speaker of the House: Jason Wentworth of Clare (R-97)
Speaker pro tempore: Pamela Hornberger of Chesterfield Twp (R-32)
Bulk Floor Leader: Ben Frederick of Owosso (R-85)

Minority political party [edit]

Minority Leader: Donna Lasinkski of Scio (D-52)
Minority Floor Leader: Yousef Rabhi of Ann Arbor (D-53)

Members [edit]

Composition of the Michigan State House subsequently the 2022 elections

Democratic Party

Republican Political party

Vacant (formerly Democratic)

District	State Representative	Party	Canton(ies)	Term
ane	Tenisha Yancey	Dem	Wayne	3rd (2nd full)
ii	Joe Tate	Dem	Wayne	2d
3	Shri Thanedar	Dem	Wayne	1st
4	Abraham Aiyash	Dem	Wayne	1st
5	Cynthia A. Johnson	Dem	Wayne	2nd
vi	Tyrone Carter	Dem	Wayne	2d
7	Helena Scott	Dem	Wayne	1st
8	Stephanie Immature	Dem	Wayne	1st
9	Karen Whitsett	Dem	Wayne	2nd
10	Mary Cavanagh	Dem	Wayne	1st
xi	Jewell Jones	Dem	Wayne	3rd
12	Alex Garza	Dem	Wayne	2nd
13	Tullio Liberati	Dem	Wayne	1st
14	Cara Clemente	Dem	Wayne	3rd
15	Vacant ^[half-dozen]		Wayne	third
16	Kevin Coleman	Dem	Wayne	2nd
17	Joe Bellino	Rep	Monroe, Wayne	3rd
xviii	Kevin Hertel	Dem	Macomb	3rd
19	Laurie Pohutsky	Dem	Wayne	second
xx	Matt Koleszar	Dem	Wayne	2d
21	Ranjeev Puri	Dem	Wayne	1st
22	Richard Steenland	Dem	Macomb	1st
23	Darrin Camilleri	Dem	Wayne	3rd
24	Steve Marino	Rep	Macomb	3rd
25	Nate Shannon	Dem	Macomb	2nd
26	Jim Ellison	Dem	Oakland	3rd
27	Regina Weiss	Dem	Oakland	1st
28	Lori Stone	Dem	Macomb	second
29	Brenda Carter	Dem	Oakland	2nd
30	Diana Farrington	Rep	Macomb	3rd
31	William Sowerby	Dem	Macomb	3rd
32	Pamela Hornberger	Rep	Macomb, St. Clair	3rd
33	Jeffrey Yaroch	Rep	Macomb	3rd
34	Cynthia Neeley	Dem	Genesee	2nd (1st total)
35	Kyra Harris Bolden	Dem	Oakland	2nd
36	Vacant ^[7]		Macomb
37	Samantha Steckloff	Dem	Oakland	1st
38	Kelly Breen	Dem	Oakland	1st
39	Ryan Berman	Rep	Oakland	2nd
40	Mari Manoogian	Dem	Oakland	2nd
41	Padma Kuppa	Dem	Oakland	2nd
42	Ann Bollin	Rep	Livingston	2nd
43	Vacant ^[eight]		Oakland
44	Matt Maddock	Rep	Oakland	2d
45	Mark Tisdel	Rep	Oakland	1st
46	John Reilly	Rep	Oakland	3rd
47	Bob Bezotte	Rep	Livingston	1st
48	David Martin	Rep	Genesee	1st
49	John Cherry Iii	Dem	Genesee	2d
50	Tim Sneller	Dem	Genesee	3rd
51	Mike Mueller	Rep	Genesee	2d
52	Donna Lasinski	Dem	Washtenaw	3rd
53	Yousef Rabhi	Dem	Washtenaw	3rd
54	Ronnie Peterson	Dem	Washtenaw	3rd
55	Felicia Brabec	Dem	Washtenaw	1st
56	TC Clements	Rep	Monroe	1st
57	Bronna Kahle	Rep	Lenawee	third
58	Andrew Fink	Rep	Branch, Hillsdale	1st
59	Steve Carra	Rep	Cass, St. Joseph	1st
threescore	Julie Rogers	Dem	Kalamazoo	1st
61	Christine Morse	Dem	Kalamazoo	1st
62	Jim Haadsma	Dem	Calhoun	second
63	Matt Hall	Rep	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	2nd
64	Julie Alexander	Rep	Jackson	3rd
65	Sarah Lightner	Rep	Jackson	2nd
66	Beth Griffin	Rep	Van Buren, Kalamazoo	3rd
67	Kara Hope	Dem	Ingham	2nd
68	Sarah Anthony	Dem	Ingham	2nd
69	Julie Brixie	Dem	Ingham	second
70	Pat Outman	Rep	Montcalm, Gratiot	1st
71	Angela Witwer	Dem	Eaton	2nd
72	Steve Johnson	Rep	Kent	third
73	Bryan Posthumus	Rep	Kent	1st
74	Vacant ^[9]		Kent
75	David LaGrand	Dem	Kent	3rd total
76	Rachel Hood	Dem	Kent	2nd
77	Tommy Brann	Rep	Kent	tertiary
78	Brad Paquette	Rep	Berrien, Cass	2d
79	Pauline Wendzel	Rep	Berrien	2nd
eighty	Mary Whiteford	Rep	Allegan	third full
81	Gary Eisen	Rep	St. Clair	2nd
82	Gary Howell	Rep	Lapeer	3rd total
83	Andrew Beeler	Rep	Sanilac, St. Clair	1st
84	Phil Light-green	Rep	Huron, Tuscola	2nd
85	Ben Frederick	Rep	Saginaw, Shiawassee	third
86	Thomas Albert	Rep	Kent, Ionia	3rd
87	Julie Calley	Rep	Barry, Ionia	third
88	Luke Meerman	Rep	Ottawa	2nd
89	Jim Lilly	Rep	Ottawa	third
90	Bradley Slagh	Rep	Ottawa	2nd
91	Greg VanWoerkom	Rep	Muskegon	second
92	Terry Sabo	Dem	Muskegon	tertiary
93	Graham Filler	Rep	Clinton, Gratiot	second
94	Rodney Wakeman	Rep	Saginaw	2nd
95	Amos O'Neal	Dem	Saginaw	1st
96	Timothy Beson	Rep	Bay	1st
97	Jason Wentworth	Rep	Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Osceola	tertiary
98	Annette Glenn	Rep	Midland, Bay	2d
99	Roger Hauck	Rep	Isabella, Midland	third
100	Scott VanSingel	Rep	Lake, Newaygo, Oceana	third
101	Jack O'Malley	Rep	Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason	2nd
102	Michele Hoitenga	Rep	Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford	3rd
103	Daire Rendon	Rep	Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon	3rd
104	John Roth	Rep	One thousand Traverse	1st
105	Ken Borton	Rep	Antrim, Charlevoix, Otsego, Montmorency, Oscoda	1st
106	Sue Allor	Rep	Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Iosco, Presque Isle	3rd
107	John Damoose	Rep	Cheboygan, Chippewa, Ant, Mackinac	1st
108	Beau LaFave	Rep	Delta, Dickinson, Menominee	third
109	Sara Cambensy	Dem	Alger, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft	3rd
110	Gregory Markkanen	Rep	Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Fe, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon	2nd

Officials [edit]

Speaker of the House [edit]

The 75th 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 Jason Wentworth, a third-term Republican from Clare.

The Speaker calls the House to order at the hour to which the Business firm final adjourned, preserves order and decorum in the chamber, recognizes Members to speak, and puts all questions. The Speaker is the main administrator of the House and is technically the employer of all legislative staff. There is likewise a Speaker pro tempore and 2 acquaintance Speakers pro tempore who preside in the absenteeism of the Speaker. The full duties of the Speaker are described in Chapter II of the Rules of the House.^[10]

Clerk of the Business firm [edit]

Clerk of the Michigan Firm of Representatives
Incumbent Gary L. Randall since January 12, 2011
Style	Mister Clerk
Appointer	Elected by the Firm
Term length	Pleasure of the Firm (nominally a 2-year Legislature)
Countdown holder	George R. Griswold

The Clerk of the Business firm of Representatives is elected by Members of the Firm at the outset of each ii-twelvemonth term. The 33rd and electric current clerk is Gary 50. Randall.^[11] Randall too served as clerk from 1999 to 2006. The assistant clerk is Richard J. Brownish, who served as clerk from 2007 to 2010. Both Randall and Brown are erstwhile Members of the House.

Under the rules of the House, the clerk is the parliamentarian of the House, presides in the absenteeism of the Speaker or any Speaker pro tempore, takes coil at the beginning of each session day and announces whether or not a quorum is present, prepares the official calendar and periodical of the House, is responsible for the care and preservation of all bills introduced in the Firm, and for bills sent from the Senate until they are returned to the Senate.^[10] ^[12]

Sergeant at Arms [edit]

The sergeant at arms of the Firm of Representatives is the principal law officeholder of the House, appointed past the Speaker. The current chief sergeant at arms is David D. Dickson Jr.

The master sergeant and the assistant sergeants are empowered as police enforcement officers by statute.^[13] The sergeants at arms have authority to serve subpoenas and warrants issued by the House or any duly authorized officeholder or committee, see that all visitors are seated and at no time are standing on the flooring or balconies of the House, ensure that reasonable decorum is maintained in the antechamber immediately in forepart of the entrance to the sleeping room to ensure access for Members and to ensure equal handling for all citizens.^[10]

Committees [edit]

Article IV of the Michigan Constitution authorizes each business firm of the Legislature to "establish the committees necessary for the behave of its business."^[xiv] 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.^[x] ^[15] 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 past state department or major budget area.

There are besides iv statutory standing committees: Joint Committee on Authoritative Rules; Firm Fiscal Agency Governing Commission; Legislative Council; Michigan Capitol Committee. Currently, it would appear, the House committees meet on a 'year past year' footing. A full listing may exist accessed hither.^[xvi]

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

House Fiscal Agency [edit]

House Fiscal Agency
Agency overview
Headquarters	Cora B. Anderson House Part Building
Employees	24
Annual budget	$four,050,400
Bureau executives	Mary Ann Cleary, Managing director Kevin Koorstra, Deputy Director
Parent department	Firm Financial Bureau Governing Board (Michigan Firm of Representatives)
Website	house.mi.gov/hfa/

The House Financial Agency is a nonpartisan bureau within the Business firm of Representatives which provides nonpartisan expertise to members of the House Appropriations Committee, also as all other Members of the House. Fiscal analysts review the governor'south budget recommendation, review and prepare upkeep bills, supplemental appropriations, and sure transfer requests, provide fiscal touch on statements on legislative proposals, monitor land and national situations that may take budgetary implications, research and analyze financial issues, fix reports and documents to assistance legislative deliberations, and prepare special reports at the asking of Representatives. The economist analyzes legislation related to taxation and lottery issues, respond to Representatives' inquiries regarding state tax acquirement, revenue sharing, and other economic issues, monitors state acquirement, tracks land, and national economic conditions, and prepares reports on acquirement and other economic issues. Legislative analysts prepare curtailed, nonpartisan summaries and analyses of bills. Summaries, completed prior to committee deliberations, describe how a bill would change electric current police force, including any fiscal impact. Analyses are prepared for bills reported to the total Business firm from committee and include, with the summary information, a clarification of the problem being addressed, arguments for and confronting the bill, and positions of interested organizations.^[17]

The agency is governed by a half-dozen-member board consisting of the chairman and minority vice chairman of the Appropriations Commission, the Speaker of the House and the minority leader, and the bulk and minority flooring leaders. The governing commission is responsible for HFA oversight, establishment of operating procedures, and appointment of the HFA director. The director is one of iii land officials charged with annually forecasting the state's revenues at the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conferences, which are held at least twice each twelvemonth.^[18]

In January 1993, a front-page story in The Detroit News detailed a massive scandal in the Business firm Fiscal Bureau. For six years, the agency'south imprest business relationship was used to finance credit carte payments, vacations, and property revenue enhancement payments as well as payments to HFA employees and contract workers for non-real workers. The scandal threatened to collapse the joint leadership agreement between the Democrats and Republicans brought nigh by a 55-55 partisan divide in the House from the 1992 election. It resulted in Representative Dominic J. Jacobetti of Negaunee in the Upper Peninsula, the longest-serving Fellow member in history, losing his position equally chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee; the conviction and imprisonment of HFA Director John Morberg; and the resignation of country representative Stephen Shepich as part of a plea deal.^[nineteen]

Past composition of the Business firm of Representatives [edit]

External links [edit]

Democratic Caucus, Michigan House of Representatives
Republican Caucus, Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Business firm of Representatives
Voting Records
Michigan House District Map

References [edit]

^ "Michigan Legislature - Article Xi § 2". legislature.mi.gov . Retrieved October sixteen, 2018.
^ "Michigan Legislature - Article IV § xiii". legislature.mi.gov . Retrieved Oct sixteen, 2018.
^ Republican Andrea Schroeder (District 43) dies. [1]
^ Republicans Doug Wozniak (District 36) and Mark Huizenga (District 74) resign later on election to the Senate. [2][3]
^ Democrat Abdullah Hammoud (District 15) resigns later on election as mayor of Dearborn.
^ "Whitmer letter to Benson" (PDF). #Whitmer. Executive Office of the Governor. Retrieved Jan 6, 2022.
^ "Wozniak sworn in equally senator of Macomb's 8th District". #MISenateGOP. Michigan Senate Republicans. Retrieved Nov 17, 2021.
^ Mauger, Craig. "Michigan Rep. Andrea Schroeder dies after cancer battle". The Detroit News . Retrieved Oct i, 2021.
^ "Rep. Doug Wozniak and Rep. Marker Huizenga will be resigning from House and joining Senate this afternoon". Gongwer News. Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rules of the Michigan House of Representatives
^ House Resolution 3: A resolution to provide for the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the Xc-seventh Legislature
^ 2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives (p. 302)
^ Legislative Sergeant at Arms Police Powers Human action, 185 PA 2001, MCL four.381-4.382
^ Michigan Constitution: Article Four, § 17 Committees; record of votes, public inspection, notice of hearings.
^ Periodical of the Firm of Representatives: 97th Legislature—Regular Session of 2013, No. five (pg. 77-78)
^ Continuing Committees , retrieved November 27, 2020
^ About United states :: House Fiscal Agency
^ Michigan Legislature: Management and Upkeep Act: MCL 18.1367b Revenue estimating conference; principals; forecasts.
^ Gongwer News Service Blog: The Scandal, 20 Years Subsequently

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