Minority

•   Republican (54)

2 yearsAuthorityArticle IV, Section 3, Michigan ConstitutionSalary$71,865/year + expensesElectionsNovember 8, 2022
(110 seats)November 5, 2024
(110 seats)RedistrictingIndependent Redistricting CommissionMeeting placeHouse of Representatives Chamber
Michigan State Capitol
Lansing, MichiganWebsitehouse.mi.govRulesStanding 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.

Members are elected in even-numbered years and take office at 12 p.m. (EST) on January 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. 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. 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.

In recent years, the Republican majority in the House has been widely attributed to Republican gerrymandering, implemented by the legislature after the 2010 census. 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.

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.

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.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican		Democratic		Vacant
End of the previous legislature	56	1	53	110	0
Begin 2023 Session	54		56	110	0
Nov 13, 2023			55	109	1
Nov 20, 2023			54	108	2
April 30, 2024			56	110	0
Latest voting share	49.1%		50.9%

• Speaker of the House: Joe Tate of Detroit (D-10)
• Speaker pro tempore: Laurie Pohutsky of Livonia (D-19)
• Majority Floor Leader: Abraham Aiyash of Hamtramck (D-9)

• Minority Leader: Matt Hall of Battle Creek (R-42)
• Minority Floor Leader: Bryan Posthumus of Cannon Township (R-90)

District	State Representative	Party	County(ies)	Term
1	Tyrone Carter	Dem	Wayne	3rd
2	Tullio Liberati	Dem	Wayne	2nd
3	Alabas Farhat	Dem	Wayne	1st
4	Karen Whitsett	Dem	Wayne	3rd
5	Natalie Price	Dem	Oakland, Wayne	1st
6	Regina Weiss	Dem	Oakland, Wayne	2nd
7	Helena Scott	Dem	Oakland, Wayne	2nd
8	Mike McFall	Dem	Oakland, Wayne	1st
9	Abraham Aiyash	Dem	Wayne	2nd
10	Joe Tate	Dem	Macomb, Wayne	3rd
11	Veronica Paiz	Dem	Macomb, Wayne	1st
12	Kimberly Edwards	Dem	Macomb, Wayne	2nd
13	Mai Xiong↑	Dem	Macomb, Wayne	1st
14	Donavan McKinney	Dem	Macomb, Wayne	1st
15	Erin Byrnes	Dem	Wayne	1st
16	Stephanie Young	Dem	Wayne	2nd
17	Laurie Pohutsky	Dem	Wayne	3rd
18	Jason Hoskins	Dem	Oakland	1st
19	Samantha Steckloff	Dem	Oakland	2nd
20	Noah Arbit	Dem	Oakland	1st
21	Kelly Breen	Dem	Oakland	2nd
22	Matt Koleszar	Dem	Wayne	3rd
23	Jason Morgan	Dem	Oakland, Washtenaw, Wayne	1st
24	Ranjeev Puri	Dem	Wayne	2nd
25	Peter Herzberg↑	Dem	Wayne	1st
26	Dylan Wegela	Dem	Wayne	1st
27	Jaime Churches	Dem	Wayne	1st
28	Jamie Thompson	Rep	Monroe, Wayne	1st
29	James DeSana	Rep	Monroe, Wayne	2nd
30	William Bruck	Rep	Lenawee, Monroe	1st
31	Reggie Miller	Dem	Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne	1st
32	Jimmie Wilson Jr.	Dem	Washtenaw	1st
33	Felicia Brabec	Dem	Washtenaw	2nd
34	Dale Zorn	Rep	Lenawee	3rd
35	Andrew Fink	Rep	Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee	2nd
36	Steve Carra	Rep	Cass, St. Joseph	2nd
37	Brad Paquette	Rep	Berrien, Cass	3rd
38	Joey Andrews	Dem	Allegan, Berrien, Van Buren	1st
39	Pauline Wendzel	Rep	Allegan, Berrien, Van Buren	3rd
40	Christine Morse	Dem	Kalamazoo	2nd
41	Julie Rogers	Dem	Kalamazoo	2nd
42	Matt Hall	Rep	Allegan, Kalamazoo	3rd
43	Rachelle Smit	Rep	Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ottawa	1st
44	Jim Haadsma	Dem	Calhoun	3rd
45	Sarah Lightner	Rep	Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Jackson	3rd
46	Kathy Schmaltz	Rep	Jackson, Washtenaw	1st
47	Carrie Rheingans	Dem	Jackson, Washtenaw	1st
48	Jennifer Conlin	Dem	Jackson, Livingston, Washtenaw	1st
49	Ann Bollin	Rep	Livingston, Oakland	3rd
50	Bob Bezotte	Rep	Livingston	2nd
51	Matt Maddock	Rep	Oakland	3rd
52	Mike Harris↑	Rep	Oakland	2nd (1st full)
53	Brenda Carter	Dem	Oakland	3rd
54	Donni Steele	Rep	Oakland	1st
55	Mark Tisdel	Rep	Oakland	2nd
56	Sharon MacDonell	Dem	Oakland	1st
57	Thomas Kuhn	Rep	Macomb, Oakland	1st
58	Nate Shannon	Dem	Macomb	3rd
59	Doug Wozniak	Rep	Macomb	3rd
60	Joseph Aragona	Rep	Macomb	1st
61	Denise Mentzer	Dem	Macomb	1st
62	Alicia St. Germaine	Rep	Macomb	1st
63	Jay DeBoyer	Rep	Macomb, St. Clair	1st
64	Andrew Beeler	Rep	Sanilac, St. Clair	2nd
65	Jaime Greene	Rep	Lapeer, Macomb, St. Clair	1st
66	Josh Schriver	Rep	Macomb, Oakland	1st
67	Phil Green	Rep	Genesee, Lapeer, Tuscola	3rd
68	David Martin	Rep	Genesee, Oakland	2nd
69	Jasper Martus	Dem	Genesee	1st
70	Cynthia Neeley↑	Dem	Genesee	3rd (2nd full)
71	Brian BeGole	Rep	Gensee, Saginaw, Shiawassee	1st
72	Mike Mueller	Rep	Genesee, Livingston, Oakland	3rd
73	Julie Brixie	Dem	Ingham	3rd
74	Kara Hope	Dem	Ingham	3rd
75	Penelope Tsernoglou	Dem	Clinton, Ingham, Shiawassee	1st
76	Angela Witwer	Dem	Eaton	3rd
77	Emily Dievendorf	Dem	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham	1st
78	Gina Johnsen	Rep	Barry, Eaton, Ionia, Kent	1st
79	Angela Rigas	Rep	Allegan, Barry, Kent	1st
80	Phil Skaggs	Dem	Kent	1st
81	Rachel Hood	Dem	Kent	3rd
82	Kristian Grant	Dem	Kent	1st
83	John Fitzgerald	Dem	Kent	1st
84	Carol Glanville↑	Dem	Kent	2nd (1st full)
85	Bradley Slagh	Rep	Ottawa	3rd
86	Nancy De Boer	Rep	Allegan, Ottawa	1st
87	Will Snyder	Dem	Muskegon	1st
88	Greg VanWoerkom	Rep	Muskegon, Ottawa	3rd
89	Luke Meerman	Rep	Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa	3rd
90	Bryan Posthumus	Rep	Kent	2nd
91	Pat Outman	Rep	Ionia, Kent, Montcalm	2nd
92	Jerry Neyer	Rep	Gratiot, Isabella	1st
93	Graham Filler	Rep	Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, Saginaw	3rd
94	Amos O'Neal	Dem	Saginaw	2nd
95	Bill G. Schuette	Rep	Gladwin, Midland	1st
96	Timothy Beson	Rep	Bay	2nd
97	Matthew Bierlein	Rep	Bay, Genesee, Saginaw, Tuscola	1st
98	Gregory Alexander	Rep	Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Tuscola	1st
99	Mike Hoadley	Rep	Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw	1st
100	Tom Kunse	Rep	Clare, Lake, Mecosta, Osceola	1st
101	Joseph Fox	Rep	Lake, Mason, Newaygo, Oceana, Wexford	1st
102	Curt VanderWall	Rep	Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana	3rd
103	Betsy Coffia	Dem	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelenau	1st
104	John Roth	Rep	Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford	2nd
105	Ken Borton	Rep	Antrim, 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	Rep	Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee, Schoolcraft	1st
109	Jenn Hill	Dem	Alger, Baraga, Dickinson, Marquette	1st
110	Gregory Markkanen	Rep	Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon	3rd

• ↑: First elected in a special election.

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.

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

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. 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.

Article IV of the Michigan Constitution authorizes each house of the Legislature to "establish the committees necessary for the conduct of its business." 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. 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.

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

House Fiscal Agency

Agency overview
Headquarters	Cora B. Anderson House Office Building
Employees	24
Annual budget	$4,050,400
Agency executives	Mary Ann Cleary, Director Kevin Koorstra, Deputy Director
Parent department	House 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.

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.

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.

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