Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

MI Scorecard 2021-2022

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Michigan Legislature in 2021 and 2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. K-12 “School Aid” Budget

Good Vote: No

SB0845 K-12 "School Aid" Budget (passed 99 to 7 on 7/1/2022). Provides $19.6 billion to public school districts, as part of the state's education omnibus appropriation bill for FY 2022-23.

2. Mandatory Term Limits and Public Financial Disclosure

Good Vote: No

HJRR Mandatory Term Limits and Public Financial Disclosure (passed 76 to 28 on 5/10/2022). Would amend the Michigan Constitution to reduce current term limits for state legislators to a combined total of 12 years and require state elected officials to file an annual public financial disclosure report.

3. Rights of Concealed Pistol License (CPL) Holders

Good Vote: Yes

SB0011 Rights of Concealed Pistol License (CPL) Holders (passed 58 to 43 on 3/10/2022). Would amend the state’s handgun licensing law to provide that an executive emergency order does not affect the issuance or renewal of a concealed pistol license (CPL).

4. Voter Identification

Good Vote: Yes

SB0303 Voter Identification (passed 56 to 51 on 10/14/2021). Would require that a voter without his or her identification for election purposes vote with a provisional ballot to be processed after the election.

5. Federal COVID-19 Funds for Social Services

Good Vote: No

HB4047 Federal COVID-19 Funds for Social Services (passed 85 to 25 on 3/3/2021). Appropriated $1.3 billion in federal COVID-19 funding for FY 2020-21, including $600 million to support Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

6. Limiting Emergency Public Health Orders

Good Vote: Yes

SB0001 Limiting Emergency Public Health Orders (passed 59 to 50 on 3/9/2021). Would limit the effectiveness of an emergency public health order to control an epidemic to 28 days unless an extension is approved by the Legislature.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Abraham Aiyash	D	HD-004	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Julie Alexander	R	HD-064	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Sue Allor	R	HD-106	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Andrew Beeler	R	HD-083	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Ryan Berman	R	HD-039	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Timothy Beson	R	HD-096	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Robert Bezotte	R	HD-047	60%	-	.	+	+	-	+
Ann Bollin	R	HD-042	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Ken Borton	R	HD-105	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Felicia Brabec	D	HD-055	0%	-	.	-	-	-	-
Tommy Brann	R	HD-077	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Kelly Breen	D	HD-038	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Julie Brixie	D	HD-069	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Julie Calley	R	HD-087	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Sara Cambensy	D	HD-109	17%	-	-	-	-	-	+
Steve Carra	R	HD-036	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tyrone Carter	D	HD-006	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Brenda Carter	D	HD-029	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Cara Clemente	D	HD-014	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
TC Clements	R	HD-056	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Kevin Coleman	D	HD-016	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Eisen	R	HD-081	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jim Ellison	D	HD-026	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Diana Farrington	R	HD-030	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Graham Filler	R	HD-093	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Andrew Fink	R	HD-058	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Ben Frederick	R	HD-085	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Alex Garza	D	HD-012	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Carol Glanville	D	HD-074	NA	-	.	.	.	.	.
Annette Glenn	R	HD-098	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Phil Green	R	HD-084	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Elizabeth Griffin	R	HD-066	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jim Haadsma	D	HD-062	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Matthew Hall	R	HD-063	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Abdullah Hammoud	D	HD-015	0%	.	.	.	-	-	-
Mike Harris	R	HD-043	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Kyra Bolden	D	HD-035	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Rachel Hood	D	HD-076	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Kara Hope	D	HD-067	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Pamela Hornberger	R	HD-032	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Gary Howell	R	HD-082	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Steven Johnson	R	HD-072	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Cynthia Johnson	D	HD-005	25%	.	+	.	-	-	-
Jewell Jones	D	HD-011	25%	.	-	-	.	+	-
Bronna Kahle	R	HD-057	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Matt Koleszar	D	HD-020	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Padma Kuppa	D	HD-041	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Beau LaFave	R	HD-108	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
David LaGrand	D	HD-075	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Donna Lasinski	D	HD-052	20%	-	.	-	-	+	-
Tullio Liberati	D	HD-013	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sarah Lightner	R	HD-065	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jim Lilly	R	HD-089	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Matthew Maddock	R	HD-044	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Mari Manoogian	D	HD-040	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steven Marino	R	HD-024	25%	-	-	.	.	-	+
Gregory Markkanen	R	HD-110	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
David Martin	R	HD-048	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Luke Meerman	R	HD-088	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Terence Mekoski	R	HD-036	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Christine Morse	D	HD-061	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Mueller	R	HD-051	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Cynthia Neeley	D	HD-034	20%	-	-	-	-	+	.
Jack O'Malley	R	HD-101	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Amos O'Neal	D	HD-095	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Pat Outman	R	HD-070	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Brad Paquette	R	HD-078	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jeffrey Pepper	D	HD-016	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Ronnie Peterson	D	HD-054	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Laurie Pohutsky	D	HD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryan Posthumus	R	HD-073	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Ranjeev Puri	D	HD-021	25%	.	.	-	-	+	-
Yousef Rabhi	D	HD-053	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
John Reilly	R	HD-046	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Daire Rendon	R	HD-103	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Julie Rogers	D	HD-060	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
John Roth	R	HD-104	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Terry Sabo	D	HD-092	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrea Schroeder	R	HD-043	NA	.	.	.	.	-	+
Helena Scott	D	HD-007	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Nate Shannon	D	HD-025	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Bradley Slagh	R	HD-090	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Tim Sneller	D	HD-050	20%	-	+	.	-	-	-
William Sowerby	D	HD-031	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Samantha Steckloff	D	HD-037	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Richard Steenland	D	HD-022	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Lori Stone	D	HD-028	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Joseph Tate	D	HD-002	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shri Thanedar	D	HD-003	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Tisdel	R	HD-045	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Curtis VanderWall	R	HD-102	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Scott VanSingel	R	HD-100	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Greg VanWoerkom	R	HD-091	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Rodney Wakeman	R	HD-094	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Regina Weiss	D	HD-027	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Pauline Wendzel	R	HD-079	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jason Wentworth	R	HD-097	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Mary Whiteford	R	HD-080	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Karen Whitsett	D	HD-009	0%	.	-	.	-	-	-
Angela Witwer	D	HD-071	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Douglas Wozniak	R	HD-036	67%	.	.	.	+	-	+
Tenisha Yancey	D	HD-001	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Jeffrey Yaroch	R	HD-033	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Stephanie Young	D	HD-008	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Dale Zorn	R	HD-034	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	14%
Republican	58.3%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution