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 2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
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 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate

House of Representatives

Senate

1. Collective Bargaining

Good Vote: No

SB34 Collective Bargaining (Passed 20 to 16 on 3/21/2023). Abolishes "right-to-work" provisions for private employees, eliminating their ability to refrain from labor organization and collective bargaining.

2. Abortion

Good Vote: No

HB4032 Abortion (Passed 20 to 18 on 3/8/2023). Repeals criminal sentencing guidelines for administering an abortion.

3. Juneteenth

Good Vote: No

SB50 Juneteenth (Passed 37 to 1 on 5/17/2023). Designates Juneteenth a public holiday on June 19th.

4. Drop Boxes

Good Vote: No

HB4697 Drop Boxes (Passed 28 to 9 on 6/27/2023). Requires each city or township to have at least one absent voter ballot drop box that registered electors in that city or township may use to return voted absent voter ballots and completed absent voter ballot applications.

5. Clean Energy

Good Vote: No

SB303 Clean Energy (Passed 24 to 14 on 5/24/2023). Extends the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to cover privately owned agricultural property, alongside existing commercial and industrial coverage.

6. Red Flag Laws

Good Vote: No

SB83 Red Flag Law (Passed 20 to 17 on 4/19/2023). Enacts a red flag law known as the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act

Legislator Scores

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

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Thomas Albert	R	SD-018	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Sarah Anthony	D	SD-021	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rosemary Bayer	D	SD-012	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joseph Bellino	R	SD-016	67%	+	+	-	+	-	+
Winnie Brinks	D	SD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Bumstead	R	SD-034	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Darrin Camilleri	D	SD-004	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Cavanagh	D	SD-006	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephanie Chang	D	SD-001	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Cherry	D	SD-027	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Daley	R	SD-031	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
John Damoose	R	SD-037	67%	+	+	-	-	+	+
Erika Geiss	D	SD-006	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Hauck	R	SD-034	67%	+	+	-	-	+	+
Kevin Hertel	D	SD-012	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michele Hoitenga	R	SD-036	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Mark Huizenga	R	SD-030	50%	+	+	-	-	-	+
Jeff Irwin	D	SD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruth Johnson	R	SD-014	60%	+	+	-	-	+	.
Veronica Klinefelt	D	SD-011	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Lauwers	R	SD-025	75%	.	+	-	.	+	+
Jonathan Lindsey	R	SD-017	80%	.	+	-	+	+	+
Ed McBroom	R	SD-038	67%	+	+	-	-	+	+
Sean McCann	D	SD-020	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristen McDonald Rivet	D	SD-035	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mallory McMorrow	D	SD-013	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Moss	D	SD-011	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aric Nesbitt	R	SD-026	67%	+	+	-	-	+	+
Ricky Outman	R	SD-033	50%	+	+	-	-	-	+
Dayna Polehanki	D	SD-007	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Runestad	R	SD-015	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sylvia Santana	D	SD-003	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sue Shink	D	SD-014	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samir Singh	D	SD-028	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lana Theis	R	SD-022	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Roger Victory	R	SD-030	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Michael Webber	R	SD-009	50%	+	+	-	-	-	+
Paul Wojno	D	SD-009	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Republican	72.1%
Democrat	0%

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