Michigan House of Representatives

Michigan House of Representatives
99th Michigan Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Michigan Legislature
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
History
New session started	January 11, 2017
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Tom Leonard (R) since January 11, 2017
Speaker pro tempore	Lee Chatfield (R) since January 11, 2017
Majority Floor Leader	Dan Lauwers (R) since January 1, 2017
Minority Leader	Sam Singh (D) since November 11, 2016
Minority Floor Leader	Christine Greig (D) since January 1, 2017
Structure
Seats	110
Political groups	Republican (63)   Democratic (47)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, Section 3, Michigan Constitution
Salary	$71,865/year + expenses
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (110 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (110 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Michigan State 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 on the January 1 following the November general election; the House first meets on the second Wednesday in January, according to the state constitution. Each member is limited to serving three, two-year terms. The House meets in the north wing of the Capitol in Lansing.

Title

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

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
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	Republican	Democratic			Vacant
End of Previous Legislature	60	46	1	107	3
Begin 2017 session	63	47		110	0
February 6, 2017		46		109	1
Latest voting share	57.8%	42.2%

Leadership

Majority party

• Speaker of the House: Tom Leonard of DeWitt (R-93)
• Speaker pro tempore: Lee Chatfield of Levering (R-107)
• Associate Speakers pro tempore: Gary Glenn of Midland (R-98) and Jim Tedder of Clarkston (R-43)
• Majority Floor Leader: Dan Lauwers of Brockway Township (R-81)
• Assistant Floor Leader: Triston Cole of Mancelona (R-105) and Lana Theis of Brighton (R-42)
• Majority whip: Rob VerHeulen of Walker (R-74)
• Chief Deputy Whip: James Lower of Cedar Lake (R-70)
• Majority Caucus Chair: Eric Leutheuser of Hillsdale (R-58)
• Caucus Vice Chair: Mary Whiteford of Casco Township (R-80)

Minority party

• Minority Leader: Sam Singh of East Lansing (D-69)
• Assistant Minority Leaders: Vanessa Guerra of Saginaw (D-95) and Darrin Camilleri of Brownstown Township (D-23)
• Minority Floor Leader: Christine Greig of Farmington Hills (D-37)
• Assistant Minority Floor Leaders: LaTanya Garrett of Detroit (D-7), Patrick Green of Warren (D-28), Yousef Rabhi of Ann Arbor (D-53), and Brian Elder of Bay City (D-96)

Members

Cora B. Anderson House of Representatives Office Building, Downtown Lansing

District	Representative	Party	County(ies)	Term
1	Vacant
2	Bettie Cook Scott	Dem	Wayne	3rd
3	Wendell Byrd	Dem	Wayne	2nd
4	Rose Mary Robinson	Dem	Wayne	3rd
5	Fred Durhal III	Dem	Wayne	2nd
6	Stephanie Chang	Dem	Wayne	2nd
7	LaTanya Garrett	Dem	Wayne	2nd
8	Sherry Gay-Dagnogo	Dem	Wayne	2nd
9	Sylvia Santana	Dem	Wayne	1st
10	Leslie Love	Dem	Wayne	2nd
11	Jewell Jones	Dem	Wayne	1st
12	Erika Geiss	Dem	Wayne	2nd
13	Frank Liberati	Dem	Wayne	2nd
14	Cara Clemente	Dem	Wayne	1st
15	Abdullah Hammoud	Dem	Wayne	1st
16	Robert Kosowski	Dem	Wayne	3rd
17	Joe Bellino	Rep	Monroe, Wayne	1st
18	Kevin Hertel	Dem	Macomb	1st
19	Laura Cox	Rep	Wayne	2nd
20	Jeff Noble	Rep	Wayne	1st
21	Kristy Pagan	Dem	Wayne	2nd
22	John Chirkun	Dem	Macomb	2nd
23	Darrin Camilleri	Dem	Wayne	1st
24	Steve Marino	Rep	Macomb	1st
25	Henry Yanez	Dem	Macomb	3rd
26	Jim Ellison	Dem	Oakland	1st
27	Robert Wittenberg	Dem	Oakland	2nd
28	Patrick Green	Dem	Macomb	2nd (1st full)
29	Tim Greimel	Dem	Oakland	4th (3rd full)
30	Diana Farrington	Rep	Macomb	1st
31	William Sowerby	Dem	Macomb	1st
32	Pamela Hornberger	Rep	Macomb, St. Clair	1st
33	Jeffrey Yaroch	Rep	Macomb	1st
34	Sheldon Neeley	Dem	Genesee	2nd
35	Jeremy Moss	Dem	Oakland	2nd
36	Peter Lucido	Rep	Macomb	2nd
37	Christine Greig	Dem	Oakland	2nd
38	Kathy Crawford	Rep	Oakland	2nd
39	Klint Kesto	Rep	Oakland	2nd
40	Mike McCready	Rep	Oakland	3rd
41	Martin Howrylak	Rep	Oakland	3rd
42	Lana Theis	Rep	Livingston	2nd
43	Jim Tedder	Rep	Oakland	2nd
44	Jim Runestad	Rep	Oakland	2nd
45	Michael Webber	Rep	Oakland	2nd
46	John Reilly	Rep	Oakland	1st
47	Henry Vaupel	Rep	Livingston	2nd
48	Pam Faris	Dem	Genesee	3rd
49	Phil Phelps	Dem	Genesee	3rd
50	Tim Sneller	Dem	Genesee	1st
51	Joe Graves	Rep	Genesee	4th (3rd full)
52	Donna Lasinski	Dem	Washtenaw	1st
53	Yousef Rabhi	Dem	Washtenaw	1st
54	Ronnie Peterson	Dem	Washtenaw	1st
55	Adam Zemke	Dem	Washtenaw	3rd
56	Jason Sheppard	Rep	Monroe	2nd
57	Bronna Kahle	Rep	Lenawee	1st
58	Eric Leutheuser	Rep	Branch, Hillsdale	2nd
59	Aaron Miller	Rep	Cass, St. Joseph	2nd
60	Jon Hoadley	Dem	Kalamazoo	2nd
61	Brandt Iden	Rep	Kalamazoo	2nd
62	John Bizon	Rep	Calhoun	2nd
63	David Maturen	Rep	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	2nd
64	Julie Alexander	Rep	Jackson	1st
65	Brett Roberts	Rep	Jackson	2nd
66	Beth Griffin	Rep	Van Buren, Kalamazoo	1st
67	Tom Cochran	Dem	Ingham	3rd
68	Andy Schor	Dem	Ingham	3rd
69	Sam Singh	Dem	Ingham	3rd
70	James Lower	Rep	Montcalm, Gratiot	1st
71	Tom Barrett	Rep	Eaton	2nd
72	Steve Johnson	Rep	Kent	1st
73	Chris Afendoulis	Rep	Kent	2nd
74	Rob VerHeulen	Rep	Kent, Ottawa	3rd
75	David LaGrand	Dem	Kent	2nd (1st full)
76	Winnie Brinks	Dem	Kent	3rd
77	Tommy Brann	Rep	Kent	1st
78	Dave Pagel	Rep	Berrien, Cass	3rd
79	Kim LaSata	Rep	Berrien	1st
80	Mary Whiteford	Rep	Allegan	2nd (1st full)
81	Dan Lauwers	Rep	St. Clair	3rd
82	Gary Howell	Rep	Lapeer	2nd (1st full)
83	Shane Hernandez	Rep	Sanilac, St. Clair	1st
84	Edward Canfield	Rep	Huron, Tuscola	2nd
85	Ben Frederick	Rep	Clinton, Shiawassee	1st
86	Thomas Albert	Rep	Kent, Ionia	1st
87	Julie Calley	Rep	Barry, Ionia	1st
88	Roger Victory	Rep	Ottawa	3rd
89	Jim Lilly	Rep	Ottawa	1st
90	Daniela Garcia	Rep	Ottawa	2nd
91	Holly Hughes	Rep	Muskegon, Ottawa	3rd
92	Terry Sabo	Dem	Muskegon	1st
93	Tom Leonard	Rep	Clinton, Gratiot	3rd
94	Tim Kelly	Rep	Saginaw	3rd
95	Vanessa Guerra	Dem	Saginaw	2nd
96	Brian Elder	Dem	Bay	1st
97	Jason Wentworth	Rep	Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Osceola	1st
98	Gary Glenn	Rep	Midland, Bay	2nd
99	Roger Hauck	Rep	Isabella, Midland	1st
100	Scott VanSingel	Rep	Lake, Newaygo, Oceana	1st
101	Curt VanderWall	Rep	Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason	1st
102	Michele Hoitenga	Rep	Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford	1st
103	Daire Rendon	Rep	Iosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon	1st
104	Larry C. Inman	Rep	Grand Traverse	2nd
105	Triston Cole	Rep	Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego	2nd
106	Sue Allor	Rep	Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle	1st
107	Lee Chatfield	Rep	Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac	2nd
108	Beau LaFave	Rep	Delta, Dickinson, Menominee	1st
109	John Kivela	Dem	Alger, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft	3rd
110	Scott Dianda	Dem	Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon	3rd

Officials

Speaker of the House

Main article: List of Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives

The 73rd 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 Tom Leonard, a third-term Republican from DeWitt.

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 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.

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. 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.

Committees

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.

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

House Fiscal Agency

House Fiscal Agency

Agency overview
Headquarters	Cora B. Anderson House Office Building
Employees	23
Annual budget	$3,105,200
Agency executives	Mary Ann Cleary, Director Kyle I. Jen, 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.

See also

• Michigan Senate
• Michigan Legislature
• Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012
• Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2014
• Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016
• American Legislative Exchange Council members

External links

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