Currently holds the office of Michigan State Senate - District 15 until January 1, 2027.
Candidate for Michigan State Senate - District 15 in 2022 Michigan General Election.
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Get StartedFix the second-parent-adoption loophole that treats LGBTQ+ parents differently. Learn more
Change medicaid policies to support treatment for transgender people. Learn more
Require the Secretary of State to issue identification that matches the gender expression of the resident. Learn more
Amending the Elliot Larson Civil Rights Act to expressly include protections for LGBT citizens. Learn more
Proposing “Ban the Box” legislation forbidding employers from asking about a criminal history until after an offer of employment. A person who has served their time in prison should not be further discriminated against upon their release in employment and the law should reflect this. Learn more
Propose laws to protect seniors from financial fraud and physical abuse. Learn more
I supported numerous energy efficiency projects that pay for themselves, improve our public services, and put people to work. Almost every school, every prison, and every state office building could benefit from capital investments that pay for themselves in a handful of years. For homeowners, I introduced PACE legislation to allow qualifying energy efficiency and clean energy projects at the home to be financed with a special assessments. Learn more
Banning and/or limiting the use of non-compete clauses. Non-compete clauses weaken our economy by stymieing the labor market and creating complicated litigation. Learn more
Budget language, such as rules for MPSERS payments to require payment based on total expenditures rather than payroll, that encourage public employers to keep employees in house. Learn more
Fix our unemployment law by making the system more user friendly and less likely to accuse citizens of fraud with no basis. Learn more
Sponsoring legislation to allow vote by mail, early voting, and no-reason absentee. Learn more
Allowing same day registration and online registration. Learn more
Introducing legislation to reduce long lines, such as budget amendments to fund additional poll-books and poll-workers at crowded precincts. Learn more
Sponsoring legislation to allow 16 and 17 year-olds to pre-register for their first election. Learn more
Propose universal background checks for all gun purchases. Learn more
Keep guns out of our schools. Learn more
Support limits on military-style weapons with high capacity magazines and high rates of fire. Learn more
Restore local gun boards to keep guns out the hands of dangerous individuals. Learn more
Protecting Medicaid expansion and the 650,000 people covered by it. Learn more
Fighting for continued funding for S-CHIP to ensure that indigent children in Michigan get the federal resources we need. Learn more
Ensuring equality for women, LGBT residents, and people of color in laws governing essential health benefits and in plans provided by the state. Learn more
I support making it easier for seniors to get a little help at home. Many people want to age in place and we should make that process easier and make the care more reliable and higher quality. Staying at home, instead of going to a nursing home, is a preferred option for many, gets better results, and is less expensive. But still, the state makes it unnecessarily hard by capping the funding for Medicaid waivers that fund this work. Learn more
Standing up to attacks on reproductive justice and protecting the right to choose. Learn more
Work requirements for medicaid. Learn more
Continuing to recruit and support female colleagues. Learn more
Requiring health care laws to cover women’s health as essential benefits. Learn more
Ensuring continued support for Healthy Kids Dental. Learn more
Demand that MSHDA benefits go to low income residents with stronger affordability clauses and longer limitations on rents. Learn more
Increase funding for affordable housing support through the Michigan State Housing Authority. Learn more
Supporting residents who want to age in place and the caregivers who help our seniors who want to stay in their home. Learn more
Time limits on health benefits or aid to needy families. Learn more
Restoration of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Learn more
A $15 minimum wage. Learn more
Attack mis-classification, an attempt by some employers to represent their employees as independent contractors in order to escape unemployment, health care, and other obligations. Learn more
Repeal laws forbidding public employers from collecting dues on payroll. Learn more
Support the American Center for Mobility and other opportunities to bring advanced manufacturing jobs to Michigan. Michigan is uniquely poised to build the cars of the future and I will support that by: working closely with local and state economic development officials to make sure that ACM is the national hub for advanced vehicles. Learn more
Repeal laws weakening protections in the tenure act that ensure job and retirement security for educators. Learn more
Repeal laws forbidding contracts with mandatory payment to the union for representation in grievances and contract negotiations. Learn more
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