The 102nd Michigan Legislature, consisting of the
Michigan Senate and the
Michigan House of Representatives, began its first session on January 1, 2023, which ended on November 14, 2023. A second session is set to begin on January 1, 2024.
Members in both the
House of Representatives and
Senate were elected in the 2022 election. It is the first time that Democrats have held both houses of the legislature and the governorship since the
82nd Michigan Legislature in 1983–1984, the first time that Democrats have held the majority in the House since 2008, and the first time Democrats have held the majority in the Senate since 1984. It is also the first legislature whose districts were drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, which was created through the passage of
2018 Michigan Proposal 2, based on the results of the
2020 United States census and the resulting
redistricting cycle.
Joe Tate became the first African American speaker of the House, and Winnie Brinks became the first woman majority leader of the Senate. Jeremy Moss became the first LGBT person to serve as Senate president pro tempore.
Composition changes
As a result of Democratic state representatives
Lori Stone (HD13) and
Kevin Coleman (HD25) being elected as mayors of
Warren and
Westland, the House Democratic majority was lessened to a tie with Republicans. Special elections for both districts were scheduled for April 25, 2024 (with a primary scheduled for January 30), with Democratic leadership remaining in control of the House in the interim.[4]
Legislation
Prior to and during the first session, members of the Democratic majority, as well as Governor
Gretchen Whitmer, announced their intent to pursue many of the following: