D Michigan House · District 53 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Brenda Carter

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Session

Total votes

3,673

all sessions

Attendance

93%

262 missed

Lower than 97% of chamber peers

With party

97%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

3,042

voted in favor

Nay

631

voted against

Absent

262

missed votes

Total cast

3,673

across all sessions

Crossed party

84

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 4915

Health occupations: health professionals; implicit bias training; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16149.

Nay

Passed

56–44

Dec 11, 2025

HB 4836

Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for. Amends sec. 104b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1704b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0349'25

Yea

Passed

100–0

Dec 11, 2025

HB 4314

Environmental protection: water pollution; removal of surface debris without a permit; allow. Amends sec. 32512 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.32512).

Yea

Passed

87–10

Dec 10, 2025

HB 4917

Food: other; licensing of butter graders; eliminate. Amends sec. 157 of 2001 PA 267 (MCL 288.717). Against party

Yea

Passed

69–28

Dec 10, 2025

SB 595

Land use: other; Michigan-Indiana boundary; provide for survey of parts and for grants to county remonumentation programs. Amends secs. 5, 7, 11 & 13 of 2022 PA 81 (MCL 54.315 et seq.) & repeals this act.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Dec 10, 2025

HB 4822

Natural resources: other; natural resources commission; require to live stream all meetings. Amends sec. 501 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.501).

Yea

Passed

98–1

Dec 9, 2025

HB 4470

Highways: bridges; Mackinac Bridge; designate as a key facility. Amends sec. 552c of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.552c).

Yea

Passed

92–7

Dec 9, 2025

HB 5080

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for disarming a law enforcement officer of a firearm if accomplished by force or if law enforcement officer is injured; provide for. Amends sec. 16x, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16x). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5079'25

Nay

Passed

75–24

Nov 6, 2025

HB 4860

Insurance: health insurers; methods of payments and reimbursements for dental benefits; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ss.

Yea

Passed

98–1

Nov 6, 2025

HR 214

A resolution to urge the United States Senate to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution to reopen the federal government.

Nay

Passed

54–45

Nov 6, 2025