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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 4129

Labor: employment incentives; employment incentives nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127'25, HB 4125'25, HB 4126'25, HB 4128'25, HB 4124'25

Yea

Passed

83–20

Oct 28, 2025

HB 4793

Elections: school; requirement for school board members to file an acceptance of office; eliminate. Amends secs. 309 & 310 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.309 & 168.310). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4795'25, HB 4794'25

Yea

Passed

104–0

Oct 23, 2025

HB 4794

Elections: school; requirement for community college board of trustee members to file an acceptance of office; eliminate. Amends secs. 156 & 157 of 1966 PA 331 (MCL 389.156 & 389.157). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4793'25

Yea

Passed

104–0

Oct 23, 2025

HB 4795

Elections: school; requirement for intermediate school board members to file an acceptance of office; eliminate. Amends sec. 861 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.861). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4793'25

Yea

Passed

104–0

Oct 23, 2025

HB 4666

Insurance: life; reference to "colored" persons; eliminate. Amends sec. 2082 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2082).

Yea

Passed

103–1

Oct 23, 2025

HB 4665

Education: attendance; excused absence from public school for participating in events offered by the National FFA Organization, the Michigan FFA, a 4-H club, or other livestock-related activities; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1138a.

Yea

Passed

100–4

Oct 23, 2025

HB 4039

Administrative procedure: rules; requirement to eliminate regulations; provide for. Amends sec. 39 of 1969 PA 306 (MCL 24.239).

Nay

Passed

59–45

Oct 23, 2025

SB 166

Appropriations: school aid; fiscal year 2025-2026 appropriations for K-12 school aid; provide for. Amends, adds & repeals (See bill).

Yea

Passed

103–5

Oct 3, 2025

HB 4961

Individual income tax: income; treatment of certain provisions under the internal revenue code and revenue distributions; modify. Amends secs. 12, 30, 36, 607, 695 & 805 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.12 et seq.) & repeals sec. 51d of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.51d). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4183'25, HB 4951'25, HB 4968'25

Yea

Passed

101–7

Oct 3, 2025

HB 4180

Sales tax: exemptions; motor fuel sales; exempt. Amends secs. 6a & 25 of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.56a & 205.75) & adds sec. 4gg. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4181'25, HB 4182'25, HB 4183'25, SB 0578'25

Yea

Passed

101–7

Oct 3, 2025