D Michigan Senate · District 12 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Kevin Hertel

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Session

Total votes

3,215

all sessions

Attendance

99%

23 missed

Higher than 90% of chamber peers

With party

96%

of cast votes

Higher than 81% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,731

voted in favor

Nay

461

voted against

Absent

23

missed votes

Total cast

3,215

across all sessions

Crossed party

115

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 540

Military affairs: other; child care reimbursement for Michigan National Guard members; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0542'25, HB 4962'25

Yea

Passed

34–3

Dec 2, 2025

SB 686

Land use: farmland and open space; land subject to conservation easement; allow partial relinquishment of. Amends sec. 36110 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.36110). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0685'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0688'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0699'25

Yea

Passed

37–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 690

Land use: farmland and open space; legal arrangements eligible for tax credits; expand. Amends sec. 36109 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.36109). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0685'25

Yea

Passed

37–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 512

Liquor: distribution; general amendments; provide for. Amends secs. 303, 526, 607, 609b, 903b & 1025 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1303 et seq.) & adds secs. 412, 609k & 804. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0513'25

Yea

Passed

38–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 542

Military affairs: other; tuition assistance for Michigan National Guard members; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2014 PA 259 (MCL 32.433 & 32.434). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0540'25, HB 4962'25

Yea

Passed

34–3

Dec 2, 2025

SB 699

Land use: farmland and open space; expenditures for administrative costs in the agricultural preservation fund; modify. Amends sec. 36202 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.36202). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0685'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0688'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0690'25

Yea

Passed

37–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 616

Civil procedure: civil actions; civil actions against certain opioid litigation settlement defendants; prohibit. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 2022 PA 85 (MCL 691.1672 & 691.1673).

Yea

Passed

37–1

Dec 2, 2025

SB 685

Land use: farmland and open space; eligibility for tax credit; grandfather farmland subject to multiple legal arrangements before certain date. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 36109b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0699'25

Yea

Passed

38–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 689

Land use: farmland and open space; relinquishment of farmland from development rights agreements; expand legal arrangements triggering. Amends sec. 36111 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.36111). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0685'25

Yea

Passed

38–0

Dec 2, 2025

SB 531

Elections: petitions; process for counting duplicate petition signatures; provide for, and eliminate penalties. Amends secs. 482, 590h, 685, 957 & 958 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.482 et seq.) & adds secs. 482f & 547.

Yea

Passed

21–16

Nov 13, 2025