R Michigan Senate · District 16 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Joe Bellino

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Session

Total votes

4,541

all sessions

Attendance

100%

13 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

96%

of cast votes

Lower than 90% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 86% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,727

voted in favor

Nay

802

voted against

Absent

13

missed votes

Total cast

4,541

across all sessions

Crossed party

158

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 483

Health: other; palliative care advisory task force; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 2220.

Yea

Passed

32–5

Dec 16, 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

35–2

Dec 16, 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

37–0

Dec 16, 2025

HB 4543

Individual income tax: home heating credit; adjustments based on Detroit Consumer Price Index; change to United States Consumer Price Index. Amends sec. 527a of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.527a).

Yea

Passed

33–4

Dec 16, 2025

SB 601

Industrial Hemp: other; cross-references to industrial hemp research and development act within the industrial hemp growers act; amend. Amends secs. 103, 211, 303 & 307 of 2020 PA 220 (MCL 333.29103 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0599'25 Against party

Nay

Passed

28–9

Dec 16, 2025

SB 599

Industrial Hemp: licenses; licensing and regulations for processing, brokering, and marketing industrial hemp, supplying industrial hemp seed, and engaging in wholesale of industrial hemp products; create. Creates new act & repeals 2014 PA 547 (MCL 286.841 - 286.859). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0600'25, SB 0601'25, SB 0602'25 Against party

Nay

Passed

30–7

Dec 16, 2025

SB 349

Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for. Amends sec. 1279g of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1279g).

Yea

Passed

35–2

Dec 16, 2025

SB 721

Economic development: commercial redevelopment; commercial redevelopment act; modify. Amends secs. 9, 12a, 16 & 18 of 1978 PA 255 (MCL 207.659 et seq.).

Nay

Passed

22–13

Dec 9, 2025

SB 214

Economic development: other; strategic advisory board; create, and provide for the development of strategic plans. Amends 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2001 - 125.2094) by adding secs. 9a & 9b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0213'25

Nay

Passed

20–13

Dec 9, 2025

SB 213

Economic development: other; strategic advisory board; create, and provide for the development of strategic plans. Amends title of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2001 - 125.2094) & adds sec. 9c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0214'25

Nay

Passed

20–13

Dec 9, 2025