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Dan Lauwers

MI Senate District 25

Republican Michigan since Jan 1, 2019

Office record: openstates/people CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 17Economy & Taxes 16Government Operations & Budget 15Agriculture 11Transportation & Infrastructure 8Criminal Justice & Policing 6Education 6Other 6Gun Policy 5Civil Rights & Liberties 4Healthcare 4Labor & Employment 4Elections & Voting 3Housing 3Banking & Finance 1Foreign Policy & Trade 1

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
MI Senate District 25 current
Michigan
 Republican Jan 1, 2019 — openstates/people CC0-1.0
MI House District 81
Michigan
 Republican — Dec 31, 2018 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (403 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
SB 462 — Tobacco: licenses; nicotine or tobacco products; require license to sell at retail. Amends title & secs. 1, 4 & 5 of 1915 PA 31 (MCL… Nay Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
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)… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4595 — Liquor: licenses; issuance of specially designated merchant license or specially designated distributor license; allow for certain… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4098 — Property tax: tax tribunal; methods for tax tribunal to hold hearings; expand to include electronically. Amends secs. 26 & 34 of 1973 PA… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4045 — Civil procedure: civil actions; lawsuits for exercising rights to free expression; provide protections against. Creates new act. Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4666 — Insurance: life; reference to "colored" persons; eliminate. Amends sec. 2082 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2082). Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4122 — Food: cottage food operation; certain requirements for cottage food operations and cottage food products; modify. Amends secs. 1105, 1111 &… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 585 — Probate: guardians and conservators; requirement to have an appraisal for the sale of real property; provide for. Amends sec. 5423 of 1998… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 96 — Construction: other; installation of temporary locking devices or systems in child care centers; allow. Amends sec. 28 of 1972 PA 230 (MCL… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4726 — Health facilities: county medical care facilities; maintenance of effort reimbursement; extend sunset. Amends sec. 109 of 1939 PA 280 (MCL… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 158 — Consumer protection: other; certain uses of automated programs to purchase event tickets online; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4099 — Civil rights: open meetings; electronic hearings of the tax tribunal; permit under the open meetings act. Amends sec. 3a of 1976 PA 267… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5078 — Highways: memorial; portion of M-22; designate as the "Company K Indian Veterans 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Civil War Memorial Highway"… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4098 — Property tax: tax tribunal; methods for tax tribunal to hold hearings; expand to include electronically. Amends secs. 26 & 34 of 1973 PA… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 25 — Occupations: vehicles, dealers, and repair facilities; owner of a motor vehicle repair facility to operate an additional facility under the… Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4493 — Food: licensing; licensure exemptions; modify. Amends sec. 4105 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.4105). Yea Dec 18, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 595 — Land use: other; Michigan-Indiana boundary; provide for survey of parts and for grants to county remonumentation programs. Amends secs. 5… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4836 — Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 599 — Industrial Hemp: licenses; licensing and regulations for processing, brokering, and marketing industrial hemp, supplying industrial hemp… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 602 — Marihuana: other; references to and regulation of industrial hemp under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act; amend… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 483 — Health: other; palliative care advisory task force; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 2220. Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4543 — Individual income tax: home heating credit; adjustments based on Detroit Consumer Price Index; change to United States Consumer Price… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4576 — Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act. Nay Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 600 — Marihuana: other; cross-references to industrial hemp research and development act within the medical marihuana facilities licensing act… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 349 — Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for… Yea Dec 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (8 as lead sponsor)