A record worth running on.

Healthcare

Sponsored legislation in the Reproductive Health Act, legally enshrining abortion access and reproductive freedom in Michigan law.
Authored the bill requiring insurers to cover telemedicine, expanding access to care across the state.
Led the push in the House to secure $4.5 million in the state budget to eliminate medical debt for low-income Michiganders—part of a broader effort with the potential to cancel nearly $900 million in debt across Oakland, Wayne, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo counties.
Co-led the Check Your Heart Bill Package, promoting organ donor awareness and registration.
Banned LGBTQ+ conversion therapy for minors in both the City of Berkley and statewide.
Co-sponsored legislation requiring insurers to cover oral chemotherapy.
Fighting to pass MiCare, a state-based single-payer system that would provide universal coverage to all Michiganders with no deductibles, co-pays, or caps on coverage.

Restored collective bargaining rights for teachers, corrections officers, and public employees.
Repealed the retirement and pension tax.
Restored prevailing wage protections for Michigan workers.
Prohibited wage discrimination based on race, sex, gender identity, height, weight, hair texture, and other protected characteristics.
Championing legislation to ban employers from asking applicants about credit history or prior compensation.
Fighting to strengthen whistleblower protections, including anonymous reporting of wage discrimination, workplace hazards, and occupational health and safety violations.

Voted for back-to-back record education budgets, including historic investments in per-pupil funding, special education, school mental health, bilingual education, and educator recruitment and retention.
Voted to expand Michigan's Great Start Readiness Program, extending free preschool eligibility to families earning up to 400% of the federal poverty line and funding tens of thousands of new slots statewide.
Fought to pass universal free breakfast and lunch for every K-12 student in Michigan, and has continued fighting to keep it funded each year.
As chair of the Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee, secured over $200 million in state funding for higher education infrastructure projects across Michigan.

Voted for the Clean Energy and Jobs Act, committing Michigan to 100% clean energy by 2040, establishing new renewable energy standards, and raising the distributed generation cap to make rooftop solar more accessible.
Voted against long-term sales and use tax exemptions for data center developers, citing grid reliability and environmental accountability.
Opposed the Copperwood Mine in committee, helping stop a proposed copper mine on the shores of Lake Superior.
Advocated for lead pipe replacement funding to protect Michigan families from contaminated drinking water.
Authored a utility accountability package to cap utility profits, require independent audits, and prohibit using ratepayer money for utility lobbying.
Co-sponsoring legislation to make corporate polluters pay for their own cleanup.
Fighting to eliminate the distributed generation cap to expand access to solar and energy independence.
Pledged never to accept utility money, and is pushing to ban utilities from influencing Michigan elections.

Supported the authorization of Medicaid funding for community violence intervention (CVI) services across the state
Required universal background checks for firearms
Mandated safe storage of firearms in homes with minors
Applied firearm safety laws to all firearms, not just handguns
Extreme Risk Protection Orders/Red Flag laws to temporarily restrict access to firearms for individuals in crisis
Eliminated the statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct in the second or third degree

Expanded access to the ballot by repealing the ban on hired transportation to the polls, creating preregistration for 16 and 17-year-olds, establishing online voter registration, and improving access to ballot drop boxes.
Banned the intimidation of election workers.
Prohibited firearms at polling locations.
Required all Michigan election audits to be conducted by county clerks who hold no political party positions, strengthening the independence and integrity of our elections.
Voted no on Michigan's SAVE Act, Republican legislation that would have imposed proof-of-citizenship requirements on voters.
Championing the Michigan Voting Rights Act, which would establish new protections against voter suppression and discrimination at the polls.