Michigan Senate

The bills were adopted on party-line votes. Republicans say more restrictions aren’t the solution to gun violence

Democrats unsuccessfully tried to pass similar legislation after a mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021

Michigan bills for universal gun background checks, safe storage, and keeping firearms from those deemed a threat to themselves or others made it out of a Senate committee Thursday

The state Senate adopted bills Wednesday to repeal Michigan’s dormant abortion ban. The Senate action will send the bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who has promised to sign them

The Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Thursday heard testimonies from families and students affected by gun violence

The Michigan Senate voted today (WED) to expand Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include LGBTQ rights.

A package of bills introduced last week in the state Senate seeks to help young people understand sexual assault and help survivors of sexual assault manage the process of seeking justice.

The proposed legislation would expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.

Michigan’s already expansive civil rights law would also specify that those protections include LGBTQ people under legislation that cleared a state Senate committee Thursday

A bill filed in the Michigan Senate would allow more people to see some confidential children’s protective services case files