Democrat State Senator

Dayna Polehanki

Michigan | District 5

20.00

Date Assumed Office:

2019-01-01

LIVE 2026 Session Score

40.00

Lifetime Key Issues Score

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Committee Assignment:

Member, Economic and Community Development Committee Chair, Education Committee Member, Energy and Environment Committee Member, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee Member, Oversight Committee Vice Chair, Regulatory Affairs Committee Vice Chair, Subcommittee on PreK-12

Birthday:

1969-12-03

Profession:

Owner, Detroit Casting Company, present Data Coordinator, New Haven High School, present Former Manager of Features Casting, Paramount Pictures Teacher, New Haven Community Schools, 2002-2018 Majority Caucus Chair, Michigan State Senate, 2023-present Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 5, 2023-Present Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 7, 2019-2023

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse(s):

Jim Polehanki

Education:

Attended, English, Alma College Bachelor's, Psychology, Central Michigan University Certified, Teaching, Alma College Master's, Teaching, Marygrove College

American Culture

57.14%

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Big Tech & Free Speech

N/A

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Border Security

N/A

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Election Integrity

00.00%

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Educational Freedom

N/A

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Second Amendment

00.00%

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Health & Medical Freedom

12.50%

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Taxes and Spending

20.00%

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Votes
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Bill

TPAction Position
Polehankiposition

Issue

Comments

Year

MI SB0451 2026
N
Y
Michigan Medical Debt Reporting Prohibition Act
2026
MI SB0449 2026
N
Y
Hospital Financial Assistance Act
2026
MI SB0581 2026
N
Y
Tax Increment Financing Definitional Amendments
2026
MI HB4077 2026
Y
Y
Born-Alive Infant Protection and Death Registration Clarification Act
2026
MI HB4078 2026
Y
Y
Medical Examiner Death Investigation Requirements (Abortion Reporting)
2026
MI SB0331 2025
N
Y
Weapons: firearms; requirement for all firearm components to contain serial numbers; provide for. Amends 1927 PA 372 (MCL 28.421 - 28.435) by adding sec. 14c.
2025
MI SB0332 2025
N
Y
Weapons: firearms; sentencing guidelines; update. Amends sec. 11b, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.11b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 331'25
2025
MI SB0224 2025
N
Y
Weapons: other; manufacture, sale, or possession of a bump stock; prohibit. Amends sec. 224 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.224).
2025
MI HB4002 2025
Y
Y
Michigan Earned Sick Time Expansion Act
2025
MI SB0060 2025
Y
Y
Medical Licensure Compact Permanency Act
2025
MI SB0008 2025
N
Y
Raising the State Minimum Wage
2025
MI SB0002 2025
Y
Y
FOIA Clarification and Expansion Act
2025

Vote Key

  • Y: Yea
  • N: Nay
  • G: Guilty
  • NG: Not Guilty
  • NV: Not Voting
  • N/A: Not Applicable
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