Democrat State Senator

Dayna Polehanki

Michigan | District 5

16.00

2025 LIVE Session Score

42.86

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

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

40.00%

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Big Tech & Free Speech

N/A

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Border Security

N/A

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Election Integrity

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Educational Freedom

N/A

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Second Amendment

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Health & Medical Freedom

16.67%

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Taxes and Spending

25.00%

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Bill

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MI SB0224 2025
N
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Weapons: other; manufacture, sale, or possession of a bump stock; prohibit. Amends sec. 224 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.224).
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 SB0331 2025
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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 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
MI HB4718 2024
N
Y
Criminal procedure: defenses; sexual orientation or gender identity of a victim as a defense to a crime; prohibit. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21d to ch. VIII.
2024
MI SB0603 2024
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Y
Increasing Regulations on Election Recounts
2024
MI SB0237 2024
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Y
Data Center Tax Credit
2024
MI HB5048 2023
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Y
Taxation: hotel-motel; local units to levy a hotel tax; allow and increase rate allowed to be levied by counties. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 of 1974 PA 263 (MCL 141.861 et seq.) & adds sec. 2a.
2023
MI HB4949 2023
N
Y
Codifying Abortion into MI State Law
2023

Vote Key

  • Y: Yea
  • N: Nay
  • G: Guilty
  • NG: Not Guilty
  • A: Abstaining
  • P: Present
  • N/V: Not Voting
  • N/A: Not Applicable
  • E: Excused
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