Republican State Senator

James Runestad

Michigan | District 23

88.46

2025 LIVE Session Score

100.00

Lifetime Key Issues Score

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Committee Assignment:

Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Member, Health Policy Committee Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Profession:

Employee, Runestad Family Farm Owner/Operator, Runestad Financial Associates, Limited Liability Company. Assistant Minority Caucus Chair, Michigan State Senate, 2023-present Former Commissioner, Oakland County Commission Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 23, 2023-Present Assistant Majority Caucus Chair, Michigan State Senate, 2019-2022 Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 15, 2019-2022 Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 44, 2015-2019

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse(s):

Kathy Runestad

Number of Children:

5

Education:

BS, Secondary Education/Teaching, Central Michigan University, 1982-1984 Attended, Northern Michigan University, 1980-1981

American Culture

100.00%

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Big Tech & Free Speech

N/A

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Border Security

N/A

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Election Integrity

100.00%

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Educational Freedom

N/A

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Second Amendment

100.00%

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Health & Medical Freedom

83.33%

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Taxes and Spending

50.00%

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Bill

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Issue

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Year

MI SB0224 2025
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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
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N
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
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Raising the State Minimum Wage
2025
MI SB0002 2025
Y
Y
FOIA Clarification and Expansion Act
2025
MI HB4718 2024
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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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Increasing Regulations on Election Recounts
2024
MI SB0237 2024
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Data Center Tax Credit
2024
MI HB5048 2023
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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
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A
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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