Bill | ![]() | Issue | Comments | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MI SB0224 2025 | N | N | 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 | 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 | N | N | 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 | N | Raising the State Minimum Wage | 2025 | |
| MI SB0002 2025 | Y | Y | FOIA Clarification and Expansion Act | 2025 | |
| MI HB4718 2024 | N | N | 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 | N | N | Increasing Regulations on Election Recounts | 2024 | |
| MI SB0237 2024 | Y | N | Data Center Tax Credit | 2024 | |
| MI HB5048 2023 | N | N | 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 | A | Codifying Abortion into MI State Law | 2023 |

James Runestad
Michigan | District 23
88.46

2025 LIVE Session Score
100.00
Lifetime Key Issues Score
Learn More About James Runestad
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%
Big Tech & Free Speech
N/A
Border Security
N/A
Election Integrity
100.00%
Educational Freedom
N/A
Second Amendment
100.00%
Health & Medical Freedom
83.33%
Taxes and Spending
50.00%
Votes

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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