Senator
Sue Shink
| Seat | Senate District 14 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 4200 · Binsfeld Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 4200, Binsfeld Building P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909 |
| Capitol phone | 517-373-2426 |
| Write to | sensshink@senate.michigan.gov (official address) |
| Hometown | Ann Arbor |
| Tenure | Serving since January 1, 2023 |
| Term limited | 2034 |
Committees 7
- Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Democratic vice chair standing
- Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee Chair standing
- Senate Appropriations Committee standing
- Senate Energy and Environment Committee standing
- Senate Housing and Human Services Committee standing
- Senate Local Government Committee standing
- Uniform State Laws Commission commission
Bills, 2025 to 2026 session 40 as principal author · 307 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 478Property: conveyance of state property; transfer of certain state-owned property in Livingston County; provide for.…Enacted100
- SB 81Courts: other; Michigan indigent defense commission act; expand duties to include indigent defense of youth. Amends…Enacted100
- SR 90A resolution to recognize January 2026 as Human Trafficking Prevention Month.Enacted100
- SB 685Land use: farmland and open space; eligibility for tax credit; grandfather farmland subject to multiple legal…Enacted100
- SB 699Land use: farmland and open space; expenditures for administrative costs in the agricultural preservation fund; modify.…Enacted100
- SR 61A resolution to recognize June 29-July 5,2025, as Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week.Enacted100
- SB 1135Retirement: state employees; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after…In committee58
- SB 363Consumer protection: identity theft; references to identity theft protection act in 1846 RS 1; update. Amends sec. 9 of…In committee37
- SB 160Family law: marriage and divorce; uniform premarital and marital agreements act; create. Creates new act.In committee33
- SB 278Housing: other; housing and community development fund; modify. Amends secs. 58, 58b & 58c of 1966 PA 346 (MCL 125.1458…In committee32
- SB 5Human services: medical services; compliance with the prescription drug cost and affordability review act; require.…In committee32
- SB 502Crimes: terrorism; crime of making terrorist threat or false report of terrorism; modify. Amends sec. 543m of 1931 PA…In committee31
- SB 705Crimes: prostitution; penalties for leasing houses for purposes of prostitution; modify. Amends secs. 448, 449, 450…In committee31
- SB 169Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation…In committee30
- SB 170Appropriations: judiciary; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.In committee30
All 40 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of SB 136, SB 158, SB 25, SB 273, SB 293, SB 294, SB 413, SB 456, SB 585, SB 586, SB 686, SB 687 and 295 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-11-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 103rd Legislature, 2025 to 2026
47th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 36 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 18 / 13 / 4 |
| … became law | 4 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 72 ÷ 76.75 = 0.94 |
| Most-authored topics | Energy & utilities (11), Environment, water & wildlife (9), Criminal justice & public safety (9) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026
Most bills written together
- Rosemary Bayer DSenate 13 222
- Stephanie Chang DSenate 3 220
- Erika Geiss DSenate 1 162
- Mallory McMorrow DSenate 8 156
- Mary Cavanagh DSenate 6 155
- Jeff Irwin DSenate 15 146
- Dayna Polehanki DSenate 5 121
- Veronica Klinefelt DSenate 11 101
- Jeremy Moss DSenate 7 85
- Sylvia Santana DSenate 2 67
“Written together” = 2025 to 2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 14
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- Jackson, Washtenaw
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- Jason Morgan (23), Reggie Miller (31), Jimmie Wilson (32), Morgan Foreman (33), Sarah Lightner (45), Kathy Schmaltz (46), Carrie Rheingans (47), Jennifer Conlin (48)
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