Senator · Senate Majority Leader
Winnie Brinks
| Seat | Senate District 29 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room S-102 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room S-102, Capitol Building P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909 |
| Capitol phone | 517-373-1801 |
| Write to | senwbrinks@senate.michigan.gov (official address) |
| Hometown | Grand Rapids |
| Tenure | Serving since January 1, 2019 (also served House 2013 to 2018) |
| Term limited | 2026 |
Committees 3
- Legislative Council Chair joint
- Senate Government Operations Committee Chair standing
- Senate Fiscal Agency Governing Board Committee standing
Bills, 2025 to 2026 session 15 as principal author · 25 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SCR 16A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for John Pappageorge, former member of the Michigan Senate and…Enacted100
- SR 146A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for John Joseph Henry Schwarz, M.D., former member of the Michigan Senate.Enacted100
- SCR 13A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for R. Robert Geake, former member of the Senate and House of…Enacted100
- SR 102A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Joel Gougeon, former member of the Michigan Senate.Enacted100
- SCR 12A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Bruce Patterson, former member of the Michigan Senate and…Enacted100
- SCR 10A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Donald Koivisto, former member of the Michigan Senate and…Enacted100
- SCR 8A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Irma Clark-Coleman, former member of the House of…Enacted100
- SCR 7A concurrent resolution to urge the Trump Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to…Enacted100
- SCR 6A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Virgil Clark Smith, former member of the Michigan Senate…Enacted100
- SR 82A resolution to condemn political violence in all forms, regardless of political party or ideology, and affirm the…Enacted100
- SCR 5A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Darwin Booher, former member of the Michigan Senate and…Enacted100
- SR 49A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for George Alvin McManus Jr., former member of the Senate.Enacted100
- SR 20A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate.Enacted100
- SR 9A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate.Enacted100
- SR 3A resolution to authorize the Senate Majority Leader to commence legal action, on behalf of the Senate, to compel the…Enacted100
All 15 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of SR 10, SR 105, SR 107, SR 116, SR 127, SR 128, SR 136, SR 15, SR 50, SR 55, SR 66, SR 67 and 13 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
2nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 0 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 0 ÷ 76.75 = 0.00 |
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
- Darrin Camilleri DSenate 4 5
- Erika Geiss DSenate 1 5
- Jeff Irwin DSenate 15 5
- Jeremy Moss DSenate 7 5
- John Cherry DSenate 27 5
- Kevin Hertel DSenate 12 5
- Mallory McMorrow DSenate 8 5
- Mary Cavanagh DSenate 6 5
- Rosemary Bayer DSenate 13 5
- Sam Singh DSenate 28 5
“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.
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