D Michigan Senate · District 27 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. John Cherry

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Session

Total votes

2,365

all sessions

Attendance

100%

2 missed

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

With party

97%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

2,062

voted in favor

Nay

303

voted against

Absent

2

missed votes

Total cast

2,365

across all sessions

Crossed party

61

votes against own party

This page

2,365

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 600

Marihuana: other; cross-references to industrial hemp research and development act within the medical marihuana facilities licensing act; amend. Amends title & secs. 102, 206, 502 & 505 of 2016 PA 281 (MCL 333.27102 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0599'25

Yea

Passed

27–10

Dec 16, 2025

HB 4576

Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.

Yea

Passed

23–14

Dec 16, 2025

SB 483

Health: other; palliative care advisory task force; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 2220.

Yea

Passed

32–5

Dec 16, 2025

SB 595

Land use: other; Michigan-Indiana boundary; provide for survey of parts and for grants to county remonumentation programs. Amends secs. 5, 7, 11 & 13 of 2022 PA 81 (MCL 54.315 et seq.) & repeals this act.

Yea

Passed

35–2

Dec 16, 2025

HB 4836

Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for. Amends sec. 104b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1704b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0349'25

Yea

Passed

38–0

Dec 16, 2025

HB 4543

Individual income tax: home heating credit; adjustments based on Detroit Consumer Price Index; change to United States Consumer Price Index. Amends sec. 527a of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.527a).

Yea

Passed

34–4

Dec 16, 2025

SB 601

Industrial Hemp: other; cross-references to industrial hemp research and development act within the industrial hemp growers act; amend. Amends secs. 103, 211, 303 & 307 of 2020 PA 220 (MCL 333.29103 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0599'25

Yea

Passed

28–9

Dec 16, 2025

SB 599

Industrial Hemp: licenses; licensing and regulations for processing, brokering, and marketing industrial hemp, supplying industrial hemp seed, and engaging in wholesale of industrial hemp products; create. Creates new act & repeals 2014 PA 547 (MCL 286.841 - 286.859). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0600'25, SB 0601'25, SB 0602'25

Yea

Passed

30–7

Dec 16, 2025

SB 349

Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for. Amends sec. 1279g of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1279g).

Yea

Passed

35–2

Dec 16, 2025

SB 721

Economic development: commercial redevelopment; commercial redevelopment act; modify. Amends secs. 9, 12a, 16 & 18 of 1978 PA 255 (MCL 207.659 et seq.).

Yea

Passed

22–14

Dec 9, 2025