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Vote Yes on this bill if you want to stop energy price gouging during emergencies, limit unjustified price spikes above normal levels, and give the state stronger tools to investigate violations, refund consumers, and penalize bad actors.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer protection groups, low-income and senior advocates, legal aid groups, and community organizations focused on affordable home heating and fair fuel prices.
Vote No on this bill if you want energy sellers to keep more flexibility to raise prices during shortages, avoid new investigations and penalties, and reduce the risk that government price limits could discourage supply from reaching disrupted markets.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include oil and fuel industry trade groups, gasoline retailers, propane suppliers, home heating oil distributors, and business associations concerned about price controls and legal risk.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to limit sharp price hikes on food, medicine, emergency supplies, building materials, and related services during and shortly after emergencies, with refunds, fines, and possible criminal penalties for violators.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer protection groups, legal aid organizations, senior advocates, public health groups, and disaster relief organizations that want to keep essential goods and services affordable during emergencies.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new pricing limits and stronger enforcement powers that could burden businesses, create disputes over justified cost increases, and reduce incentives for sellers to move scarce goods and services into emergency areas.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations, retailers, wholesalers, contractors, and free-market groups that worry the bill could punish legitimate price increases, add legal risk, and discourage supply during emergencies.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want violations of medical debt protections to be treated as consumer fraud, giving patients stronger tools and state enforcement against unfair billing and collection practices.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer protection groups, patient advocates, legal aid organizations, and health care affordability reform groups that want stronger enforcement against unfair medical debt practices.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding consumer protection penalties and lawsuits against medical providers and debt collectors over medical debt practices.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include hospital associations, medical billing companies, debt collectors, and business groups concerned about added lawsuits, enforcement costs, and limits on how medical debt is collected.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Haitian nationals in the United States to receive Temporary Protected Status through about April 2029 so they can remain in the country legally for that period and avoid deportation.
Organizations that support this bill may include immigrant rights groups, Haitian American advocacy organizations, refugee assistance nonprofits, and faith-based humanitarian groups that want Haitians in the United States to receive temporary legal protection from deportation.
Vote No on this bill if you want to block a mandatory TPS designation for Haiti, limit temporary immigration protections, or leave this decision to current executive branch discretion.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups that favor stricter immigration limits, reduced use of temporary protected status, or greater executive flexibility over immigration designations.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to block the EPA's Montana regional haze rule, reduce federal air pollution requirements on affected facilities, and give industry and the state more flexibility.
Organizations that support this bill may include electric utility companies, mining and manufacturing trade groups, and organizations that favor less federal environmental regulation.
Vote No on this bill if you want the EPA's Montana regional haze rule to stay in effect in order to push for cleaner air, better visibility in natural areas, and stronger public health protections.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include clean air advocates, conservation groups, public health organizations, and supporters of stronger federal pollution controls.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to require congressional approval before the United States stays in military conflict with Iran, while still allowing action to stop an immediate attack on the United States or its allies.
Organizations that support this bill may include anti-war groups, civil liberties organizations, and groups that want Congress—not only the President—to decide when the United States goes to war.
Vote No on this bill if you want the President to keep more freedom to use U.S. forces against Iran without needing a new, specific approval from Congress first.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include hawkish foreign policy groups, some national security organizations, and others who want the President to keep broad flexibility to respond militarily to Iran.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want more federal funding for dams, ports, flood control, water systems, science, grid security, and nuclear programs, along with tougher limits on some China-linked energy deals and faster support for small nuclear reactors.
Organizations that support this bill may include electric utilities, nuclear energy companies, engineering and construction groups, water districts, port authorities, farm and flood-control interests, defense advocates, and labor unions tied to energy and infrastructure projects.
Vote No on this bill if you want to protect clean building standards, avoid shifting funds from other clean energy efforts to nuclear projects, limit nuclear weapons spending, keep guns more restricted at federal water sites, or reduce overall federal spending.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental groups, clean energy and climate advocates, anti-nuclear organizations, gun safety groups, and fiscal watchdogs concerned about large spending and the shift of money away from other clean energy programs.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Michigan to run its own health insurance marketplace, give residents and small businesses easier ways to compare plans and find financial help, and add more state oversight, transparency, and consumer assistance.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer health advocates, hospitals and clinics, groups helping uninsured residents, and small business organizations that want an easier way to compare and buy coverage.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating a new state-run insurance system, prevent new user fees and administrative costs, and keep Michigan from taking on more control over the health insurance marketplace.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include anti-tax and limited-government groups, organizations opposed to the Affordable Care Act, and insurers or business groups concerned about new fees, regulation, and the cost of creating a state-run marketplace.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want car owners to control repair data, choose their own mechanic and parts, protect their vehicle information from misuse, and make repairs more competitive and affordable.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer rights groups, independent auto repair shops, aftermarket parts and tool makers, towing companies, fleet operators, and others that want more competition and lower repair costs.
Vote No on this bill if you want manufacturers and dealerships to keep tighter control over vehicle data, repair tools, and service networks because you believe that better protects product quality, security, and company oversight.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include vehicle manufacturers, dealer service networks, and companies tied closely to factory-only repair systems that could lose control over repair data, parts sales, and service business.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to temporarily extend current foreign intelligence surveillance powers through July 2, 2026, so the government does not lose these tools during the short extension period.
Organizations that support this bill may include intelligence and national security groups, federal law enforcement agencies, and policy organizations that favor keeping surveillance tools available without interruption.
Vote No on this bill if you want these surveillance powers to expire on schedule unless Congress first adopts stronger privacy protections, tighter limits, or broader reforms.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, digital privacy advocates, and policy organizations that believe foreign intelligence surveillance powers should expire or be narrowed unless stronger safeguards are added.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want major new federal spending on roads, bridges, transit, rail, freight, and safety, faster project approvals, more truck parking and bridge repairs, and new annual fees on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to help fund transportation.
Organizations that support this bill may include state transportation departments, road builders, engineering and construction groups, trucking and freight organizations, transit agencies, passenger rail supporters, and labor unions tied to transportation and infrastructure work.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid large new transportation spending, keep stronger environmental review, preserve climate and neighborhood equity programs that the bill ends, and block new annual registration fees on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental groups, climate advocates, electric vehicle organizations, neighborhood equity advocates, anti-highway-expansion groups, and fiscal watchdogs concerned about the bill’s cost and reduced environmental review.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want bigger homestead tax breaks, slower growth in property tax assessments for many properties, and stricter rules limiting county and city property tax spending to core public services.
Organizations that support this bill may include homeowner associations, anti-tax groups, real estate industry groups, and small business organizations that want lower property taxes and tighter limits on assessment increases.
Vote No on this bill if you want local governments to keep broader control over property tax revenue and if you are concerned that large tax cuts could reduce funding for schools, infrastructure, emergency services, and other community needs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include county and city governments, public school advocates, public employee unions, and local government associations concerned about reduced revenue and less budget flexibility.