Michigan House · District 4

Karen Whitsett

Democratic

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Votes with the Speaker 100% On 37 contested votes where both voted · 100% on all votes Votes with own party 0% Partisan rank: 110 of 110 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 92% 696 of 755 roll calls

Bills passed 0 1 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 60 of 110 in the House (tied with 50 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Karen Whitsett's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 100% of the Michigan House.

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Most conservative of 110

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Karen Whitsett.

On 37 contested votes where both voted100% on all 59 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Karen Whitsett.

On 36 party-line votesPartisan rank: 110 of 110 in the House109 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Karen Whitsett sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Karen Whitsett
	Bills
Sponsored	1
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 60 of 110 in the House (tied with 50 others) · 15 of 52 Democrats (tied with 37 others)

A bill's sponsor is its primary sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Karen Whitsett sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

The Michigan pages don't credit legislators with budget items.

Contested votes where they split

0 against the Speaker; 36 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Karen Whitsett
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 20, 2026	HB 5872: Property tax: assessments; taxable value of transferred property; modify Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5873: Property tax: state education tax; state education tax; eliminate Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5874: Taxation: state real estate transfer; state real estate transfer tax; repeal Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5875: Economic development: downtown development authorities; exemption from real estate transfer taxes; modify to reflect repeal of the state real estate transfer… Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5876: Taxation: administration; settlement process; modify to reflect repeal of the state real estate transfer tax act Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5877: Probate: other; prima facie evidence that transfer is made for value; modify to reflect repeal of the state real estate transfer tax act Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5878: Property tax: personal property; personal property tax; eliminate Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 20, 2026	HB 5879: Public utilities: rates; reduction of residential rates in correlation to personal property tax savings; require Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Aug. 26, 2025	HB 4706: Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and supplemental appropriations for fiscal year… Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Aug. 21, 2025	HJR M: Legislature: other; enactment of appropriation bills by a certain date; require Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 7, 2025	HB 4007: Energy: alternative sources; clean energy system; expand definition of Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4242: Health: electronic records; requirements for security and storage of electronic health records; provide for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4241: Economic development: other; economic incentives to certain foreign countries; prohibit Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4240: State agencies (existing): other; foreign influence of public bodies; prohibit Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4235: Public employees and officers: state; use of certain applications on state devices; prohibit Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4234: Property: land sales; sale or transfer of agricultural assets or land to foreign entities; prohibit Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4233: Property: land sales; prohibition for foreign entity to purchase farmland in Michigan; provide for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4239: Higher education: other; foreign influence of state institutions of higher education; prohibit Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 4238: Education: other; certain programs and agreements between public schools and foreign countries of concern; regulate Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	HB 4256: Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for delivering, manufacturing, or possessing with intent to deliver certain controlled… Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	HB 4255: Crimes: controlled substances; crime of manufacturing, delivering, or possession of with intent to deliver certain controlled substances; modify penalties Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4230: Taxation: other; neighborhood road fund; create and provide for the distribution of the fund Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4187: Individual income tax: revenue distributions; distribution and use of renew Michigan fund and lapse of interest and earnings from the revitalization and… Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4186: Michigan business tax: rate; rate increase and election to file under corporate income tax act; provide for, and allow for certain taxpayers Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4185: Sales tax: distribution; distribution of revenue; modify Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4184: Aeronautics: other; excise tax on aviation fuel; increase, and modify distribution Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4183: Transportation: motor fuel tax; motor fuel tax; increase and expand applicability Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4182: Use tax: exemptions; motor fuel sales; exempt Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4181: Streamline sales and use tax: exemptions; tax on motor fuel; exclude Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	HB 4180: Sales tax: exemptions; motor fuel sales; exempt Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 4162: Appropriations: school aid; appropriations for K-12 school aid; provide for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 4161: Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for October 1 to 8, 2025; provide for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 20, 2025	HB 4002: Labor: benefits; requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time, modify Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 19, 2025	SB 8: Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 23, 2025	HB 4002: Labor: benefits; requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time, modify Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 23, 2025	HB 4001: Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)

Every roll call

How Karen Whitsett voted on each of the 755 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Karen Whitsett
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Email: karenwhitsett@house.mi.gov
Capitol office: Room S-588, Anderson House Office Building 124 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933
517-373-1008
District office: House Office Building P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909

Committees

Health Policy
Insurance
Legislative Council
Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses
Regulatory Reform
Homeland Security and Foreign Influence Alternate
Oversight Alternate
Public Health and Food Security Alternate
State and Local Public Assistance Programs Alternate
Weaponization of State Government Alternate

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Michigan Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Michigan House and Senate Journals, Jan. 8, 2025 to Oct. 14, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections