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Michigan State House of Representatives

Michigan House of Representatives
99th Michigan Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (6 years)
History
New session started
January 11, 2017
Leadership
Tom Leonard (R)
Since January 11, 2017
Speaker pro tempore
Lee Chatfield (R)
Since January 11, 2017
Majority Floor Leader
Dan Lauwers (R)
Since January 1, 2017
Minority Leader
Sam Singh (D)
Since November 11, 2016
Minority Floor Leader
Christine Greig (D)
Since January 1, 2017
Structure
Seats 110
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Political groups

Majority

Minority

Length of term
2 years
Authority Article IV, Section 3, Michigan Constitution
Salary $71,865/year + expenses
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2016
(110 seats)
Next election
November 6, 2018
(110 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
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House of Representatives Chamber
Michigan State Capitol
Lansing, Michigan
Website
Michigan House of Representatives
Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives
Incumbent
Gary L. Randall

since January 12, 2011
Style Mister Clerk
Appointer Elected by the House
Term length Pleasure of the House (nominally a two-year Legislature)
Inaugural holder George R. Griswold
House Fiscal Agency
Agency overview
Headquarters Cora B. Anderson House Office Building
Employees 23
Annual budget $3,105,200
Agency executives
  • Mary Ann Cleary, Director
  • Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director
Parent department House Fiscal Agency Governing Board (Michigan House of Representatives)
Website house.mi.gov/hfa/

Majority

Minority

The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 U.S. Census. Its composition, powers, and duties are established in Article IV of the Michigan Constitution.

Members are elected in even-numbered years, and take office on the January 1 following the November general election; the House first meets on the second Wednesday in January, according to the state constitution. Each member is limited to serving three, two-year terms. The House meets in the north wing of the Capitol in Lansing.

Members of the House of Representative are commonly referred to as representatives. Because this shadows the terminology used to describe members of Congress, constituents and news media, using the Associated Press guidelines for journalist, often refer to members as state representatives to avoid confusion with their federal counterparts. As elected officials, members of the House of Representatives also receive the courtesy title of the Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.

The 73rd and current Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House and the leader of the majority party. The current Speaker is Tom Leonard, a third-term Republican from DeWitt.

The Speaker calls the House to order at the hour to which the House last adjourned, preserves order and decorum in the chamber, recognizes Members to speak, and puts all questions. The Speaker is the chief administrator of the House and is technically the employer of all legislative staff. There is also a Speaker pro tempore and two associate Speakers pro tempore who preside in the absence of the Speaker. The full duties of the Speaker are described in Chapter II of the Rules of the House.


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