Michigan House of Representatives | |
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99th Michigan Legislature | |
Type | |
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Lower house of the Michigan Legislature
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Term limits
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3 terms (6 years) |
History | |
New session started
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January 11, 2017 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore
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Majority Floor Leader
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Minority Leader
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Minority Floor Leader
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Structure | |
Seats | 110 |
Political groups
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Majority
Minority
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Length of term
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2 years |
Authority | Article IV, Section 3, Michigan Constitution |
Salary | $71,865/year + expenses |
Elections | |
Last election
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November 8, 2016 (110 seats) |
Next election
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November 6, 2018 (110 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Michigan State Capitol Lansing, Michigan |
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Website | |
Michigan House of Representatives |
Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
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Style | Mister Clerk |
Appointer | Elected by the House |
Term length | Pleasure of the House (nominally a two-year Legislature) |
Inaugural holder | George R. Griswold |
Agency overview | |
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Headquarters | Cora B. Anderson House Office Building |
Employees | 23 |
Annual budget | $3,105,200 |
Agency executives |
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Parent department | House Fiscal Agency Governing Board (Michigan House of Representatives) |
Website | house |
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.