Mary Cavanagh

This bill changes the index used to adjust the home heating credit from the Detroit Consumer Price Index to the broader United States Consumer Price Index. It helps keep this targeted tax relief more accurate and responsive to inflation for struggling households. CPAC supports improving and preserving tax relief for working families and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-12-16 by a vote of 31-4. The bill later became law.

This bill requires or authorizes firearm safety instruction within the public school curriculum. It promotes responsible gun ownership and education rather than fearmongering about the Second Amendment. CPAC supports fostering responsible exercise of Second Amendment rights and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-12-18 by a vote of 35-0. The bill later became law.

This bill modifies exemptions from food licensure requirements under state law. It can reduce regulatory burdens on low-risk, small-scale food operations and home-based businesses so they can operate without unnecessary government intrusion. CPAC supports expanding reasonable licensing exemptions that help small entrepreneurs and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-12-18 by a vote of 29-6. The bill later became law.

This bill allows landowners to partially relinquish land from conservation easements under certain conditions. It restores some property rights and flexibility to farmers and landowners who have entered into restrictive agreements with the government. CPAC supports strengthening property rights and flexibility for landowners and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-12-02 by a vote of 37-0. The bill later became law.

This bill modifies the jurisdiction of the sergeant at arms under state law. It clarifies and potentially strengthens the authority responsible for maintaining order and safety within the Legislature. CPAC supports clear security authority to ensure orderly legislative operations and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-11-13 by a vote of 20-16. The bill later became law.

This bill modifies various fees embedded in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act affecting water, wetlands, and other environmental permits and services. It risks increasing costs on landowners, businesses, and job creators by feeding a growing regulatory apparatus. CPAC opposes using fee hikes to expand environmental bureaucracy and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-09-25 by a vote of 19-17. The bill later became law.

This bill updates the treatment of certain federal Internal Revenue Code provisions in Michigan's income tax law and alters how related revenues are distributed, while repealing an existing section. Its impact depends on the details, but it reshuffles revenue flows rather than delivering broad-based tax cuts. CPAC favors reforms that clearly lower and simplify taxes and was skeptical of this redistribution-focused redesign, so CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-10-03 by a vote of 22-14. The bill later became law.

This bill modifies eligibility and operational rules under the Michigan Reconnect grant program, a taxpayer-funded effort to provide tuition-free community college for certain adults. It refines a government subsidy program that shifts higher-education costs from individuals to taxpayers. CPAC opposes expanding or entrenching last-dollar 'free college' subsidies and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-12-09 by a vote of 25-10. The bill did not become law.

This bill prohibits the manufacture, sale, or possession of bump stocks, amending existing firearm regulations under Michigan law. The measure restricts Second Amendment rights by limiting firearm accessories used by law-abiding gun owners. CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-25 by a vote of 22-14. The bill did not become law.

SB 236 establishes a new tax credit to incentivize the production and sale of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Michigan. CPAC rejects the idea of giving special favors to certain industries at the expense of other taxpayers in the state, and it opposes this bill. The Michigan Senate passed SB 236 on June 25, 2025, in a 28-8 vote. The Michigan House of Representatives has not taken floor action on the measure.

SB 154 codifies a version of the federal FACE Act into Michigan law. The FACE act, ostensibly aimed at protecting facilities that offer abortions, has been exploited to harass peaceful anti-abortion demonstrators. CPAC believes this measure will undermine the rights of those who object to abortion, and it opposes this bill. The Michigan Senate passed SB 154 on June 25, 2025, in a 19-17 vote. The Michigan House of Representatives has not taken floor action on the measure.

SB 51 directs the creation of a 'Black leadership advisory council,' which would recommend government policy. CPAC believes that Americans should be treated equally under the law as individuals rather than on racial identity. For that reason, CPAC opposes this bill. The Michigan Senate passed SB 51 on March 19, 2025, in a 29-7 vote. The Michigan House of Representatives has not taken floor action on the measure.

This bill requires serial numbers on firearms and bans undetectable firearms, targeting so-called 'ghost guns' and homemade weapons. This bill attacks law-abiding gun owners and hobbyists while doing little to deter criminals. CPAC rejects new gun control measures that burden lawful gun ownership and opposes this bill. The Michigan Senate passed SB 331 on June 25, 2025, in a 19-17 vote. The Michigan House of Representatives has not taken floor action on the measure.