Michigan House of Representatives

Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	6 terms (12 years)
History
New session started	January 11, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Joe Tate (D) since January 11, 2023
Speaker Pro Tempore	Laurie Pohutsky (D) since January 11, 2023
Majority Leader	Abraham Aiyash (D) since January 11, 2023
Minority Leader	Matt Hall (R) since January 11, 2023
Structure
Seats	110
Political groups	Majority   Democratic (56) Minority   Republican (54)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, Section 3, Michigan Constitution
Salary	$71,865/year + expenses
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022 (110 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024 (110 seats)
Redistricting	Independent Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Michigan State Capitol Lansing, Michigan
Website
house.mi.gov
Rules
Standing Rules of the House of Representatives

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 2020 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 at 12 p.m. (EST) on January 1^[1] following the November general election. Concurrently with the Michigan Senate, the House first convenes on the second Wednesday in January, according to the state constitution.^[2] Each member is limited to serving at most six terms of two years, but may not serve more than twelve years combined across the Michigan House and Michigan Senate.^[3][4] The House meets in the north wing of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing. The Democratic Party currently has a majority in the chamber.

In recent years, the Republican majority in the House has been widely attributed to Republican gerrymandering, implemented by the legislature after the 2010 census.^[5] In many legislative elections since then, the Democratic Party has won the popular vote, but nonetheless failed to attain a majority. However, after the passage of Proposal 2, a 2018 ballot initiative, redistricting in the state was instead delegated to a nonpartisan commission, which drew new maps after the 2020 census. Aided by the redrawn district lines, in 2022, Democrats won a majority in the House for the first time since 2008.