HR42 Honoring the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman.

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Honoring the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman.

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Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Ceremonial resolution with no fiscal impact.

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Your Community

A bipartisan tribute honoring a community member's legacy. Symbolic but meaningful to those who knew her.

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Your Freedom

A memorial resolution with no impact on rights or freedoms.

Status

Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 308-11 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 122

Voted Yes

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Voted No

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Sponsor

Alexis Simpson (D)

The Short Version

Honors the life and legacy of Melissa Hortman with overwhelming bipartisan support (308-11). A memorial resolution recognizing her contributions.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Family and community of Melissa Hortman

Who Pays the Price

▼ No meaningful costs

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 155 for , 11 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 153 for ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-05

Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

155R + 153D

Voted to Pass (308)

11R

Voted Against (11)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (308)

Republicans (155)

Democrats (153)

Voted Nay (11)

Republicans (11)

Absent (45)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Chris McAleer (D) , David Lundgren (R) , David Nagel (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Spillane (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Lee Ann Kluger (D) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Moffett (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Did not vote (28)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Brian Seaworth (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Roesener (D) , James Summers (R) , Jason Osborne (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , John Hunt (R) , John Stone (D) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Keith Ammon (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Matthew Pitaro (R) , Ned Raynolds (D) , Richard Nalevanko (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Steven Smith (R) , Tanya Donnelly (R) , Thomas Walsh (R) , Yury Polozov (R)

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