The Michigan House of Representatives held its final day of voting Wednesday before the Nov. 5 election that will decide whether Democrats keep their governing trifecta with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s party enjoying full legislative control.
Democrats hold a narrow 56-54 majority in the state House. Every seat is on the line in this fall’s election. While Democrats stuck together to deliver a big win for one of the state’s largest labor unions and supplemental school funding bill, they broke apart on a proposed corporate tax break.
Here’s a look at what the Democratic-led state House prioritized ahead of the final stretch of the campaign.
Caregivers unionization bill
On a party-line vote, House Democrats approved a pair of bills that would restore the right of home health care workers to unionize. Democrats in the state Senate also gave final approval to the legislation Wednesday and sent the bills Whitmer who said she plans to sign them into law.
“Thanks to my partners in the Michigan Legislature, we will finally restore the right of more than 30,000 independent provider home health care workers to collectively bargain for better pay and benefits and start to build out the caregiving infrastructure we need to help Michigan families and care for our neighbors who need day-to-day support,” Whitmer said in a statement Wednesday.