# Donni Steele

Donni Steele is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 54
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a5a14f9-56b4-4f7a-ad0c-bfe3750912a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a5a14f9-56b4-4f7a-ad0c-bfe3750912a3 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Steele sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.02), from 451 donors and 565 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

752 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 97.2% (93.2%). 91 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #374 Yeas 76 Nays 27 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6302 Education: school districts; requirement to display an American flag in classrooms; provide for. Amends sec. 1347 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1347). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6302/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #375 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6259 Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 16y, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6259/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #376 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6260 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; modify. Amends sec. 520b of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520b). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6260/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #373 Yeas 88 Nays 15 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6282 Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6282/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #378 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6262 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6262/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #377 Yeas 78 Nays 25 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6261 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree; modify. Amends sec. 520c of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520c). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6261/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #379 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6263 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree; modify. Amends sec. 520e of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520e). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6263/
- 2026-09-22 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #367 Yeas 103 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · SB 102 Counties: employees and officers; request for transcript and abstract of paper or record; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1895 PA 161 (MCL 48.101). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/SB102/
- 2026-09-22 · voted nay · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #366 Yeas 96 Nays 7 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · SB 947 Natural resources: inland lakes; dam safety regulations; provide for. Amends and adds (See bill). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5485'26 · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/SB947/
- 2026-09-22 · voted nay · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #363 Yeas 96 Nays 7 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 5120 Civil procedure: service of process; cost for service of process for personal protection orders; eliminate. Amends secs. 2559 & 2950 of 1961 PA 236… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5120/

## Legislation (MI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 125. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 13 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6331: Vehicles: registration plates; Corvette registration plate; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 803v. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6331/
- HB 6262: Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d). (passed one chamber, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6262/
- HCR 8: A concurrent resolution to approve an extension of the state of energy emergency declared on April 2, 2026. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HCR8/
- HB 5831: Crimes: terrorism; penalties for acts of terrorism; modify. Amends sec. 543f of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.543f). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5830'26 (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5831/
- HR 252: A resolution to declare March 2026 as Women’s History Month in the state of Michigan. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR252/
- HB 5615: Appropriations: transportation department; appropriations for fiscal year 2026-2027; provide for. Creates appropriation act. (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5615/
- HB 5635: Health: immunizations; promulgation of certain rules that are more stringent than the requirements for claiming exemption from immunizations; prohibit. Amends… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5635/
- HB 5543: Transportation: funds; allowable annual appropriation to the state trunk line fund for deposit in the grade crossing surface account; increase. Amends sec. 10… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5543/
- HR 232: A resolution to declare January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR232/
- HB 5091: Public employees and officers: ethics; reporting requirements for certain elected officials; provide for. Amends sec. 3 of 2023 PA 281 (MCL 15.703). (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5091/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $109.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gophouse.org/member/RepDonniSteele/about
- Campaign site: https://donnisteele.com/home
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Donni-Steele/pfbid0iKs48scWnzgSfWXDuBGd3ZMdjuETrka9qjqBENK3zuMbiXkWSCPHyRoXPHWowVgYl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donni-steele-36345a276/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a5a14f9-56b4-4f7a-ad0c-bfe3750912a3