# Steve Carra

Steve Carra is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4dee484b-79f4-4ca2-92dc-2ed7e0623d6b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dee484b-79f4-4ca2-92dc-2ed7e0623d6b (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

Carra sits at +1.20 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.20 (standard error 0.02), from 641 donors and 898 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

752 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 79% (93.2%). 328 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 73. 8.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 98 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6414: Elections: election officials; local clerks to investigate and report alleged violations of the election law by the secretary of state, bureau of elections,… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6414/
- HB 6303: Construction: code; code requirement to use air tightness testing to test a commercial building's building envelope; prohibit. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL… (in committee, 2026-09-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6303/
- HB 6164: Education: curriculum; computer science course requirements; modify. Amends sec. 1166c of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1166c). (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6164/
- HB 6149: Public employees and officers: state; salary recommendations for the heads of the principal departments in the executive branch; provide for. Amends 1986 PA… (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6149/
- HB 5804: Land use: planning; Michigan planning enabling act; allow for alternate members to serve on the commission. Amends sec. 15 of 2008 PA 33 (MCL 125.3815). (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5804/
- HB 5376: Property tax: exemptions; property tax exemption from certain school-related millages if the property's owner has no children attending public schools in this… (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5376/
- HB 5379: Property tax: exemptions; property tax exemption from certain millages levied under the district library establishment act if the property's owner has no… (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5379/
- HB 5300: Public employees and officers: other; federal elected officials accountability act; create. Creates new act. (in committee, 2025-12-02) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5300/
- HB 5243: Economic development: other; Michigan economic development corporation; abolish. Amends secs. 4, 5 & 7 of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2004 et seq.); adds sec. 15 &… (in committee, 2025-11-12) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5243/
- HB 5175: Highways: construction and repair; 10-year warranty contract on state road projects; require. Amends 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.651 - 247.675) by adding sec. 13c.… (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5175/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $77.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gophouse.org/member/repstevecarra/about
- Campaign site: https://www.stevecarra.com/
- X: https://x.com/SteveCarraMI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepcarra

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dee484b-79f4-4ca2-92dc-2ed7e0623d6b