# Joseph Fox

Joseph Fox is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 101.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 101
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ba49b4ef-08fb-48a0-b8a9-495a3605ef0a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba49b4ef-08fb-48a0-b8a9-495a3605ef0a (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

Fox sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.02), from 225 donors and 580 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)

730 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 97.0% (93.2%). 95 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 342. 53.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 14 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5975: Children: health; referral of certain children with elevated blood lead levels to the Early On program administered by the department of lifelong education,… (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5975/
- HB 5772: Children: protection; fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force; create. Creates new act. (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5772/
- HR 256: A resolution to declare March 1–4, 2026, as Great American Prayer Week in the state of Michigan. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR256/
- HB 5653: Weapons: firearms; certain provisions regarding weapons; repeal. Amends secs. 230, 231 & 237a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.230 et seq.) & repeals (see bill). (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5653/
- HB 5596: Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center regulation act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5596/
- HB 5377: Property tax: exemptions; property tax exemption from certain millages levied under the revised school code if the property's owner has no children attending… (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5377/
- HR 196: A resolution to demand that the Michigan Secretary of State comply with the United States Department of Justice’s request for an unredacted copy of Michigan’s… (passed one chamber, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR196/
- HR 180: A resolution to declare October 2025 as Pastor Appreciation Month in the state of Michigan. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR180/
- HB 4699: Elections: local; term of office start date for township officers; modify. Amends secs. 362 & 370 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.362 & 168.370). (passed one chamber, 2025-09-09) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4699/
- HB 4490: State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees;… (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4490/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mi.gov/repdetail/repJosephFox
- Campaign site: https://votejosephfox.com/home
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votejosephfox/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba49b4ef-08fb-48a0-b8a9-495a3605ef0a