# Jennifer Wortz

Jennifer Wortz is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 35
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/be12c20b-e96b-4326-a1c2-8cabe83f4f2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be12c20b-e96b-4326-a1c2-8cabe83f4f2b (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

Wortz sits at +0.82 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 175 donors and 284 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

711 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 100% (93.2%). 53 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 218. 30.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 48 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6309: Highways: memorial; portion of M-86; designate as the "Casey Rice Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 116. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6309/
- HB 6310: Watercraft: traffic control; emergency no wake orders; allow to be issued year round. Amends sec. 80146 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.80146). (in committee, 2026-09-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6310/
- HB 6315: Employment security: administration; employing unit's books, records, and papers; prohibit the unemployment agency from requiring that they be in a different… (in committee, 2026-09-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6315/
- HB 5968: Elections: candidates; duties and responsibilities of administering elections; require to be performed by the deputy secretary of state if the secretary of… (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5968/
- HB 5920: Legislature: legislative agencies; office of legislative corrections ombudsman; expand powers and duties. Amends secs. 1, 4 & 5 of 1975 PA 46 (MCL 4.351 et… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5920/
- HB 5900: Property: condemnation; attorney fees; modify. Amends sec. 6 of 1980 PA 87 (MCL 213.56). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5901'26 (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5900/
- HB 5889: Transportation: other; insurance required under the peer to peer car sharing act; revise requirements to reflect elimination of no-fault insurance. Amends… (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5889/
- HB 5886: Insurance: no-fault; coverage and benefits; make miscellaneous changes. Amends secs. 3101, 3104, 3107c, 3107d, 3114, 3135 & 3172 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3101… (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5886/
- HB 5845: Elections: other; retention of electronic poll book flash drives; require. Amends sec. 811 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.811). (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5845/
- HB 5765: Vehicles: registration; electric vehicle registration fee; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 801l. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5766'26 (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5765/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gophouse.org/member/RepJenniferWortz/posts
- Campaign site: https://www.jenniferwortz.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jennifer-Wortz-for-State-Representative-61556349956130/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferwortzmi/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-wortz-52572213/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be12c20b-e96b-4326-a1c2-8cabe83f4f2b