# Karl Bohnak

Karl Bohnak is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 109.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 109
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e3bae1dd-d4b9-48c3-8e40-112987214638

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3bae1dd-d4b9-48c3-8e40-112987214638 (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

Bohnak reported $94.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.04), from 236 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

752 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 99.0% (93.2%). 2 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 193. 41.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 32 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6073: Consumer credit: credit reports and reporting agencies; collection and reporting of medical debt information; regulate. Creates new act. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6073/
- HB 6074: Property: land sales; purchase of residential property by certain businesses; prohibit. Creates new act. (became law, 2026-07-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6074/
- HB 5941: Health: pharmaceuticals; reports on certain costs and other information associated with prescription drugs; require manufacturers of prescription drugs to… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5941/
- HB 5921: Legislature: legislative agencies; office of legislative corrections ombudsman; expand powers and duties. Amends secs. 7, 11, 12, 13 & 14 of 1975 PA 46 (MCL… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5921/
- HB 5883: Highways: memorial; portion of M-28; designate as the "Sgt. Fabian T. Godell Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 127. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5883/
- HB 5875: Economic development: downtown development authorities; exemption from real estate transfer taxes; modify to reflect repeal of the state real estate transfer… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5875/
- HB 5835: Health facilities: nursing homes; personal needs allowance for nursing home residents; increase. Amends sec. 106 of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.106) & adds sec. 106c. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5835/
- HB 5738: Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the adult foster care facility licensing act; modify to… (in committee, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5738/
- HB 5714: Highways: memorial; portion of M-553; designate as the "Jack Rantanen Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 125. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5714/
- HB 5642: Natural resources: other; notification of deforestation projects; require. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 52507. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5642/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $94.5K (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/RepKarlBohnak/posts
- Campaign site: https://votebohnak.com/
- X: https://x.com/KarlBohnakTV6
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karlbohnak/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votebohnak/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3bae1dd-d4b9-48c3-8e40-112987214638