# Sarah Lightner

Sarah Lightner is a Republican member of the Michigan House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Michigan House, district 45
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ef5b60a6-d301-4433-8e85-6c14ba254011

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef5b60a6-d301-4433-8e85-6c14ba254011 (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

100% of Lightner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Michigan, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 140 donors and 1,188 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

738 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 99.0% (93.2%). 10 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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 85. 48.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 20 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6399: Human services: medical services; denial, suspension, termination, or probation of provider participation in medical assistance program for certain offenses;… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6399/
- HB 6402: Human services: adult foster care; criminal history check for employment in an adult foster care facility; modify. Amends sec. 34b of 1979 PA 218 (MCL… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6402/
- HB 6400: Mental health: facilities; criminal history check for employment in a psychiatric facility; modify. Amends sec. 134a of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1134a). TIE BAR… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6400/
- HB 6401: Health facilities: employees; criminal history check for employment in a covered facility; modify. Amends sec. 20173a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20173a). TIE… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6401/
- HB 6033: Civil procedure: costs and fees; fees for service of process; revise. Amends sec. 2559 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2559). (passed one chamber, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6033/
- HR 321: A resolution to declare May 2026 as Treatment Court Month in the state of Michigan. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HR321/
- HB 5830: Crimes: terrorism; making terrorist threat or false report of terrorism; modify. Amends sec. 543m of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.543m). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5831'26 (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5830/
- HB 5782: Financial institutions: credit unions; insurance from a qualified private insurance organization; allow for domestic credit unions. Amends sec. 387 of 2003 PA… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5782/
- HB 5658: Occupations: notaries public; use of communication technology to perform electronic notarizations and remote electronic notarizations; modify and expand.… (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5658/
- HB 5659: Probate: powers of attorney; use of 2-way real-time audiovisual technology to execute a power of attorney; allow. Amends secs. 102 & 105 of 2023 PA 187 (MCL… (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5659/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gophouse.org/member/repsarahlightner/posts
- Campaign site: https://electsarahlightner.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepLightner/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-lightner-4a5b41161/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef5b60a6-d301-4433-8e85-6c14ba254011