Hello District 32,
Just like that, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As always, I ask that we keep an eye out to help our neighbors, as the holiday season can be the most wonderful but stressful time of the year. Please consider reaching out to volunteer at local soup kitchens, warming shelters, and other community-focused institutions that can use the additional people power! The greatest asset our community has is its compassionate and beautiful people, who always rise to the occasion to do what is right.
Even at our darkest moments in history, eventually the sun will once again rise.
In solidarity,
Jimmie Wilson, Jr.
State Rep. Jimmie Wilson, Jr. (D-Ypsilanti) testified in the House Ethics and Oversight Committee on Nov. 14, 2024, in the Anderson House Office Building in Lansing.
Current Legislative Priorities:
- Manufactured Homes:
- Creating regulations for abandoned trailers
- Giving regulatory authority to properly manage water and sewer issues
- Making sure parks owners are properly licensed
- Criminal Justice Reform:
- Ending juvenile life without parole
- Enacting second look parole legislation
- Passing the fair chance housing legislation to prohibit landlords from requiring the disclosure of criminal history records for most housing applicants
- Giving the incarcerated the right to Freedom of Information Act their own medical records
- Housing:
- Eviction expungement
- Updating Michigan zoning laws for better and more flexible city planning
- Giving tenants right of first refusal when an owner puts a rented property up for sale
- Animal Rights:
- Regulating puppy mills
- Making adoption processes easier on animal shelters
- Banning the declawing of cats
- Domestic Violence:
- Training requirements on domestic violence for judiciaries
- Protecting domestic violence survivors in the workplace
- Cannabis:
- Merging and cleaning up recreational and medical cannabis laws
- Labor:
- Updating benefits from unemployment
- Fixing worker’s compensation
- Instituting Family Leave
- Water Affordability:
- Creating a fund to make sure everyone continues to have access to water
- Police and Community Trust:
- Creating a statewide database of terminated and reprimanded police officers.
- Banning no-knock warrants
Constituents Update:
Hottest Topics This Month:
- National Popular Vote
- Correctional officer pensions
- Protecting libraries
- Protecting our water
- Corporate subsidies
Legislative Updates:
- I have a 100% voting record in the 102nd Legislature.
- I have sponsored 34 bills and resolutions.
- I have co-sponsored 760 bills and resolutions:
- You can track this, and all other legislation, on Legislature.MI.gov.
- On the home page, find the “Quick Links” section, then click “Legislators.” Next, scroll down to my name. You will find links for my sponsored and co-sponsored legislation, as well as a link to my website.
My Committees:
- Policy Committee:
- Regulatory Reform
- Appropriations Committee:
- Appropriations Subcommittees:
- Judiciary (Chair)
- Joint Capital Outlay
- Military and Veterans Affairs and State Police
- School Aid and Education
- Appropriations Subcommittees:
District Resources
- Constituent Services and Scheduling Requests: JimmieWilson@house.mi.gov
- Legislative Information and Bill Idea Submissions: LDotson@house.mi.gov
- Double Up Food Bucks: DoubleUpFoodBucks.org
- United Way: Dial 211
- Provides services related to senior crisis intervention, networking services to aid with maintaining independence and social integration programs.
- Barrier Busters: (734) 544-6748
- Group matches people with entities that can help fulfill unmet needs.
- Habitat for Humanity: (734) 677-1558
- Home ownership program and home improvement assistance.
- Housing Access of Washtenaw County: (734) 961-1999
- Legal Aid Services of Washtenaw County: (734) 665-6181