State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) testified on HB 4084, which increases penalties for illegal dumping, in the House Committee on Judiciary on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.
The Black women legislators of the 101st Michigan House of Representatives. From left to right: State Representatives Felicia Brabec (D-Pittsfield Twp.), Cynthia Neeley (D-Flint), Stephanie Young (D-Detroit), Helena Scott (D-Detroit), Brenda Carter (D-Pontiac) Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing), Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit), Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit), Tenisha Yancey (D-Harper Woods) and Kyra Bolden (D-Southfield).
Democratic state representatives attended a voting rights rally at the Capitol on April 13, 2021.
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) gave the Invocation to start session on May 6, 2021.
Members of the House Democratic Caucus were joined by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other stakeholders for the introduction of the Michigan Reproductive Health Act (RHA), which would guarantee individuals are free to make independent decisions about their own reproductive health, at a Capitol press conference Tuesday, October 29, 2019. State Reps. Bill sponsors include state Reps. Kristy Pagan (D-Canton), Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing), Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Township), Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor), Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham), Rachel Hood (D-Grand Rapids) and Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D-Detroit).
House Committee on Agriculture members Brian Elder (D-Bay City), Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) and Angela Witwer (D-Delta Township) on a tour of Urbandale Farm in Lansing with Laura DeLind, director of the Lansing Urban Farm Project, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) hosted an Elder Abuse Town Hall with special guest Attorney General Dana Nessel at St. Stephen AME Church in Detroit on Monday, October 7, 2019.
Democratic members of the House of Representatives show their support for the striking United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) gives the invocation on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.
A coalition of Michigan House and Senate legislators introduced a plan today to guarantee pay equity for all residents of the state, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, without any policy interventions to ensure equal status for women, the disparity in wages between men and women will not end in Michigan until the year 2059. House Bills 4629-40 and Senate Bills 328-39 were introduced to close that significant pay gap.
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) speaks against the House Bill 4397 on Thursday, May 9, 2019. With no hearings or public input, Republicans rushed the bill through in the middle of the night, providing a giveaway to insurance companies in the form of loopholes to avoid guaranteed lower rates or an end to discriminatory rate setting practices. Michigan’s auto insurance industry is one of the least regulated in the U.S. with Michigan drivers paying nearly two times more than drivers anywhere else in the nation, according to a University of Michigan study.
State Rep. Cynthia Johnson (D-Detroit) on the House floor Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
State Rep. Cynthia Johnson (D-Detroit) testifying in the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Democratic Vice Chair Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) in the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, March 14, 2019.
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) gave the invocation to open the Black History Month Celebration at the Capitol Wednesday, February 27, 2019.
Members of the House Committee on Agriculture welcomed 2018 Michigan Sugar Queen Paige Lupcke, of Saginaw, to the House floor on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Committee members include Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit), Kevin Coleman (D-Westland), Brian Elder (D-Bay City), Alex Garza (D-Taylor) and Angela Witwer (D-Delta Township).
State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) testifies in the House Government Operations Committee in response to legislative Republicans overturning Gov. Whitmer’s executive order, allowing decision-making bodies within the DEQ to continue to be operated by industry, manufacturing and business interests, on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
State Rep. Cynthia Johnson (D-Detroit) was sworn in officially as representative for the 5th House District for the 2019-2020 legislative session, on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. The swearing-in ceremony marked the formal opening of Michigan’s 100th Legislature.

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