Democratic members of the House of Representatives show their support for the striking United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Twp.) and House Democrats announced legislation to strengthen unemployment protections and expand benefits, allowing workers to focus on finding a new job without worrying about how they’re going to pay bills or put food on the table, at a Capitol press conference Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The package focuses on improving the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) system so it can handle a forecasted recession, ensuring accountability for employers not paying their UIA tax, and making whole those falsely accused of fraud.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) and House Democrats outlined an auto insurance reform plan that will lower insurance rates by forty percent without reducing accident coverage, at a Capitol press conference Thursday, May 16, 2019. The D.R.I.V.E. plan delivers the first holistic approach to Michigan’s auto insurance system by Delivering Reduced Insurance Rates and Value to Every Michigander. 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. Democrats’ D.R.I.V.E. plan tackles those rates head-on by requiring a forty percent rate reduction on the total bill, increasing consumer protections and ending discriminatory rate-setting practices like red-lining.
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. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) on the House floor Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Towsnhip) spoke at a press conference alongside House Democratic colleagues and statewide stakeholders introducing legislation to restore the state’s ability to address the many public health and environment crises Michigan families are facing, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. House Bill 4386 would repeal the so called “no stricter than federal” law, passed in the final few days of lame duck during the 2017-18 term, which prohibits state agencies from issuing rules or guidelines more stringent than the relevant federal standard.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) listens to testimony in the House Select Committee on Reducing Car Insurance Rates, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) spoke to her resolution celebrating International Women's Day 2019 on Thursday, March 7.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) was sworn in officially as representative for the 52nd 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.
Democratic state Representatives wore red to show their support for public education as Republicans passed legislation requiring A-F ranking of schools on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
State Rep. Donna Lasinksi (D-Scio Twp.) speaks against HB 6553 on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) testified in front of the House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee in favor of her House Resolution 191, which supports the initiative to bring the first Fisher House to Michigan, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. The Fisher House would be established in Ann Arbor to provide lodging for the family of veterans who visit the Veterans’ Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS).
House Democratic Floor Leader Christine Greig (D-Farmington Hills) joined Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) and other members of the House and Senate Democrats for a press conference Thursday, January 25, 2018, to announce a TeA+chers for Michigan education plan — a 21st-century overhaul of the state’s K-12 schools — designed to prepare the best, attract the brightest and retain the finest Michigan educators.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) attends Gov. Rick Snyder’s eighth State of the State address with special guest Tim Hutchins of IBEW Local 252, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at the state Capitol in Lansing.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) testifies on House Resolution 105 before the House Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Accompanied by a bipartisan bill package, the resolution supports the United Nations' efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation worldwide, and urges the state of Michigan to do everything it can to end FGM in the state. Joining her are state Reps. Vanessa Guerra (D-Saginaw), Pam Faris (D-Clio) and Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit).
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) introduced House Resolution 33 to declare March 8, 2017, as International Women’s Day in the state of Michigan. This marks the 106th anniversary of the international celebration, originally known as International Working Women’s Day. Lasinski’s resolution recognizes the struggles women have faced around the world and commemorates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Twp.) joined a bipartisan group of legislators at the clerk's office introducing a package of bills that would extend Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to apply to the governor’s office and would create a similar Legislative Open Records Act to apply to the state Legislature, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) escorts Gov. Rick Snyder before the 2017 State of the State address at the State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Rep. Lasinski attended the governor’s address with her husband, Mike Lasinski.
State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) takes the oath of office from Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack at the swearing-in ceremony for the official opening of the 99th Legislature of the Michigan House of Representatives on Jan. 11, 2017. Pictured with Rep. Lasinski is her husband Mike Lasinski, sons Alexander, Nathaniel and Jack Lasinski, brother Steven Kay, nephews Joshua and Matthew Kay, and niece Gianna Kay.

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