LANSING, Mich. (May 17, 2021) — Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) and Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) have introduced a resolution to ensure that the power of voter-led initiatives remains with the people of Michigan and does not get...

LANSING, Mich. (April 14, 2021) — Sen. Erika Geiss (D–Taylor) has introduced Senate Resolution 39 to recognize April 11 through 17, 2021 as Black Maternal Health Week.“At no other time have the true inequities in our health care...

LANSING, Mich. (March 24, 2021) — Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) has issued the following statement after Michigan Senate Republicans today announced an election reform bill package aimed at suppressing voting rights in Michigan, much...

LANSING, Mich. (March 3, 2021) — Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), Curtis Hertel Jr. (D-East Lansing), and Paul Wojno (D-Warren) today introduced a bill package to pause punitive uses...

LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 4, 2021) — Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills), Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), and Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) have issued the following joint statement after the Michigan Senate went another...

LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 28, 2021) — Two bills introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) would make falsely reporting certain criminal incidents hate crimes and classify them as felonies. Senate Bill 62 would classify the false reporting of a crime or...

LANSING – Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) issued the following statement today regarding the news of a settlement being reached with Detroit students and their families, who had to sue the State of Michigan under the previous administration...

LANSING – Today, Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) and Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) introduced legislation that would create the Emergency Rental Relief Act and that would prohibit foreclosures and evictions in the event of a...

LANSING — Sens. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) and Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement after the Capitol Commission today decided to create a special committee and delay a decision on prohibiting guns from the...

LANSING — Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), and Marshall Bullock (D-Detroit) issued the following statement after Attorney General Dana Nessel advised...

To combat the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan, Governor Whitmer signed the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order. For at least the next three weeks, all Michigan businesses and operations must temporarily suspend in-person operations that are not...

LANSING — Today, Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) was joined by prison reform advocates at a press conference to introduce legislation ensuring the humane treatment of pregnant individuals who are incarcerated, as well as legislation to create...

LANSING — Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) issued the following statement about legislation she introduced today that would require music and art education be a regular part of the curriculum for K-5 students: “Music and art education have,...

LANSING — Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) today issued the following statement recognizing the 27th anniversary of the signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act and reinforcing the need to do more to support working families: “The...

LANSING — Sen. Erika Geiss (D–Taylor) has issued the following statement on the passage of Senate Bills 384 and 385from the Senate Chamber today.  “I was proud to work with a bipartisan coalition to pass a bill package...

LANSING — Sen. Erika Geiss (D–Taylor) has issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address, during which she spoke about closing the gaps in health care disparities:  ...