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Irwin, Jeff (D)

Office: 5300 Binsfeld Building Term: First Phone: (517) 373-2406 Email: senjirwin@senate.michigan.gov Home Address: 2542 Bellwood Ave, Ann Arbor MI 48104 Website: https://senatedems.com/irwin/ Seat Number: 9 Standing Committees: Oversight(VC), Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Judiciary and Public Safety, Appropriations Subcommittees: General Government(VC), Universities and Community Colleges(VC), Community Health / Human Services (C) = Chair, (VC) = Vice Chair

POLITICAL CAREER

Sen. Irwin won the 18th Senate district in 2018 after he defeated Republican Martin CHURCH by securing 76.6 percent of the vote.  Irwin won the 2018 primary, a four way race, with 35.6 percent of the vote. 

Prior to being elected to the Senate, Irwin represented the 53rd House District from 2010 to 2016. 

Irwin served for 10 years on the Washtenaw County Commission.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sen. Irwin also worked for the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and for then-State Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith.

EDUCATION

Irwin has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

PERSONAL

Irwin and his wife, Kathryn, live in Ann Arbor with their daughter, Sylvia. He is the son of former Sen. Mitch Irwin, who is also a former director of the Department of Management and Budget.

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 SB 0058  - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Cleanups, Require cleanup to residential and safe drinking water standards unless technically infeasible.
(Status: 01/28/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY )

 SB 0105  - INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX, Credit, Increase earned income tax credit.
(Status: 02/04/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE )

 SB 0168  - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, Benefits, This bill increases the maximum weekly benefit amount to 6.1% of the individual’s wages paid in the calendar quarter of the base period in which the individual was paid the highest wages and modifies the dependent calculation.
(Status: 02/24/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT )

 SB 0221  - HOLIDAYS, Other, NEW, Create Indigenous Peoples Day as a holiday in this state.
(Status: 03/10/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 SB 0231  - STATE, Other, NEW, Make participation in daylight savings time permanent.
(Status: 03/11/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 SB 0255  - CIVIL RIGHTS, Housing Discrimination, Prohibit housing discrimination based on source of income.
(Status: 03/17/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT )

 SB 0326  - CRIMES, Other, Modify provision regarding wage discrimination based on sex, and increase fines.
(Status: 03/25/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT )

 SB 0347  - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Sentencing Guidelines, Amend sentencing guidelines for tampering with utility shutoff to residence to reflect decriminalization of certain acts. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0346'21
(Status: 03/25/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY )

 SB 0352  - WEAPONS, Firearms, Eliminate local preemption for firearm regulations inside municipal buildings.
(Status: 04/13/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT )

 SB 0357  - HEALTH, Other, Require health facilities and local health departments to establish violence prevention program.
(Status: 04/15/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES )

 SB 0358  - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Pollution Prevention, Repeal act preempting local regulation of plastic bags and other containers.
(Status: 04/15/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY )

 SB 0380  - EDUCATION, Other, Provide for prescreening for dyslexia in public schools. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0381'21, SB 0382'21, SB 0383'21
(Status: 04/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND CAREER READINESS )

 SB 0387  - CHILDREN, Adoption, Provide for second parent adoption.
(Status: 04/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS AND VETERANS )

 SB 0445  - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, Benefits, This bill requires the unemployment agency to waive the requirement that the unemployed individual be evaluated for benefit eligibility at a location of its choosing and to waive the requirement that the individual perform suitable full time work if the individual is covered under section 22102 of the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act and is available and able to work as determined under 20 CFR 604.5.
(Status: 06/17/2021 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE AND TALENT )

 SB 0482  - LAW ENFORCEMENT, Training, Require mental health and law enforcement response training for law enforcement officers.
(Status: 05/25/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SB 0497  - CRIMES, Criminal Sexual Conduct, This bill strikes the requirement that a narcotic, anesthetic, or other substance be “administered to a person without his or her consent” in order to qualify as mentally incapacitated under the crime of criminal sexual conduct.
(Status: 06/02/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

 SB 0500  - HUMAN SERVICES, Medical Services, NEW, This bill seeks to ensure access to quality complex rehabilitation technology in the Medicaid program.
(Status: 06/02/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES)

 SB 0505  - PROBATE, Guardians and Conservators, Modify the procedure for appointment of guardians and conservators. TIE BAR WITH SB 0503, SB 0504, SB 0506
(Status: 06/03/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

 SB 0551  - SALES TAX, Exemptions, Exempts firearm safety devices from sales tax.
(Status: 06/17/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 SB 0558  - HIGHER EDUCATION, State Universities, Provides for expression of legislative intent in support of in-state tuition rates for certain noncitizen students.
(Status: 06/17/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS )

 SB 0560  - VEHICLES, Registration, This bill sets to regulate automated delivery devices by defining “automated delivery devices,” setting requirements for the device itself, and establishing when, where, and in what manner an automated delivery device can be operated. The bill also requires the automated delivery device to be registered with the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of this bill. Finally, the bill states that it will occupy the whole field of automated delivery device regulation. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0561'21
(Status: 06/23/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE )

 SB 0561  - INSURANCE, No-fault, Provide for exemption of automated delivery devices from the requirement to have no-fault insurance. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0560'21
(Status: 06/23/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE )

 SB 0591  - FOOD, Other, Prohibit use of PFAS, bisphenols, and phthalates in food packaging.
(Status: 07/15/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY )

 SB 0592  - LABOR, Fair Employment Practices, This bill expands whistleblower protections to include those employees who report planned violations and requests to participate in, or cover up, violations or planned violations.
(Status: 07/15/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 SB 0599  - LAW ENFORCEMENT, Local Police, This bill prohibits basing a police officer's performance evaluation on the number of citations issued.
(Status: 07/27/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

 SB 0608  - ELECTIONS, Petitions, This bill states that for petitions under section 482, nominating petitions, qualified petitions for a candidate without a political party affiliation, petitions to form a new state political party, and recall petitions, if the signature of an elector appears 2 or more times, only the first signature of the elector will be counted.
(Status: 07/27/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS)

 SB 0619  - MEDICAL MARIHUANA, Administration, This bill prohibits the marijuana regulatory agency from considering the character and fitness of an applicant when determining the applicant's eligibility for medical marihuana facility licensure.
(Status: 09/01/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM )

 SB 0631  - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, Penalties, This bill exempts the manufacturing, creation, delivery, and possession with the intent to manufacture, create, or deliver entheogenic plants and fungi from criminal penalties so long as the individual does not receive money or other valuable consideration for the entheogenic plant or fungus.
(Status: 09/02/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SB 0632  - FIRE, Other, Provide nontoxic camping tents to be exempt from requirements for fire resistance.
(Status: 09/02/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM )

 SB 0634  - EDUCATION, Discipline, This bill modifies school disciplinary proceedings to require schools to report certain demographics of disciplined students and to create an appeals process for certain disciplinary actions taken against a pupil. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0635'21, SB 0636'21
(Status: 09/14/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND CAREER READINESS )

 SB 0649  - CORRECTIONS, Prisoners, Restore good time credits. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0650'21
(Status: 09/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SB 0650  - CORRECTIONS, Prisoners, Update good time system corrections code to reflect. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0649'21
(Status: 09/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SB 0651  - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Sentencing, Eliminate code of criminal procedure reference to disciplinary time. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0649'21
(Status: 09/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SB 0652  - CORRECTIONS, Prisoners, Eliminate provision of revised judicature act relating to disciplinary credits. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0649'21
(Status: 09/22/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY )

 SJR C  - INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX, Rate, Allow graduated income tax.
(Status: 01/27/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE )

 SJR I  - CIVIL RIGHTS, Affirmative Action, Repeal prohibition of certain affirmative action programs.
(Status: 05/20/2021 - SENATE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 SR 0027  - Suddenly Sleepy Saturday, A resolution to recognize March 13, 2021, as Suddenly Sleepy Saturday, also known as Narcolepsy Awareness Day.
(Status: 03/16/2021 - SENATE - RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION - ADOPTED )

 SR 0034  - Home Care Awareness Month, A resolution to recognize April 2021 as Home Care Awareness Month.
(Status: 03/24/2021 - SENATE - RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION - ADOPTED )

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