Ahead of the state’s primary and general elections, Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) political action committee, AgriPac, has released its 2021-22 vote record. Local Farm Bureau members can review how their state and federal representatives and senators voted on issues important to agriculture and MFB’s member-developed policy.
Access the 2021-22 MFB vote record.
“The vote record will be particularly helpful this year for members who are familiarizing themselves with incumbent legislator candidates that are running in a different district as a result of the newly redrawn House, Senate and Congressional maps,” said Matt Kapp, MFB’s government relations specialist.
He added, the vote record is one of several tools used by county Farm Bureau candidate evaluation committees to determine which candidates they’ll recommend to receive AgriPac’s Friend of Agriculture endorsement.
“Our local candidate evaluation committees also conduct interviews and review a questionnaire completed by the candidates to gain an understanding of the candidate’s background and agricultural policy knowledge or stances,” Kapp said.
State legislative issues included in this year’s vote record:
- Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program
- Online farm plate renewal
- MIOSHA farm reporting
- Emergency order authority
- Cottage food products
- Election verification
Federal legislative issues included in this year’s vote record:
- Paycheck Protection Program
- Infrastructure investment and jobs
- Ocean shipping reform
- Livestock reporting
- Cattle contract library
- Rural broadband
- Growing climate solutions
- Wilderness and public lands
- Budget proposals
Members can also see how their legislator voted during prior sessions on the MFB website.