Sen. Chang Legislation Would Expand Access to Group-Based Pregnancy Support, Improve Health Outcomes for Moms and Babies
Recently introduced Centering Pregnancy bills would require insurers cover group-based model of prenatal care, childbirth classes LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 18, 2024) — Last week, Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) introduced legislation that would...
Momnibus Bill Package Passes Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 16, 2024) — Today, Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) joined Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren) and other maternal health practitioners and advocates to testify before the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services in support of the...
Senate Democrats Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act to Protect Ballot Access in State Law
On National Voter Registration Day, policymakers pass legislation to safeguard rights of qualified voters and reduce barriers to election participation LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 17, 2024) – Today, the Michigan Senate Democratic Majority passed...
Sen. Chang Opposes Stellantis Air Quality Permit Request, Calls for Alternative Solution
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 10, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the statement below regarding the proposed Stellantis air quality permit. The request, made by the FCA Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, is to modify their current permit...
Sen. Chang and Rep. Breen Condemn Remarks of Oakland County Probate Judge, Uplift Need for Legislation to Protect Vulnerable Michiganders
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 6, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Chair of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety, and Rep. Kelly Breen (D-Novi), Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary, have issued the following joint...
Sen. Chang Joins AAPI Leaders, Community Advocates in Celebrating Investment in Detroit’s Chinatown
Announcement of new Chinatown funding held one year after demolition of historic building in neighborhood DETROIT, Mich. (July 29, 2024) — Today, state Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) and Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.)...
Sen. Chang Praises U.S. Ecology Consent Agreement, Continues to Advocate for Air Quality Fund Bill
LANSING, Mich. (July 17, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) praised the announcement by the Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and U.S. Ecology of a consent order agreement to address hazardous waste violations in her...
Sen. Chang Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling Upholding Protections for Domestic Violence Victims, Including New Michigan State Law
Chang was the lead sponsor of Senate Bills 471, which along with Senate Bill 528 and House Bill 4945, strengthen domestic violence protections from gun violence LANSING, Mich. (June 21, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the...
Sen. Chang Praises President Biden’s Latest Executive Action on Humane Immigration Policy to Keep Families Together
LANSING, Mich. (June 20, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced a new executive action earlier this week that provides protections for certain immigrant spouses and children...
Senate Democrats Applaud Elections and Ethics Committee’s Vote to Move Michigan Voting Rights Act Forward
LANSING, Mich. (June 18, 2024) — The Michigan Voting Rights Act took a significant step forward on Thursday, June 13 as the Senate Elections and Ethics Committee voted to favorably report the bill package, which now heads to the full Senate for...
Sen. Chang Legislation Would Expand Access to Group-Based Pregnancy Support, Improve Health Outcomes for Moms and Babies
Recently introduced Centering Pregnancy bills would require insurers cover group-based model of prenatal care, childbirth classes LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 18, 2024) — Last week, Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) introduced legislation that would...
Momnibus Bill Package Passes Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 16, 2024) — Today, Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) joined Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren) and other maternal health practitioners and advocates to testify before the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services in support of the...
Senate Democrats Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act to Protect Ballot Access in State Law
On National Voter Registration Day, policymakers pass legislation to safeguard rights of qualified voters and reduce barriers to election participation LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 17, 2024) – Today, the Michigan Senate Democratic Majority passed...
Sen. Chang Opposes Stellantis Air Quality Permit Request, Calls for Alternative Solution
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 10, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the statement below regarding the proposed Stellantis air quality permit. The request, made by the FCA Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, is to modify their current permit...
Sen. Chang and Rep. Breen Condemn Remarks of Oakland County Probate Judge, Uplift Need for Legislation to Protect Vulnerable Michiganders
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 6, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Chair of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety, and Rep. Kelly Breen (D-Novi), Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary, have issued the following joint...
Sen. Chang Joins AAPI Leaders, Community Advocates in Celebrating Investment in Detroit’s Chinatown
Announcement of new Chinatown funding held one year after demolition of historic building in neighborhood DETROIT, Mich. (July 29, 2024) — Today, state Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) and Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.)...
Sen. Chang Praises U.S. Ecology Consent Agreement, Continues to Advocate for Air Quality Fund Bill
LANSING, Mich. (July 17, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) praised the announcement by the Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and U.S. Ecology of a consent order agreement to address hazardous waste violations in her...
Sen. Chang Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling Upholding Protections for Domestic Violence Victims, Including New Michigan State Law
Chang was the lead sponsor of Senate Bills 471, which along with Senate Bill 528 and House Bill 4945, strengthen domestic violence protections from gun violence LANSING, Mich. (June 21, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the...
Sen. Chang Praises President Biden’s Latest Executive Action on Humane Immigration Policy to Keep Families Together
LANSING, Mich. (June 20, 2024) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced a new executive action earlier this week that provides protections for certain immigrant spouses and children...
Senate Democrats Applaud Elections and Ethics Committee’s Vote to Move Michigan Voting Rights Act Forward
LANSING, Mich. (June 18, 2024) — The Michigan Voting Rights Act took a significant step forward on Thursday, June 13 as the Senate Elections and Ethics Committee voted to favorably report the bill package, which now heads to the full Senate for...
Sen. Chang Statement on Investigation, Suspect in Custody for the Killing of Samantha Woll
DETROIT, Mich. (November 8, 2023) — Following today’s news that the Detroit Police Department has taken into custody a person suspected of killing Detroit local and Jewish community leader Samantha Woll, State Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit)...
Sens. Geiss, Chang, Irwin and Shink Issue Statement on Court of Appeals Decision on Republicans’ “Adopt and Amend” Strategy
LANSING, Mich. — Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals offered an opinion that the Michigan Legislature’s previous “adopt and amend” strategy to negate ballot initiatives was constitutional and was used by Republicans in 2018 to undermine a...
Senator Chang Statement Following the State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after Governor Whitmer’s State of the State address. “I am excited about working with the Governor and my colleagues to ensure the health, safety, and well-being...
Brinks Announces Senate Democrats’ Caucus Leadership Positions
Smart, energetic leaders will direct Dems’ legislative efforts LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 16, 2022) – Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) announced the 2023-2027 Senate Democratic Caucus leadership slate,...
Sen. Chang Expresses Opposition to Riverview Landfill Expansion at Hearing
DETROIT (Nov. 14, 2022) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) today issued the following statement on the day of the Wayne County Facility Inclusion Committee public hearing about the proposed expansion of the Riverview landfill, a site that...
Sen. Chang on Stellantis’ Air Quality Violations, Impact on Residents
DETROIT (Oct. 19, 2022) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) issued the following statement on the day that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is hosting a public hearing about the proposed administrative...
Sen. Chang Applauds Court Ruling in Support of Crash Victims
DETROIT (Aug. 25, 2022) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) issued the following statement after the Michigan Court of Appeals today ruled that the new no-fault auto insurance law, which passed in 2019 and took effect July 2021, does...
Senate Democrats on Support of Police Improvement, Accountability Bills
LANSING, Mich. (May 16, 2022) — Today, Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint), along with Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) and Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), issued the following statement in support of police...
Sen. Chang Statement on Theis Fundraising Email
LANSING, Mich. (April 18, 2022) — Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement regarding a fundraising email sent by Republican Sen. Lana Theis (R-Brighton) that used untrue and disrespectful language...
Sen. Chang on Introduction of Resolution to Censure Sen. Bizon
LANSING, Mich. (April 14, 2022) — Today, Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) issued the following statement about Senate Resolution 127, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint), to censure Sen. John...
Senate, House Democrats to Announce Plans for Climate Resilience, Bold Investment in Infrastructure
LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2021) — Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills), Adam Hollier (D-Detroit), Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), and Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), and...