DETROIT (Jan. 27, 2021) — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D–Detroit) has issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address this evening, in which the need to find common ground to grow our...

LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 26, 2021)— Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after being appointed as Minority Vice Chair of the Senate’s Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Appropriations...

The governor also signed a series of bills into law  LANSING, Mich. -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bipartisan bills, including the Good Moral Character and Clean Slate for Kids packages to further advance criminal...

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement on today’s Senate Oversight Committee meeting, where testimony is being heard regarding absentee ballot counting at the TCF Center in Detroit: “In a global...

LANSING, Mich. — Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Marshall Bullock(D-Detroit), and Jim Ananich (D-Flint) have introduced a bill package to reform...

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after the University of Michigan-Dearborn sparked ire for creating two virtual cafes, one for ‘Black, Indigenous and People of Color’ and the other for ‘Non-POC...

DETROIT, Mich. — Today, the Wayne County delegation of senators — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Sen. Adam Hollier (D-Detroit), Sen. Marshall Bullock (D-Detroit), Sen. Betty Jean Alexander (D-Detroit), Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Sen. Erika...

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after the Michigan Senate passed an education bill package that outlines various requirements for the forthcoming school year during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Our...

LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s directive to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to begin developing rules to require health...

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after she introduced a bill to ban the Confederate battle flag from display or use on the Capitol grounds or in the state Capitol Building:  “The...

LANSING — Today, Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) and Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) released their recommendations after being unable to reach consensus on the bipartisan Senate Safe Behaviors...

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 — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after the Michigan Senate passed a supplemental budget bill that includes $500,000 in funding for the Arab-American Museum in Dearborn, along with Rouge Park...

LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has introduced legislation to allow Michigan residents to challenge tax foreclosures in state courts, rather than the Michigan Tax Tribunal, if there is an alleged violation of federal civil...

LANSING — Sens. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Paul Wojno (D-Warren) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) have introduced a bill package to fight human trafficking by providing training for public employees in certain...

LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D–Detroit) has issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address, in which she talked about the progress made — and...

LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has introduced legislation that would require the Michigan Department of Corrections to report the pre-incarceration addresses of prisoners when providing 2020 Census information for district...

Dear Friends, It has been such a great year to serve as your state senator. One of the biggest legislative achievements was re-introducing legislation to “raise the age” in our criminal justice system in Michigan. The governor then signed that into...

Senator Sylvia Santana is Working for You | 2019 Year Review Dear Friends, It has been such a great year to serve as your state senator. One of the biggest legislative achievements was re-introducing legislation to “raise the age” in our criminal...