MI HR0418

Honors Representative Tenisha Yancey for her service to Michigan constituents in the First District, representing Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, and Detroit.

Recognizes Yancey's professional background including roles as Wayne County Land Bank project manager, assistant prosecuting attorney in Wayne County Prosecutor's Juvenile Division, Harper Woods Board of Education member, and government relations executive.

Acknowledges her legislative accomplishments since 2017, including service on the Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration, Jail Reform Advisory Council, and committees on Tax Policy, Judiciary, Regulatory Reform, and Transportation.

Notes her advocacy work on expungements of driving under the influence offenses and her service as minority vice chair of the Tax Policy Committee.

Commends her transition from the legislature to serve as a Thirty-Sixth District Court judge.