MI SR0181

Commends Senator Kim LaSata for her service representing Michigan's Twenty-first District (Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph counties) from 2019 onward as the district's first female Senator

Recognizes LaSata's educational background including a bachelor's degree in education and master's degree in literacy studies from Western Michigan University, and her prior career as a teacher at Lake Michigan Catholic School System where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2015

Acknowledges her legislative leadership roles including chair of the Appropriations subcommittee on Universities and Community Colleges and vice chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Advice and Consent Committee, and Appropriations subcommittee on Capital Outlay

Highlights her championed legislation establishing scholarship opportunities for students and honoring fallen police officers, and her service as Assistant Majority Floor Leader

Expresses the Michigan Senate's gratitude and best wishes to Senator LaSata as her tenure concludes