[5] In many legislative elections since then, the Democratic Party has won the popular vote, but nonetheless failed to attain a majority.

However, after the passage of Proposal 2, a 2018 ballot initiative, redistricting in the state was instead delegated to a nonpartisan commission, which drew new maps after the 2020 census.

As elected officials, members of the Michigan House of Representatives also receive the courtesy title of the Honorable (abbreviated to Hon.

[9] Article IV of the Michigan Constitution authorizes each house of the Legislature to "establish the committees necessary for the conduct of its business.

"[13] The House does much of its work in committees, including the review of bills, executive oversight, and the budget and appropriations process.

The Committee on Appropriations divides its work among subcommittees ordinarily structured by state department or major budget area.

Fiscal analysts review the governor's budget recommendation, review and prepare budget bills, supplemental appropriations, and certain transfer requests, provide fiscal impact statements on legislative proposals, monitor state and national situations that may have budgetary implications, research and analyze fiscal issues, prepare reports and documents to assist legislative deliberations, and prepare special reports at the request of Representatives.

Summaries, completed prior to committee deliberations, describe how a bill would change current law, including any fiscal impact.

[17] In January 1993, a front-page story in The Detroit News detailed a massive scandal in the House Fiscal Agency.

The scandal threatened to collapse the joint leadership agreement between the Democrats and Republicans brought about by a 55-55 partisan split in the House from the 1992 election.

It resulted in Representative Dominic J. Jacobetti of Negaunee in the Upper Peninsula, the longest-serving Member in history, losing his position as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee; the conviction and imprisonment of HFA Director John Morberg; and the resignation of state representative Stephen Shepich as part of a plea bargain.