Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures through the federal decennial census.

[3] The Senate selects its other officers and adopts its own rules of procedure at the start of a new Legislative Session.

Its members are elected on a partisan basis for two-year terms, at the same time at which Representatives in U.S. Congress are chosen.

[5] Starting in January 2025, the Republican Party will have a 58-52 vote power majority within the Michigan House of Representatives.

According to Article IV Section 13 of the Michigan Constitution, a new session of the Legislature begins when the members of each house convene, on the second Wednesday of January every year at noon.

A regular session of the Legislature typically lasts throughout the entire year with several periods of recess and adjourns sine die in late December.

[9] Members receive a base salary of $71,685 per year, which makes them the fourth-highest paid legislators in the country, after California, Pennsylvania and New York.

All bills published by the Michigan Legislature must have been distributed to the chambers at least five days before voting and must be subject to three readings.