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State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, accepts the Michigan Manufacturers Association's Legislator of the Year Award from Delaney McKinley, MMA senior director of government affairs and membership; Chuck Hadden, MMA president and CEO; and Brianna Mills, MMA director of political and strategic partnerships at the association's annual advocacy day on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, speaks to volunteers from the Caro 4 Michigan Coalition and other audience members at the Caro 4 Michigan rally Tuesday morning at the state Capitol.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, listens to speakers at Tuesday's special joint agriculture committee meeting at Michigan State University. The hearing gave farmers, lawmakers and other key stakeholders an opportunity to discuss this year's difficult farming season and other issues facing Michigan's agriculture industry.

State Sen Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, stops for a photo with staff after touring the Metron Integrated Health Systems facility in Greenville.

State Sen Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, stands with MacNaughton Elementary Principal Dan Clegg, along with his wife Missy and their two children, as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Senate Bill 106 into law.

State Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, stands with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after she signed Senate Bill 129 into law during last week's bill-signing ceremony.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, along with Sens. Lana Theis and Winnie Brinks, honored World Special Olympics athletes Nicole Roberts of Lapeer, Tyler Baxter of Chelsea, and Nicholas Minnema of Grand Rapids during a special presentation on the Senate floor Wednesday. The three athletes brought home several medals, including golds, from the World Special Olympic Games in Abu Dhabi.

State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, joins Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Vanessa Guerra as the three present a tribute to Mason LaDouce of Hemlock honoring his success at the Saginaw Career Complex. Photo credit: Tim Inman, Saginaw Valley State University.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, listens as representatives from the Michigan Department of Health and Human services speak to a crowd at the Caro Center during a meeting about the hospital's future in Tuscola County.

State Sen Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, stands on the Senate floor with CW5 Gabriel J. Ambrozaitis of the Michigan Army National Guard during the annual memorial ceremony hosted by the Michigan Senate.

Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, stands with Muskegon Township veteran Joseph Kemp during the Michigan Senate's 25th Annual Memorial Day Service on Thursday morning.

State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, stands on the Senate floor with Sgt. Major Ken Rice of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Michigan Senate's 25th Annual Memorial Day Service Thursday morning.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, stands with World War II veteran Ernest E. Rabineau on the Senate floor during the Michigan Senate's 25th Annual Memorial Day Service on Thursday morning.

Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, welcomed 2018 Asparagus Queen Kendra Larios-Mendez to the Capitol on Thursday.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, listens as Kim Muller, president of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Michigan Blue Water Chapter 180, testifies in support of Senate Bill 118. The Senate Committee on Families, Seniors and Veterans approved the legislation Wednesday afternoon.

State Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, stands at the rostrum on the Senate floor as the Rev. Casey Arnouts delivers the invocation before Senate session.

State Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, stands on the Senate floor with the Rev. Casey Arnouts, his daughters, and family friends after Arnouts delivered Wednesday's invocation.

State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, leads the Senate on general orders Tuesday afternoon prior to Senate passage of the long-awaited no-fault reform legislation introduced earlier this year.

State Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, shows off his sneakers on the Senate floor as he and other legislators and staff raise awareness for the American Cancer Society by participating in Suits and Sneakers. The annual event encourages professionals from all career pathways to choose tennis shoes for a day instead of their normal dress shoes.

State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, stands with Carlos Orosco of Zilwaukee and Stevens Worldwide Van Lines of Saginaw as they are presented with a legislative tribute honoring them as finalists in the 2019 Governor's Fitness Awards. Orosco is a finalist for the Conquering Obesity Award and Stevens Worldwide Van Lines is a finalist for the small- to medium-sized-business Healthy Workplace Award.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, stands with his mother Marian on the Senate floor as the Michigan Senate formally wished her a happy birthday.

State Sen Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, stands with VFW Hough-Pontius Post 3701 Post Commander Stacey Roberts and Patriot Pen contestant Jesse White after the two presented White with a special legislative tribute written by Outman's office.

State Sen Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, reads to students at MacNaughton Elementary school in Howard City.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, joins the mother of Sgt. 1st Class Michael Cathcart, Jeanne Cathcart, and Army veteran Joe Johnson before the Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as they testify on his legislation that would name a portion of State Highway M-15 in Bay County after Sgt. Cathcart. Cathcart was killed in November of 2014 during an operation in Afghanistan.

State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance with Brad Ward, vice president of public policy and legal affairs of the Michigan Realtors Association, on Horn's legislation to create the First-time Home Buyer Savings Program in Michigan.

State Sen. Roger Victory, R-Hudsonville, stands at the Senate rostrum with the Rev. John Kenny as Kenny delivers the invocation before Senate session.

State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, meets with Horizons Alternative High School students in his office on Wednesday. The group made the trip to Lansing to discuss education-related issues with legislators.

State Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, reads an agriculture-themed book to elementary students at Christ the King's Unionville Campus Monday morning.

Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, announced Drew Rupprecht of Thistle Dew Dairy in Vassar as the winner of his 2019 online photo contest. The photo captures a cold winter evening on Rupprecht's farm.

Sens. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, and Curt VanderWall, R- Ludington, stop for a photo on the Senate floor with Michigan Cherry Queen Grace Boyles during her visit to Lansing on Wednesday.