Rep. Cindy Gamrat (file photo)
Ex-House Rep. Cindy Gamrat's legend may live on through her legislation.
Jake Neher of Michigan Radio reports that Gamrat, two days before being expelled from the House on Friday morning, had introduced legislation:
House Bills 4851 and 4852 that would ban abortions after 20 weeks except to save the mother’s life and House Bill 4858 would add protections for religious leaders who refuse to perform marriages that violate their beliefs.
Michigan Radio reports that her name will remain on the legislation as lead sponsor.
Michigan Radio reports:
“Nothing changes with those bills,” said Gideon D’Assandro, spokesperson for state House Speaker Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant.
D’Assandro believes lawmakers will judge the bills based on their merit, despite having just voted to expel their sponsor.
“I don’t think that that necessarily decides it,” he said. “Our members do a pretty good job of looking at the merits of every issue. And I’m sure that when the bills come up for discussion that they’ll be reading into the content and not the name at the top.”
