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MI HB 4588

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Elections: school; school district board member candidates; require to have a partisan affiliation. Amends secs. 303, 697 & 699 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.303 et seq.).

Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) · lower

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Did MI HB 4588 pass?

Not yet. MI HB 4588 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-28): referred to second reading

What is MI HB 4588 about?

MI HB 4588 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) titled “Elections: school; school district board member candidates; require to have a partisan affiliation. Amends secs. 303, 697 & 699 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.303 et seq.).”.

Who sponsors MI HB 4588?

Jason Woolford is the primary sponsor of MI HB 4588, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-06-10
Latest action
2025-10-28 — referred to second reading
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jason Woolfordprimary
  • Josh Schrivercosponsor
  • Matt Maddockcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-28

    referred to second reading

  2. 2025-10-28

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

    committee-passage

  3. 2025-06-11

    bill electronically reproduced 06/10/2025

  4. 2025-06-10

    referred to Committee on Election Integrity

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-06-10

    read a first time

    reading-1

  6. 2025-06-10

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jason Woolford

    introduction

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Related bills

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Official source

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4588

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