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MI HB 4861

in committee

Elections: candidates; affidavit of identity provision for partisan office candidates; clarify. Amends sec. 558 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.558).

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

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Quick answers

Did MI HB 4861 pass?

Not yet. MI HB 4861 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-11-06): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

What is MI HB 4861 about?

MI HB 4861 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) titled “Elections: candidates; affidavit of identity provision for partisan office candidates; clarify. Amends sec. 558 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.558).”.

Who sponsors MI HB 4861?

Pat Outman is the primary sponsor of MI HB 4861.

Introduced
2025-09-11
Latest action
2025-11-06 — REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pat Outmanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-11-06

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-11-06

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  3. 2025-11-04

    transmitted

  4. 2025-11-04

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #288 Yeas 100 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 10

    passage

  5. 2025-11-04

    read a third time

    reading-3

  6. 2025-11-04

    placed on immediate passage

  7. 2025-11-04

    placed on third reading

  8. 2025-11-04

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  9. 2025-11-04

    read a second time

    reading-2

  10. 2025-10-28

    referred to second reading

  11. 2025-10-28

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

    committee-passage

  12. 2025-09-16

    bill electronically reproduced 09/11/2025

  13. 2025-09-11

    referred to Committee on Election Integrity

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-09-11

    read a first time

    reading-1

  15. 2025-09-11

    introduced by Representative Rep. Pat Outman

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #288 Yeas 100 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 10

    2025-11-04 · pass · 100-0

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Frisbie: yes
    • McFall: yes
    • Schuette: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Glanville: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Aragona: yes
    • Green, P.: yes
    • Meerman: yes
    • Skaggs: yes
    • Arbit: yes
    • Greene, J.: yes
    • Mentzer: yes
    • Slagh: yes
    • BeGole: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Smit: yes
    • Beson: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Bohnak: yes
    • Herzberg: yes
    • Mueller: yes
    • St. Germaine: yes
    • Bollin: yes
    • Hoadley: yes
    • Myers-Phillips: yes
    • Steckloff: yes
    • Borton: yes
    • Hope: yes
    • Neeley: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Breen: yes
    • Hoskins: yes
    • Neyer: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Brixie: yes
    • Jenkins-Arno: yes
    • O’Neal: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Bruck: yes
    • Johnsen: yes
    • Outman: yes
    • Tisdel: yes
    • Byrnes: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Paiz: yes
    • Tsernoglou: yes
    • Carra: yes
    • Koleszar: yes
    • Paquette: yes
    • VanderWall: yes
    • Cavitt: yes
    • Kuhn: yes
    • Pavlov: yes
    • VanWoerkom: yes
    • Conlin: yes
    • Kunse: yes
    • Pohutsky: yes
    • Wegela: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Liberati: yes
    • Posthumus: yes
    • Wendzel: yes
    • DeBoyer: yes
    • Lightner: yes
    • Prestin: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeSana: yes
    • Linting: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Witwer: yes
    • Dievendorf: yes
    • Longjohn: yes
    • Puri: yes
    • Wooden: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • MacDonell: yes
    • Rigas: yes
    • Woolford: yes
    • Fairbairn: yes
    • Maddock: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Wortz: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Markkanen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wozniak: yes
    • Foreman: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Roth: yes
    • Xiong: yes
    • Fox: yes
    • Martus: yes
    • Schmaltz: yes
    • Young: yes

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