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MI HB 5197

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Campaign finance: contributions and expenditures; contributions by certain foreign entities; prohibit. Amends secs. 7, 15, 24, 26, 51 & 54 of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.207 et seq.) & adds sec. 34a.

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

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Quick answers

Did MI HB 5197 pass?

Not yet. MI HB 5197 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

What is MI HB 5197 about?

MI HB 5197 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) titled “Campaign finance: contributions and expenditures; contributions by certain foreign entities; prohibit. Amends secs. 7, 15, 24, 26, 51 & 54 of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.207 et seq.) & adds sec. 34a.”.

Who sponsors MI HB 5197?

Rachelle Smit is the primary sponsor of MI HB 5197, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-10-30
Latest action
2026-02-11 — REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Rachelle Smitprimary
  • William Bruckcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-11

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-11

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  3. 2026-02-05

    transmitted

  4. 2026-02-05

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #32 Yeas 97 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 7

    passage

  5. 2026-02-05

    read a third time

    reading-3

  6. 2026-02-05

    placed on immediate passage

  7. 2026-02-05

    placed on third reading

  8. 2026-02-05

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  9. 2026-02-05

    read a second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-05

    referred to second reading

  11. 2026-02-05

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

    committee-passage

  12. 2025-12-09

    recommendation concurred in

  13. 2025-12-09

    reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules with substitute (H-1)

    committee-passage

  14. 2025-11-04

    bill electronically reproduced 10/30/2025

  15. 2025-10-30

    referred to Committee on Election Integrity

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-10-30

    read a first time

    reading-1

  17. 2025-10-30

    introduced by Representative Rep. Rachelle Smit

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #32 Yeas 97 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 7

    2026-02-05 · pass · 97-6

    Member-level votes (103)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Fox: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Frisbie: yes
    • Meerman: yes
    • Skaggs: yes
    • Aragona: yes
    • Glanville: yes
    • Mentzer: yes
    • Slagh: yes
    • Arbit: yes
    • Green, P.: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Smit: yes
    • BeGole: yes
    • Greene, J.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Beson: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Mueller: yes
    • St. Germaine: yes
    • Bierlein: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Neeley: yes
    • Steckloff: yes
    • Bohnak: yes
    • Herzberg: yes
    • Neyer: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Bollin: yes
    • Hoadley: yes
    • O’Neal: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Borton: yes
    • Hoskins: yes
    • Outman: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Breen: yes
    • Jenkins-Arno: yes
    • Paiz: yes
    • Tisdel: yes
    • Bruck: yes
    • Johnsen: yes
    • Paquette: yes
    • Tsernoglou: yes
    • Carra: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Pavlov: yes
    • VanderWall: yes
    • Carter, B.: yes
    • Kuhn: yes
    • Posthumus: yes
    • VanWoerkom: yes
    • Carter, T.: yes
    • Kunse: yes
    • Prestin: yes
    • Weiss: yes
    • Cavitt: yes
    • Liberati: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Wendzel: yes
    • Conlin: yes
    • Lightner: yes
    • Puri: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Linting: yes
    • Rheingans: yes
    • Witwer: yes
    • DeBoyer: yes
    • Longjohn: yes
    • Rigas: yes
    • Wooden: yes
    • DeSana: yes
    • MacDonell: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Woolford: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Markkanen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wortz: yes
    • Fairbairn: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Roth: yes
    • Wozniak: yes
    • Farhat: yes
    • Martus: yes
    • Schmaltz: yes
    • Xiong: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • McFall: yes
    • Schuette: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Foreman: yes
    • Brixie: no
    • Grant: no
    • Pohutsky: no
    • Wegela: no
    • Dievendorf: no
    • Myers-Phillips: no

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-5197

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