HB 4746 MI
Human services: food assistance; chip-enabled bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n.
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Summary
This bill requires the Michigan Department of Human Services to issue chip-enabled bridge cards to recipients of food assistance and cash assistance benefits within one year of the bill's effective date. The chip-enabled cards must comply with applicable industry security standards published by the Accredited Standards Committee X9. The department is also required to continuously upgrade the cards with future enhanced security features to replace or complement the chip technology.
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Sponsor (1)
- Jason Woolford Republican · primary
2 coauthors / cosponsors
- Brian BeGole Republican · cosponsor
- Jay DeBoyer Republican · cosponsor
Action history (45)
- Jul 22, 2025 introduced by Representative Rep. Jason Woolford · lower
- Jul 22, 2025 read a first time · lower
- Jul 22, 2025 referred to Committee on Government Operations · lower
- Jul 23, 2025 bill electronically reproduced 07/22/2025 · lower
- Aug 21, 2025 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2) · lower
- Aug 21, 2025 referred to second reading · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 read a second time · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 substitute (H-2) not adopted · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 substitute (H-4) adopted · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 placed on third reading · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 placed on immediate passage · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 read a third time · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #186 Yeas 77 Nays 28 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 · lower
- Sep 3, 2025 transmitted · lower
- Sep 9, 2025 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
- Sep 9, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 RULES SUSPENDED · upper
- Jul 2, 2026 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 AMENDMENT(S) WITHDRAWN · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 PASSED ROLL CALL # 176 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 INSERTED FULL TITLE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 SENATE REQUESTS RETURN · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 RETURNED AS REQUESTED · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 RETURNED TO HOUSE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 returned from Senate without amendment with full title · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 Senate requests return · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 enrollment vacated · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 request granted · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 retransmitted · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
- Jul 14, 2026 presented to the Governor 07/14/2026 12:06 PM · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 approved by the Governor 07/21/2026 02:26 PM · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 filed with Secretary of State 07/22/2026 10:56 AM · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 assigned PA 46'26 with immediate effect · lower
Text versions (13)
The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.
- Public Act · HTML
- Public Act · PDF
- House Concurred Bill · HTML
- House Concurred Bill · PDF
- As Passed by the Senate · HTML
- As Passed by the Senate · PDF
- As Passed by the House · HTML
- As Passed by the House · PDF
- House Introduced Bill · HTML
- House Introduced Bill · PDF
- Substitute (H-4) · PDF
- Substitute (H-2) - 2 · PDF
- Substitute (H-2) · PDF
Full text
Full text imported from legislature.mi.gov
Act No. 46 Public Acts of 2026 Approved by the Governor July 21, 2026 Filed with the Secretary of State July 22, 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 2026
state of michigan 103rd Legislature Regular session of 2026 Introduced by Reps. Woolford, BeGole and DeBoyer ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4746 AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled �An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,� (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14n. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec. 14n. Not later than 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and subject to and in accordance with federal law, the department shall issue a chip-enabled Michigan bridge card to a recipient of food assistance or cash assistance benefits in compliance with applicable industry standards as published by the Accredited Standards Committee X9. The department shall continuously upgrade the Michigan bridge card with any future enhanced security features that would replace or complement the chip-enabling feature.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________
____________________________________________________ Governor
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