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HB 4358 MI
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Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 3c.

MI · session 2025-2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Apr 22, 2025

Latest action (Jun 23, 2026) assigned PA 17'26 with immediate effect

Sponsor (1)

32 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (30)

  1. Apr 22, 2025 introduced by Representative Rep. Mike Hoadley · lower
  2. Apr 22, 2025 read a first time · lower
  3. Apr 22, 2025 referred to Committee on Election Integrity · lower
  4. Apr 23, 2025 bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2025 · lower
  5. Jul 15, 2025 reported with recommendation without amendment · lower
  6. Jul 15, 2025 referred to second reading · lower
  7. Sep 3, 2025 read a second time · lower
  8. Sep 3, 2025 placed on third reading · lower
  9. Sep 3, 2025 placed on immediate passage · lower
  10. Sep 3, 2025 read a third time · lower
  11. Sep 3, 2025 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #182 Yeas 105 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 · lower
  12. Sep 3, 2025 transmitted · lower
  13. Sep 9, 2025 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
  14. Sep 9, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS · upper
  15. May 20, 2026 DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED · upper
  16. May 20, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS · upper
  17. Jun 10, 2026 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) · upper
  18. Jun 10, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING · upper
  19. Jun 10, 2026 RULES SUSPENDED · upper
  20. Jun 10, 2026 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE · upper
  21. Jun 10, 2026 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 114 YEAS 32 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
  22. Jun 10, 2026 INSERTED FULL TITLE · upper
  23. Jun 10, 2026 RETURNED TO HOUSE · upper
  24. Jun 10, 2026 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title · lower
  25. Jun 10, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
  26. Jun 10, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
  27. Jun 16, 2026 presented to the Governor 06/11/2026 02:58 PM · lower
  28. Jun 23, 2026 approved by the Governor 06/20/2026 01:04 PM · lower
  29. Jun 23, 2026 filed with Secretary of State 06/22/2026 01:40 PM · lower
  30. Jun 23, 2026 assigned PA 17'26 with immediate effect · lower
Subjects
Cities: home ruleElections: local

Text versions (10)

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

Full text

Full text imported from legislature.mi.gov

Act No. 17 Public Acts of 2026 Approved by the Governor June 20, 2026 Filed with the Secretary of State June 22, 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2026

state of michigan 103rd Legislature Regular session of 2026 Introduced by Reps. Hoadley, Tsernoglou, Wooden, Miller, Glanville, Price, Andrews, Morgan, MacDonell, Koleszar, Rheingans, Weiss, Arbit, Byrnes, Outman, McFall, Hope, Conlin, Neeley, Wilson, Wegela, Young, Fitzgerald, Brixie, Pohutsky, Foreman, Myers-Phillips, Xiong, Longjohn, Johnsen, Kunse, Rigas and BeGole ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4358 AN ACT to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled �An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters; to provide for certain powers and duties; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes by cities, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; to validate actions taken, bonds issued, and obligations heretofore incurred; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts on specific dates,� (MCL 117.1 to 117.38) by adding section 3c. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec. 3c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, all terms of city officers elected after December 31, 2024 must not commence earlier than at 12 noon on the first day of the month following the officer�s election. If a city�s charter provides for terms of city officers to commence after an election and before the first day of the month following the officer�s election, all terms of city officers elected in that city after December 31, 2024 commence at 12 noon on the first day of the month following the officer�s election. (2) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, an individual elected to fill a vacancy shall not take the oath of office until the results have been certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Governor

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