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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4288: Public employees and officers: state; hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of the prospective employee; prohibit. Creates new act.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 4288 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on March 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public employees and officers: state; hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of the prospective employee; prohibit. Creates new act. Primary sponsor: Erin Byrnes (Democratic). It lists 83 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2025): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 47 · Republican 37

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Erin ByrnesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Greg AlexanderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Joey AndrewsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Joe AragonaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Noah ArbitCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Timmy BesonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse96
Matt BierleinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Karl BohnakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Ann BollinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Ken BortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse105
Kelly BreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Julie BrixieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Tyrone CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Brenda CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Cam CavittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Betsy CoffiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Jennifer ConlinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Nancy DeBoerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Jay DeBoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Emily DievendorfCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Kimberly EdwardsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Parker FairbairnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse107
Alabas FarhatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
John FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse83
Morgan ForemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Steve FrisbieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Alicia St. GermaineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Carol GlanvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Kristian GrantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Jaime GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Mike HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Peter HerzbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Mike HoadleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Kara HopeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Jason HoskinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Gina JohnsenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Tim KellyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Matt KoleszarCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Tullio LiberatiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Sarah LightnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Rylee LintingCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Matt LongjohnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Sharon MacDonellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56
Greg MarkkanenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
David MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Jaz MartusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Mike McFallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Donavan McKinneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Denise MentzerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Reggie MillerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Jason MorganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Mike MuellerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Cynthia NeeleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Jerry NeyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Amos O'NealCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Pat OutmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Veronica PaizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Brad PaquetteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Joe PavlovCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Tonya PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Laurie PohutskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Bryan PosthumusCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Natalie PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Carrie RheingansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Angela RigasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Ron RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Julie RogersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Bill SchuetteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Helena ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Phil SkaggsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Will SnyderCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Samantha SteckloffCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Joe TateCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Jamie ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Mark TisdelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Penelope TsernoglouCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Curt VanderWallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Regina WeissCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5
Angela WitwerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Stephen WoodenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Jason WoolfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Jennifer WortzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Doug WozniakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Mai XiongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
  2. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
  3. transmitted
  4. Rep. Dylan Wegela removed as cosponsor
  5. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #80 Yeas 105 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 4
  6. read a third time
  7. placed on immediate passage
  8. placed on third reading
  9. substitute (H-1) adopted
  10. read a second time
  11. referred to second reading
  12. reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source