Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4856: Education: athletics; children who are homeschooled or attending nonpublic school; require the board of a school district or intermediate school district to allow to participate in certain extracurricular activities. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290.

In committee 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 4856 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on September 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education: athletics; children who are homeschooled or attending nonpublic school; require the board of a school district or intermediate school district to allow to participate in certain extracurricular activities. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290. Primary sponsor: Will Bruck (Republican). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 11, 2025): bill electronically reproduced 09/09/2025.

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 1 · Republican 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will BruckPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Joe AragonaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Matt BierleinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Karl BohnakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Cam CavittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Peter HerzbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Mike HoadleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Gina JohnsenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Tim KellyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Tom KunseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Greg MarkkanenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Mike MuellerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Pat OutmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Joe PavlovCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Dave PrestinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse108
Jason WoolfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Doug WozniakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“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. bill electronically reproduced 09/09/2025
  2. referred to Committee on Education and Workforce
  3. read a first time
  4. introduced by Representative Rep. William Bruck

Sources

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