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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4861: Elections: candidates; affidavit of identity provision for partisan office candidates; clarify. Amends sec. 558 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.558).

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 4861 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on September 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections: candidates; affidavit of identity provision for partisan office candidates; clarify. Amends sec. 558 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.558). Primary sponsor: Pat Outman (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 6, 2025): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS.

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): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat OutmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse91

“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 ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
  2. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
  3. transmitted
  4. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #288 Yeas 100 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 10
  5. read a third time
  6. placed on immediate passage
  7. placed on third reading
  8. substitute (H-1) adopted
  9. read a second time
  10. referred to second reading
  11. reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
  12. bill electronically reproduced 09/11/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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