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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5506: Public employees and officers: ethics; certain local officials acting as lobbyists outside of the course and scope of the official's office; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.411 - 4.431) by adding sec. 6b.

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 5506 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on February 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Public employees and officers: ethics; certain local officials acting as lobbyists outside of the course and scope of the official's office; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.411 - 4.431) by adding sec. 6b. Primary sponsor: Tom Kuhn (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2026): 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): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom KuhnPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Mike HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Mark TisdelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55

“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. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #228 Yeas 98 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 3
  5. read a third time
  6. placed on third reading
  7. substitute (H-2) adopted
  8. read a second time
  9. referred to second reading
  10. reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)
  11. bill electronically reproduced 02/05/2026
  12. referred to Committee on Government Operations

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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