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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 444: Public employees and officers: state; state contractors; require to verify legal residency of employees. Creates new act.

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

SB 444 is a bill introduced in the Michigan Senate on June 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public employees and officers: state; state contractors; require to verify legal residency of employees. Creates new act. Primary sponsor: Jim Runestad (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 25, 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): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim RunestadPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Joe BellinoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Kevin DaleyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Ruth JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Rick OutmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Lana TheisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22

“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. INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JIM RUNESTAD

Sources

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