HB 40442025 to 2026
bill
103rd Legislature (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 4044
State: symbol; wood duck; designate as the official state duck. Creates new act.
Enacted Last action April 14, 2026: assigned PA 007'26
Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov
Sponsors 18
- Prime sponsor
- Alabas Farhat
- Cosponsors (17)
- Alicia St. Germaine, Amos O'Neal, Angela Rigas, Angela Witwer, Carrie Rheingans, Denise Mentzer, Donavan McKinney, Erin Byrnes, Jennifer Conlin, John Roth, Julie Brixie, Ken Borton, Mai Xiong, Nancy Jenkins-Arno, Reggie Miller, Tom Kunse, Veronica Paiz
Status
Enacted as of April 14, 2026. The 103rd Legislature serves until the 104th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Government Operations, Senate Government Operations (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 2
March 25, 2026State SenatePASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 31 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0Passed31-4
yes (31) Anthony, Brinks, Bumstead, Camilleri, Cavanagh, Chang, Cherry, Daley, Damoose, Geiss, Hauck, Hertel, Huizenga, Irwin, Johnson, Klinefelt, Lauwers, McBroom, McCann, McMorrow, Moss, Nesbitt, Outman, Polehanki, Runestad, Santana, Shink, Theis, Victory, Webber, Wojno
June 11, 2025House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #144 Yeas 92 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 1Passed92-17
yes (92) Alexander, Andrews, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Brixie, Byrnes, Carter, B., Carter, T., Cavitt, Coffia, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Dievendorf, Edwards, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Frisbie, Glanville, Grant, Green, P., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hope, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Koleszar, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Markkanen, Martin, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Meerman, Mentzer, Miller, Morgan, Mueller, Myers-Phillips, Neeley, Neyer, O’Neal, Paiz, Paquette, Pavlov, Pohutsky, Posthumus, Prestin, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rigas, Rogers, Roth, Schmaltz, Schuette, Scott, Skaggs, Slagh, Snyder, St. Germaine, Steckloff, Steele, Tate, Thompson, Tisdel, Tsernoglou, VanderWall, Weiss, Wilson, Witwer, Wooden, Woolford, Wozniak, Xiong, Young
no (17) Bruck, Carra, Fox, Greene, J., Hoadley, Johnsen, Kelly, Kuhn, Maddock, Outman, Robinson, Schriver, Smit, VanWoerkom, Wegela, Wendzel, Wortz
Timeline 26
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | House | assigned PA 007'26 |
| April 14, 2026 | House | filed with Secretary of State March 26, 2026 03:45 PM |
| April 14, 2026 | House | approved by the Governor March 26, 2026 02:20 PM |
| April 14, 2026 | House | presented to the Governor March 26, 2026 11:02 AM |
| April 14, 2026 | House | bill ordered enrolled March 25, 2026 |
| April 14, 2026 | House | returned from Senate without amendment |
| March 25, 2026 | Senate | RETURNED TO HOUSE |
| March 25, 2026 | Senate | PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 31 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 |
| March 24, 2026 | Senate | PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING |
| March 24, 2026 | Senate | REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) |
| August 13, 2025 | Senate | RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION |
| August 13, 2025 | Senate | PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS |
| August 13, 2025 | Senate | DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| June 12, 2025 | Senate | REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| June 12, 2025 | Senate | PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT |
| June 11, 2025 | House | transmitted |
| June 11, 2025 | House | passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #144 Yeas 92 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 |
| June 11, 2025 | House | read a third time |
| June 5, 2025 | House | placed on third reading |
| June 5, 2025 | House | read a second time |
| May 8, 2025 | House | referred to second reading |
| May 8, 2025 | House | reported with recommendation without amendment |
| February 4, 2025 | House | bill electronically reproduced January 30, 2025 |
| January 30, 2025 | House | referred to Committee on Government Operations |
| January 30, 2025 | House | read a first time |
| January 30, 2025 | House | introduced by Representative Rep. Alabas Farhat |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: legislature.mi.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.