HB 40452025 to 2026
bill
103rd Legislature (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 4045
Civil procedure: civil actions; lawsuits for exercising rights to free expression; provide protections against. Creates new act.
Enacted Last action December 31, 2025: assigned PA 52'25
Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov
Sponsors 12
- Prime sponsor
- Kara Hope
- Cosponsors (11)
- Carrie Rheingans, Erin Byrnes, Jason Hoskins, Jason Morgan, Jasper Martus, Jennifer Conlin, Jimmie Wilson, Julie Brixie, Julie Rogers, Kelly Breen, Matt Longjohn
Status
Enacted as of December 31, 2025. The 103rd Legislature serves until the 104th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Judiciary, Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 2
December 18, 2025State SenatePASSED ROLL CALL # 347 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0Passed36-0
yes (36) Albert, Anthony, Bayer, Bellino, Brinks, Bumstead, Camilleri, Chang, Cherry, Daley, Damoose, Geiss, Hauck, Hertel, Hoitenga, Huizenga, Irwin, Johnson, Klinefelt, Lauwers, Lindsey, McBroom, McCann, McMorrow, Moss, Nesbitt, Outman, Polehanki, Runestad, Santana, Shink, Singh, Theis, Victory, Webber, Wojno
other (1) Cavanagh
October 22, 2025House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #262 Yeas 103 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 7Passed103-0
yes (103) Alexander, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Brixie, Bruck, Byrnes, Carra, Carter, T., Cavitt, Coffia, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Dievendorf, Edwards, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Fox, Frisbie, Glanville, Grant, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hoadley, Hope, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Koleszar, Kuhn, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Maddock, Markkanen, Martin, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Meerman, Mentzer, Miller, Morgan, Mueller, Neeley, Neyer, Outman, Paiz, Paquette, Pavlov, Pohutsky, Posthumus, Prestin, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rigas, Robinson, Rogers, Roth, Schmaltz, Schriver, Schuette, Scott, Skaggs, Slagh, Smit, Snyder, St. Germaine, Steckloff, Steele, Tate, Thompson, Tisdel, Tsernoglou, VanWoerkom, VanderWall, Wegela, Weiss, Wendzel, Wilson, Witwer, Wooden, Woolford, Wozniak, Xiong
Timeline 26
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | House | assigned PA 52'25 |
| December 31, 2025 | House | filed with Secretary of State December 23, 2025 11:56 AM |
| December 31, 2025 | House | approved by the Governor December 23, 2025 10:26 AM |
| December 23, 2025 | House | presented to the Governor December 22, 2025 01:40 PM |
| December 18, 2025 | House | bill ordered enrolled |
| December 18, 2025 | House | returned from Senate without amendment |
| December 18, 2025 | Senate | RETURNED TO HOUSE |
| December 18, 2025 | Senate | PASSED ROLL CALL # 347 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 |
| December 16, 2025 | Senate | PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING |
| December 16, 2025 | Senate | REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) |
| December 11, 2025 | Senate | REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE |
| December 11, 2025 | Senate | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT December 10, 2025 |
| October 28, 2025 | Senate | REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY |
| October 28, 2025 | Senate | PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT |
| October 22, 2025 | House | transmitted |
| October 22, 2025 | House | passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #262 Yeas 103 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 |
| October 22, 2025 | House | read a third time |
| October 21, 2025 | House | placed on third reading |
| October 21, 2025 | House | substitute (H-1) adopted |
| October 21, 2025 | House | read a second time |
| April 16, 2025 | House | referred to second reading |
| April 16, 2025 | House | reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) |
| February 4, 2025 | House | bill electronically reproduced January 30, 2025 |
| January 30, 2025 | House | referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| January 30, 2025 | House | read a first time |
| January 30, 2025 | House | introduced by Representative Rep. Kara Hope |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: legislature.mi.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.