103rd Legislature (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill

HB 5197

Campaign finance: contributions and expenditures; contributions by certain foreign entities; prohibit. Amends secs. 7, 15, 24, 26, 51 & 54 of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.207 et seq.) & adds sec. 34a.

In committee Last action February 11, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 2

Prime sponsor

Rachelle Smit

Cosponsors (1)

William Bruck

Status

In committee as of February 11, 2026. The 103rd Legislature serves until the 104th convenes on January 13, 2027.

Referred to: House Election Integrity, Senate Government Operations (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 1

February 5, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #32 Yeas 97 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 7Passed97-6

yes (97) Alexander, Andrews, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Bruck, Carra, Carter, B., Carter, T., Cavitt, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Edwards, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Fox, Frisbie, Glanville, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hoadley, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Kuhn, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Markkanen, Martin, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Meerman, Mentzer, Miller, Morgan, Mueller, Neeley, Neyer, Outman, O’Neal, Paiz, Paquette, Pavlov, Posthumus, Prestin, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rigas, Robinson, Rogers, Roth, Schmaltz, Schuette, Scott, Skaggs, Slagh, Smit, Snyder, St. Germaine, Steckloff, Steele, Tate, Thompson, Tisdel, Tsernoglou, VanWoerkom, VanderWall, Weiss, Wendzel, Wilson, Witwer, Wooden, Woolford, Wortz, Wozniak, Xiong, Young

no (6) Brixie, Dievendorf, Grant, Myers-Phillips, Pohutsky, Wegela

Official roll call

Timeline 17

Date	Chamber	Action
February 11, 2026	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
February 11, 2026	Senate	PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
February 5, 2026	House	transmitted
February 5, 2026	House	passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #32 Yeas 97 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
February 5, 2026	House	read a third time
February 5, 2026	House	placed on immediate passage
February 5, 2026	House	placed on third reading
February 5, 2026	House	substitute (H-1) adopted
February 5, 2026	House	read a second time
February 5, 2026	House	referred to second reading
February 5, 2026	House	reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
December 9, 2025	House	recommendation concurred in
December 9, 2025	House	reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules with substitute (H-1)
November 4, 2025	House	bill electronically reproduced October 30, 2025
October 30, 2025	House	referred to Committee on Election Integrity
October 30, 2025	House	read a first time
October 30, 2025	House	introduced by Representative Rep. Rachelle Smit

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: legislature.mi.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.