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

HB 5498

Public employees and officers: state; designated job positions for state agencies that issue state permits; require. Creates new act.

In committee Last action June 11, 2026: PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 5

Prime sponsor

Ken Borton

Cosponsors (4)

Bill Schuette, Douglas Wozniak, Matt Bierlein, Tim Kelly

Status

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

Referred to: House Economic Competitiveness, Senate Regulatory Affairs (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 1

June 4, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #185 Yeas 57 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 2Passed57-51

yes (57) Alexander, Aragona, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Bruck, Carra, Cavitt, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Fairbairn, Fox, Frisbie, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Hoadley, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Kuhn, Kunse, Lightner, Linting, Maddock, Markkanen, Martin, Meerman, Mueller, Neyer, Outman, Paquette, Pavlov, Posthumus, Prestin, Rigas, Robinson, Roth, Schmaltz, Schriver, Schuette, Slagh, Smit, St. Germaine, Steele, Thompson, Tisdel, VanderWall, Wendzel, Woolford, Wortz, Wozniak

no (51) Andrews, Breen, Brixie, Byrnes, Carter, B., Carter, T., Coffia, Conlin, Dievendorf, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Glanville, Grant, Herzberg, Hope, Hoskins, Koleszar, Liberati, Longjohn, MacDonell, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Mentzer, Miller, Morgan, Myers-Phillips, Neeley, O’Neal, Paiz, Pohutsky, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rogers, Scott, Skaggs, Snyder, Steckloff, Tate, Tsernoglou, VanWoerkom, Wegela, Weiss, Wilson, Witwer, Wooden, Xiong, Young

Official roll call

Timeline 16

Date	Chamber	Action
June 11, 2026	Senate	PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
June 10, 2026	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS
June 4, 2026	House	transmitted
June 4, 2026	House	passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #185 Yeas 57 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 2
June 4, 2026	House	read a third time
June 3, 2026	House	placed on third reading
June 3, 2026	House	substitute (H-1) adopted and amended
June 3, 2026	House	read a second time
May 21, 2026	House	referred to second reading
May 21, 2026	House	reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
April 30, 2026	House	recommendation concurred in
April 30, 2026	House	reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules with substitute (H-1)
February 10, 2026	House	bill electronically reproduced February 5, 2026
February 5, 2026	House	referred to Committee on Economic Competitiveness
February 5, 2026	House	read a first time
February 5, 2026	House	introduced by Representative Rep. Ken Borton

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