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

HB 5506

Public employees and officers: ethics; certain local officials acting as lobbyists outside of the course and scope of the official's office; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.411 - 4.431) by adding sec. 6b.

In committee Last action June 23, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 3

Prime sponsor

Thomas Kuhn

Cosponsors (2)

Mark Tisdel, Mike Harris

Status

In committee as of June 23, 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 1

June 17, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #228 Yeas 98 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 3Passed98-9

yes (98) Alexander, Andrews, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Bruck, Byrnes, Carra, Carter, T., Cavitt, Coffia, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Dievendorf, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Fox, Frisbie, Glanville, Grant, Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Hoadley, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Koleszar, Kuhn, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Maddock, Markkanen, Martin, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Meerman, Mentzer, Morgan, Mueller, Myers-Phillips, Neeley, Neyer, Outman, O’Neal, Paiz, Paquette, Pavlov, Pohutsky, Posthumus, Prestin, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rigas, Robinson, Rogers, Roth, Schmaltz, Schriver, Schuette, Scott, Skaggs, Slagh, Smit, St. Germaine, Steckloff, Steele, Tate, Tisdel, Tsernoglou, VanWoerkom, VanderWall, Wegela, Wendzel, Witwer, Wooden, Woolford, Wortz, Wozniak, Xiong, Young

no (9) Brixie, Carter, B., Edwards, Green, P., Herzberg, Hope, Snyder, Weiss, Wilson

Official roll call

Timeline 14

Date	Chamber	Action
June 23, 2026	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
June 23, 2026	Senate	PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
June 17, 2026	House	transmitted
June 17, 2026	House	passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #228 Yeas 98 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 3
June 17, 2026	House	read a third time
June 16, 2026	House	placed on third reading
June 16, 2026	House	substitute (H-2) adopted
June 16, 2026	House	read a second time
June 11, 2026	House	referred to second reading
June 11, 2026	House	reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)
February 10, 2026	House	bill electronically reproduced February 5, 2026
February 5, 2026	House	referred to Committee on Government Operations
February 5, 2026	House	read a first time
February 5, 2026	House	introduced by Representative Rep. Tom Kuhn

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