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

HB 5717

Elections: election officials; township to contract with an accredited individual to perform election law duties in the absence of a township clerk; authorize. Amends sec. 373 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.373).

In committee Last action June 2, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 2

Prime sponsor

Jennifer Wortz

Cosponsors (1)

Jay DeBoyer

Status

In committee as of June 2, 2026. The 103rd Legislature serves until the 104th convenes on January 13, 2027.

Referred to: House Election Integrity, Senate Elections and Ethics (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 1

May 21, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #166 Yeas 104 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 4Passed104-2

yes (104) Alexander, Andrews, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Brixie, Bruck, Byrnes, Carter, B., Carter, T., Cavitt, Coffia, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, Dievendorf, Edwards, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Frisbie, Glanville, Grant, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hoadley, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Koleszar, Kuhn, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Maddock, 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, 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, Wortz, Wozniak, Xiong, Young

no (2) Carra, DeSana

Official roll call

Timeline 17

Date	Chamber	Action
June 2, 2026	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
June 2, 2026	Senate	PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
May 21, 2026	House	transmitted
May 21, 2026	House	passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #166 Yeas 104 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 4
May 21, 2026	House	substitute (H-2) not adopted
May 21, 2026	House	vote on adoption reconsidered
May 21, 2026	House	substitute (H-2) adopted
May 21, 2026	House	read a third time
April 29, 2026	House	placed on third reading
April 29, 2026	House	substitute (H-1) adopted
April 29, 2026	House	read a second time
April 21, 2026	House	referred to second reading
April 21, 2026	House	reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
March 17, 2026	House	bill electronically reproduced March 12, 2026
March 12, 2026	House	referred to Committee on Election Integrity
March 12, 2026	House	read a first time
March 12, 2026	House	introduced by Representative Rep. Jennifer Wortz

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