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

HB 5845

Elections: other; retention of electronic poll book flash drives; require. Amends sec. 811 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.811).

In committee Last action June 23, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 9

Prime sponsor

Jennifer Wortz

Cosponsors (8)

Douglas Wozniak, Jaime Greene, Jason Woolford, Jay DeBoyer, Joseph Fox, Ken Borton, Mike Hoadley, Rachelle Smit

Status

In committee as of June 23, 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

June 17, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #216 Yeas 62 Nays 45 Excused 0 Not Voting 3Passed62-45

yes (62) Alexander, Aragona, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Bruck, Carra, Cavitt, DeBoer, DeBoyer, DeSana, Fairbairn, Fox, Frisbie, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hoadley, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Kuhn, Kunse, Lightner, Linting, Maddock, Markkanen, Martin, Meerman, Mentzer, Mueller, Neyer, Outman, Paquette, Pavlov, Posthumus, Prestin, Rigas, Robinson, Roth, Schmaltz, Schriver, Schuette, Skaggs, Slagh, Smit, St. Germaine, Steele, Tisdel, VanWoerkom, VanderWall, Wendzel, Witwer, Woolford, Wortz, Wozniak, Xiong

no (45) Andrews, Arbit, Breen, Brixie, Byrnes, Carter, B., Carter, T., Coffia, Conlin, Dievendorf, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Glanville, Grant, Hope, Hoskins, Koleszar, Liberati, Longjohn, MacDonell, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Morgan, Myers-Phillips, Neeley, O’Neal, Paiz, Pohutsky, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rogers, Scott, Snyder, Steckloff, Tate, Tsernoglou, Wegela, Weiss, Wilson, Wooden, Young

Official roll call

Timeline 14

Date	Chamber	Action
June 23, 2026	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
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 #216 Yeas 62 Nays 45 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-1) adopted
June 16, 2026	House	read a second time
June 9, 2026	House	referred to second reading
June 9, 2026	House	reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
April 23, 2026	House	bill electronically reproduced April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026	House	referred to Committee on Election Integrity
April 22, 2026	House	read a first time
April 22, 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.