Bill 

Description  

Sponsor 

 HB 4159 

Amends the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act to increase oversight of brownfield redevelopment authorities (BRAs). The act allows municipalities to create BRAs to develop and implement brownfield projects. 

Rep. Brandt Iden (R- Oshtemo Twp.) 

 HB 4170 

Designates a portion of highway M-52 as the “Trooper Byron J. Erickson Memorial Highway” in honor of Michigan State Police Trooper Erickson who died from injuries from the line of duty.  

Rep. Bronna Kahle (R-Adrian) 

 HB 4223 

Establishes a dental assessment requirement for children who register for kindergarten or first grade for the first time.  

Rep. Scott VanSingel (R-Grant) 

 HB 4313 

Requires a pheasant hunting license to hunt pheasants and to allow collectors to obtain a pheasant hunting stamp. The bill specifies that a license registered in this way will not be recognized as a valid hunting license.  

Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch) 

 HB 4395 

Eliminates requirement of audible signal when being overtaken and passed by another vehicle on the right. 

Rep. Robert Wittenberg (Huntington Woods) 

 HB 4396 

Repeals Section 19 or Public Act 368 which prohibits obstructions and encroachments as a result of moving on public highways.  

Rep. Robert Wittenberg (Huntington Woods) 

 HB 4437 

Amends the Occupational Code to create new requirements for individuals seeking a license to practice mortuary science.  

Rep. Rodney Wakeman (R- Lake Ann) 

 HB 4508 

Changes the definition of travel insurance and to add a new chapter to regulate the sale of travel insurance  

Rep. Michael Webber (R- Rochester Hills) 

 HB 4694  

Modifies a provision that allows certain retirees to work without losing retirement benefits while serving as a school renewal coach or high impact leadership facilitator under certain circumstances. 

Rep. Jim Lilly (R- Park Township) 

 HB 4923 

Prohibits a person from importing, manufacturing, selling, distributing, installing, or reinstalling a counterfeit supplemental restraint system or a nonfunctional airbag. The bill also prohibits a person from selling, leasing, or trading a vehicle known to have been installed with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system or a nonfunctional airbag. 

Rep. Jim Lilly (R- Park Township) 

 HB 4924 

Amends the sentencing guidelines in the Code of Criminal Procedure to include the felony prescribed in House Bill 4924 (H-2) as a Class F felony against public safety, with a statutory maximum of 4 years’ imprisonment. 

Rep. Sarah Anthony (D- Lansing) 

 HB 5002 

Allows individuals under the age of 17 to take and possess aquatic species in Michigan waters without an all-species fishing license. The bill also prescribes a $2 fee for a resident or nonresident under the age of 17 who chose to obtain an all-species fishing license 

Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch) 

 HB 5003 

Amends Part 435 of the Natural Resources Environmental Protection Act to exempt individuals under 17 years of age from an additional $1 fee for an all-species fishing license. 

Rep. Julie Brixie (D- East Lansing) 

 HB 5024  

Allows townships to levy a tax up to one mil for up to six years on all of the taxable property for mosquito abatement. The bill also sets rules on ballot proposals as well as tax levies and collections.  

Rep. Tim Sneller (D- Burton) 

 HB 5025 

Allows townships to finance mosquito abatements performed by private contractors through special assessment. 

Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch)  

 HB 5054 

Amends the Sexual Assault Victim’s Access to Justice Act to provide that notices and responses sent under this act to enrollees in the Address Confidentiality Program must be sent to their program address not their residence. 

Rep. Diana Farrington (R- Utica) 

 HB 5055 

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require that notices provided to victims by officers after investigating or intervening in a domestic violence incident include information regarding the address confidentiality program. 

Rep. Julie Calley (R- Portland) 

 HB 5056-58 

Together amend the William Van Regenmorter Crime Victim’s Rights Act to allow a program participant to use their program-designated address to receive various notices of court proceedings and outcomes in their abuser’s case.  

Reps. Kristy Pagan (D- Canton), Daire Rendon (R- Lake City), and Kyra Bolden (D- Southfield)  

 HB 5059 

Amends the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act to provide for reimbursement to intermediate school districts (ISDs) for tax increment funds captured by a brownfield authority. 

Rep. Bradley Slagh (R- Zeeland) 

 HB 5085 

Allows veterinarian to consult with pet owners on the use of marihuana and industrial hemp for the pet’s consumption 

Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock) 

 HB 5126 

Amends the procedure for amending a drainage district and the notice procedure for levying drain special assessments 

Rep. Steve Johnson (R- Wayland) 

 HB 5178 

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, a uniform community mental health services credentialing program for state department or agency use. 

Rep. Hank Vaupel (R- Howell)  

 HB 5197 

Allows municipalities to reproduce certain construction documents in electronic or digital file format, and dispose of the original documents, as long as certain conditions are met.  

Rep. Matt Maddock (R- Milford) 

 HB 5198 

Amends Michigan Penal Code to provide that disposal of official records be subject to the changes to the Records Reproduction Act proposed by HB 5197. 

Rep. Matt Maddock (R- Milford) 

 HB 5298 

Requires DHHS to establish psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) for Medicaid patients under age 21 and enables the department to establish a Medicaid policy and promulgate rules as necessary.  

Rep. Mary Whiteford (R- Casco Twp.) 

 HB 5314 

Allows a county road commission to enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of real or personal property for public purposes, to be paid for in installments over a period of up to 30 years.  

Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock) 

HB 5333 

Amends the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to restrict the use of money in the Forest Development Fund. 

Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock) 

 HB 5426 

Creates the “Michigan cyber civilian corps advisor” position which allows individuals to serve as non-deployable advisors in the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps (MiC3).   

Rep. Matt Hall (R- Emmett Twp.) 

 HB 5427 

Requires that the Michigan cyber civilian corps advisory board meet at least twice annually to meet criteria to qualify as a volunteer, to , review and make recommendations on individuals applying for advisor status, and track volunteer trainings to ensure compliance with DTMB standards. 

Rep. Greg VanWoerkom (R- Norton Shores) 

 HB 5470 

Amends the Revised School Code to allow the Michigan Department of Education to submit annual and quarterly interim reports on deficits incurred or projected by school districts, intermediate school districts (ISDs), and public school academies (PSAs) electronically, by mail, or in person. 

Rep. Aaron Miller (R- Sturgis) 

 HB 5504 

Amends the Drain Code of 1956 to allow for costs incurred for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of a drain to be financed and assessed for up to 10 years. 

Rep. Jim Lower (R- Eureka Twp.) 

 HB 5553 

Designates a portion of I-75 located in the city of Taylor in honor of Private First Class Holly McGeogh, a US Army Service Member killed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 31, 2004. 

Rep. Alex Garza (D- Taylor)  

 HB 5570 

Designates portion of Highway M-60 in Jackson