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HB4358 • 2026

Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 3c.

Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 3c.

Elections
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mike Hoadley (District 99), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Stephen Wooden (District 81), Reggie Miller (District 31), Carol Glanville (District 84), Natalie Price (District 6), Joey Andrews (District 38), Jason Morgan (District 23), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Matt Koleszar (District 22), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Regina Weiss (District 5), Noah Arbit (District 20), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Pat Outman (District 91), Mike McFall (District 14), Kara Hope (District 74), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Cynthia Neeley (District 70), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Stephanie Young (District 16), John Fitzgerald (District 83), Julie Brixie (District 73), Laurie Pohutsky (District 17), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Mai Xiong (District 13), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Gina Johnsen (District 78), Tom Kunse (District 100), Angela Rigas (District 79), Brian BeGole (District 71)
Last action
2026-06-23
Official status
assigned PA 17'26 with immediate effect
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 3c.

Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify.

What This Bill Does

  • Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify.
  • Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec.
  • 3c.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 856

    approved by the Governor 06/20/2026 01:04 PM

  2. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 856

    filed with Secretary of State 06/22/2026 01:40 PM

  3. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 856

    assigned PA 17'26 with immediate effect

  4. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 797

    presented to the Governor 06/11/2026 02:58 PM

  5. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 617

    REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)

  6. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 617

    PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING

  7. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 618

    RULES SUSPENDED

  8. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 618

    PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE

  9. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 620

    PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 114 YEAS 32 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0

  10. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 620

    INSERTED FULL TITLE

  11. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 620

    RETURNED TO HOUSE

  12. 2026-06-10 HJ 45 Pg. 759

    returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title

  13. 2026-06-10 HJ 45 Pg. 759

    full title agreed to

  14. 2026-06-10 HJ 45 Pg. 759

    bill ordered enrolled

  15. 2026-05-20 SJ 45 Pg. 544

    DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED

  16. 2026-05-20 SJ 45 Pg. 544

    PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS

  17. 2025-09-09 SJ 74 Pg. 906

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  18. 2025-09-09 SJ 74 Pg. 906

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

  19. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 890

    read a second time

  20. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 890

    placed on third reading

  21. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 891

    placed on immediate passage

  22. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 891

    read a third time

  23. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 891

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #182 Yeas 105 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5

  24. 2025-09-03 HJ 78 Pg. 891

    transmitted

  25. 2025-07-15 HJ 64 Pg. 789

    reported with recommendation without amendment

  26. 2025-07-15 HJ 64 Pg. 789

    referred to second reading

  27. 2025-04-23 HJ 38 Pg. 403

    bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2025

  28. 2025-04-22 HJ 37 Pg. 382

    introduced by Representative Rep. Mike Hoadley

  29. 2025-04-22 HJ 37 Pg. 382

    read a first time

  30. 2025-04-22 HJ 37 Pg. 382

    referred to Committee on Election Integrity

Official Summary Text

Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 3c.

Current Bill Text

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Act No. 17
Public Acts of 2026
Approved by the Governor
June 20, 2026
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 22, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2026

STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2026
Introduced by Reps. Hoadley, Tsernoglou, Wooden, Miller, Glanville, Price, Andrews, Morgan,
MacDonell, Koleszar, Rheingans, Weiss, Arbit, Byrnes, Outman, McFall, Hope, Conlin, Neeley,
Wilson, Wegela, Young, Fitzgerald, Brixie, Pohutsky, Foreman, Myers -Phillips, Xiong,
Longjohn, Johnsen, Kunse, Rigas and BeGole
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4358
AN ACT to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and
amending their charters; to provide for certain powers and duties; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes
by cities, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; to validate actions taken,
bonds issued, and obligations heretofore incurred; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts
and parts of acts on specific dates,” (MCL 117.1 to 117.38) by adding section 3c.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 3c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any charter provision to the
contrary, all terms of city officers elected after December 31, 2024 must not commence earlier than at 12 noon on
the first day of the month following the of ficer’s election. If a city’s charter provides for terms of city officers to
commence after an election and before the first day of the month following the officer’s election, all terms of city
officers elected in that city after December 31, 2024 commence at 12 noon on the first day of the month following
the officer’s election.
(2) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, an individual elected to fill a vacancy shall not take
the oath of office until the results have been certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.
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This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________

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Governor