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HB4490 • 2026

State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit. Amends secs. 115, 241, 261, 305 & 404 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1115 et seq.).

State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit. Amends secs. 115, 241, 261, 305 & 404 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1115 et seq.).

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Sponsor
Joseph Fox (District 101), Gina Johnsen (District 78), Gregory Alexander (District 98), Jaime Greene (District 65), Joseph Pavlov (District 64), Gregory Markkanen (District 110), Jamie Thompson (District 28), James DeSana (District 29), Jason Woolford (District 50), Tom Kunse (District 100), Matt Bierlein (District 97), Rylee Linting (District 27), Jay DeBoyer (District 63)
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 05/13/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit. Amends secs. 115, 241, 261, 305 & 404 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1115 et seq.).

State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

  • State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit.
  • Amends secs.
  • 115, 241, 261, 305 & 404 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1115 et seq.).

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. 2025-05-14 HJ 47 Pg. 558

    bill electronically reproduced 05/13/2025

  2. 2025-05-13 HJ 46 Pg. 554

    introduced by Representative Rep. Joseph Fox

  3. 2025-05-13 HJ 46 Pg. 554

    read a first time

  4. 2025-05-13 HJ 46 Pg. 554

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

State management: purchasing; awarding state contracts to persons that use hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of prospective employees; prohibit. Amends secs. 115, 241, 261, 305 & 404 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1115 et seq.).