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HB4538 • 2026

Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601) & adds sec. 1e.

Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601) & adds sec. 1e.

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Sponsor
Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Betsy Coffia (District 103), Natalie Price (District 6), Jason Morgan (District 23), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Stephanie Young (District 16), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Morgan Foreman (District 33)
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
re-referred to Committee on Communications and Technology
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601) & adds sec. 1e.

Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

  • Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit.
  • Amends title & sec.
  • 1 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601) & adds sec.
  • 1e.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 HJ 25 Pg. 348

    rule suspended

  2. 2026-03-19 HJ 25 Pg. 348

    motion to discharge committee approved

  3. 2026-03-19 HJ 25 Pg. 348

    placed on second reading

  4. 2026-03-19 HJ 25 Pg. 349

    re-referred to Committee on Communications and Technology

  5. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 992

    rule suspended

  6. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 992

    motion to discharge committee approved

  7. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 992

    placed on second reading

  8. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 994

    referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform

  9. 2025-06-04 HJ 53 Pg. 658

    bill electronically reproduced 06/03/2025

  10. 2025-06-03 HJ 52 Pg. 638

    introduced by Representative Rep. Carrie Rheingans

  11. 2025-06-03 HJ 52 Pg. 638

    read a first time

  12. 2025-06-03 HJ 52 Pg. 638

    referred to Committee on Communications and Technology

Official Summary Text

Housing: landlord and tenants; use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates; prohibit. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601) & adds sec. 1e.