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HB4609 • 2026

Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language. Amends secs. 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25

Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language. Amends secs. 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25

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Sponsor
Brenda Carter (District 53), Laurie Pohutsky (District 17), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Reggie Miller (District 31), Mike McFall (District 14), Jason Hoskins (District 18), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Stephen Wooden (District 81), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Natalie Price (District 6), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Joey Andrews (District 38), Julie Rogers (District 41), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Betsy Coffia (District 103), Phil Skaggs (District 80), Regina Weiss (District 5), Julie Brixie (District 73), Carol Glanville (District 84), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Kara Hope (District 74), Helena Scott (District 8), Jason Morgan (District 23), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Dylan Wegela (District 26)
Last action
2025-06-11
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 06/10/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language. Amends secs. 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25

Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language.

What This Bill Does

  • Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language.
  • Amends secs.
  • 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.).
  • TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-11 HJ 56 Pg. 690

    bill electronically reproduced 06/10/2025

  2. 2025-06-10 HJ 55 Pg. 682

    introduced by Representative Rep. Brenda Carter

  3. 2025-06-10 HJ 55 Pg. 682

    read a first time

  4. 2025-06-10 HJ 55 Pg. 682

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language. Amends secs. 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25