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HB4707 • 2026

Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 642e.

Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 642e.

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Sponsor
Rachelle Smit (District 43), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), David Martin (District 68), Thomas Kuhn (District 57), Joseph Fox (District 101), David Prestin (District 108), Parker Fairbairn (District 107), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Josh Schriver (District 66), Pat Outman (District 91), Luke Meerman (District 89), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34), Jennifer Wortz (District 35), Jaime Greene (District 65), Tim Kelly (District 93), Donni Steele (District 54), Jason Woolford (District 50), Joseph Pavlov (District 64)
Last action
2025-08-26
Official status
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 642e.

Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

  • Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit.
  • Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec.
  • 642e.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-26 SJ 71 Pg. 863

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2025-08-26 SJ 71 Pg. 863

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

  3. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 847

    read a second time

  4. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 847

    placed on third reading

  5. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 848

    placed on immediate passage

  6. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 848

    read a third time

  7. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 848

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #177 Yeas 57 Nays 44 Excused 0 Not Voting 9

  8. 2025-08-20 HJ 73 Pg. 848

    transmitted

  9. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 835

    reported with recommendation without amendment

  10. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 835

    referred to second reading

  11. 2025-07-15 HJ 64 Pg. 789

    bill electronically reproduced 07/01/2025

  12. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 776

    introduced by Representative Rep. Rachelle Smit

  13. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 776

    read a first time

  14. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 776

    referred to Committee on Election Integrity

Official Summary Text

Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 642e.