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HB4989 • 2026

Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify. Amends sec. 130 of 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.530). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4990'25

Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify. Amends sec. 130 of 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.530). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4990'25

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Sponsor
Jason Morgan (District 23), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Natalie Price (District 6), Regina Weiss (District 5), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Stephanie Young (District 16), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Kara Hope (District 74), Helena Scott (District 8), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Stephen Wooden (District 81), Matt Longjohn (District 40)
Last action
2025-09-24
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 09/18/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify. Amends sec. 130 of 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.530). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4990'25

Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify.

What This Bill Does

  • Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify.
  • Amends sec.
  • 130 of 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.530).
  • TIE BAR WITH: HB 4990'25

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-24 HJ 86 Pg. 1020

    bill electronically reproduced 09/18/2025

  2. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1006

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jason Morgan

  3. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1006

    read a first time

  4. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1006

    referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform

Official Summary Text

Housing: landlord and tenants; provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance; modify. Amends sec. 130 of 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.530). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4990'25