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HB5214 • 2026

Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 277.

Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 277.

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Sponsor
Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), Jennifer Wortz (District 35), John Roth (District 104), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Gregory Alexander (District 98), Tom Kunse (District 100), Jerry Neyer (District 92), Tim Kelly (District 93), Joseph Aragona (District 60), Bill Schuette (District 95), Joseph Pavlov (District 64), Reggie Miller (District 31), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Brian BeGole (District 71), David Prestin (District 108), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Timothy Beson (District 96), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Cameron Cavitt (District 106)
Last action
2026-06-16
Official status
referred to second reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 277.

Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for.

What This Bill Does

  • Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for.
  • Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec.
  • 277.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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H-1

7

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) 7

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 797

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

  2. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 797

    referred to second reading

  3. 2026-05-13 HJ 36 Pg. 594

    reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Finance

  4. 2026-05-13 HJ 36 Pg. 594

    recommendation concurred in

  5. 2025-11-05 HJ 107 Pg. 1779

    bill electronically reproduced 11/04/2025

  6. 2025-11-04 HJ 106 Pg. 1762

    introduced by Representative Rep. Kathy Schmaltz

  7. 2025-11-04 HJ 106 Pg. 1762

    read a first time

  8. 2025-11-04 HJ 106 Pg. 1762

    referred to Committee on Insurance

Official Summary Text

Individual income tax: credit; credit for eligible family caregivers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 277.