HB5331 • 2026

State management: funds; use of state funds for purchase of certain drones; prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 261g.

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Sponsor: Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Luke Meerman (District 89), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Ron Robinson (District 58), Joseph Pavlov (District 64), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Tyrone Carter (District 1), Reggie Miller (District 31), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Tim Kelly (District 93), Noah Arbit (District 20), Kelly Breen (District 21), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Joseph Aragona (District 60), Mike Hoadley (District 99), William Bruck (District 30), David Martin (District 68), Brian BeGole (District 71), Jasper Martus (District 69), Gregory Alexander (District 98), Tullio Liberati (District 2), Peter Herzberg (District 25), Mike McFall (District 14), Josh Schriver (District 66), Tom Kunse (District 100), Gregory Markkanen (District 110), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Matt Bierlein (District 97)
Last action: 2026-05-19
Official status: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Effective date: Not listed

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State management: funds; use of state funds for purchase of certain drones; prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 261g.

State management: funds; use of state funds for purchase of certain drones; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

State management: funds; use of state funds for purchase of certain drones; prohibit.
Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec.
261g.

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H-3

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-3)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-3) 5

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Bill History

2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 534
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 534
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
2026-05-13 HJ 36 Pg. 603
read a third time
2026-05-13 HJ 36 Pg. 603
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #143 Yeas 57 Nays 45 Excused 0 Not Voting 8
2026-05-13 HJ 36 Pg. 603
transmitted
2026-05-12 HJ 35 Pg. 585
read a second time
2026-05-12 HJ 35 Pg. 585
substitute (H-3) adopted
2026-05-12 HJ 35 Pg. 585
placed on third reading
2026-03-10 HJ 20 Pg. 257
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-3)
2026-03-10 HJ 20 Pg. 257
referred to second reading
2025-12-09 HJ 112 Pg. 1874
bill electronically reproduced 12/02/2025
2025-12-02 HJ 111 Pg. 1871
introduced by Representative Rep. Jennifer Conlin
2025-12-02 HJ 111 Pg. 1871
read a first time
2025-12-02 HJ 111 Pg. 1871
referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Official Summary Text

State management: funds; use of state funds for purchase of certain drones; prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 261g.

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HB-5331, As Passed House, May 13, 2026

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SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5331
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 261g.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 261g. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), a public 1
entity shall not purchase or operate a drone manufactured in whole 2
or in part by a company that is named on any of the following 3
lists: 4
(a) The United States Department of Defense list of companies 5
published under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 6
national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, Public Law 7
116–283. 8
(b) The United States Department of Treasury's Chinese 9
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Military-Industrial Complex Sanction List published under 31 CFR 1
part 586. 2
(c) The United States Department of Commerce Bureau of 3
Industry and Security's Entity List published as 15 CFR part 744, 4
supplement 4. 5
(2) Subsection (1) applies as follows: 6
(a) Beginning 2 years after the effective date of the 7
amendatory act that added this section, a public entity shall not 8
purchase a drone prohibited under subsection (1). 9
(b) Beginning 5 years after the effective date of the 10
amendatory act that added this section, a public entity shall not 11
operate a drone prohibited under subsection (1). 12
(3) A public entity may operate a drone prohibited under this 13
section if the governor declares a state of emergency or state of 14
disaster and operating that drone would assist the public entity in 15
responding to that state of emergency or state of disaster. 16
(4) This section does not apply to a drone that is a small 17
unmanned aircraft system procured, purchased, operated, or deployed 18
in compliance with section 16 of the unmanned aircraft systems act, 19
2016 PA 436, MCL 259.316. 20
(5) As used in this section, "public entity" means any of the 21
following: 22
(a) A state agency, unit of local government, university, or 23
community college. 24
(b) An entity that receives money from a state agency or unit 25
of local government. 26
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 27
unless House Bill No. 5330 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into 28
law. 29