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HB6013 • 2026

Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n.

Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n.

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Sponsor
Jason Woolford (District 50), Tim Kelly (District 93), Luke Meerman (District 89), Tom Kunse (District 100), Joseph Aragona (District 60), Jaime Greene (District 65), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Gregory Markkanen (District 110), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Karl Bohnak (District 109), David Prestin (District 108), David Martin (District 68), Jerry Neyer (District 92), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34), Timothy Beson (District 96), Ron Robinson (District 58), Mark Tisdel (District 55), Joseph Fox (District 101), Brian BeGole (District 71), Bryan Posthumus (District 90), Angela Rigas (District 79), Parker Fairbairn (District 107), Rylee Linting (District 27), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Matt Maddock (District 51)
Last action
2026-06-10
Official status
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n.

Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require.

What This Bill Does

  • Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require.
  • Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec.
  • 14n.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 615

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-06-10 SJ 51 Pg. 615

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

  3. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 702

    rule suspended

  4. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 702

    motion to discharge committee approved

  5. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 702

    placed on second reading

  6. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 705

    read a second time

  7. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 705

    placed on third reading

  8. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 709

    placed on immediate passage

  9. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 709

    read a third time

  10. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 709

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #179 Yeas 58 Nays 48 Excused 0 Not Voting 4

  11. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 709

    transmitted

  12. 2026-06-02 HJ 41 Pg. 678

    bill electronically reproduced 05/21/2026

  13. 2026-05-21 HJ 40 Pg. 674

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jason Woolford

  14. 2026-05-21 HJ 40 Pg. 674

    read a first time

  15. 2026-05-21 HJ 40 Pg. 674

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Human services: food assistance; monitoring and tracking out-of-state use of the Michigan bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14n.

Current Bill Text

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HB-6013, As Passed House, June 3, 2026

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HOUSE BILL NO. 6013

A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14n.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 14n. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory 1
act that added this section, the department shall monitor Michigan 2
bridge card transaction data to determine extended out-of-state 3
transaction use of the Michigan bridge card. If the department 4
determines that an individual recipient's Michigan bridge card was 5
May 21, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Woolford, Kelly, Meerman, Kunse, Aragona, Greene,
Wozniak, Markkanen, Cavitt, Bohnak, Prestin, Martin, Neyer, Jenkins-Arno, Beson, Robinson,
Tisdel, Fox, BeGole, Posthumus, Rigas, Fairbairn, Linting, Thompson and Maddock a nd
referred to Committee on Government Operations.
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OOH H06755'26_HB6013_APH_1 tsnrfu
used outside this state for more than 90 consecutive days, the 1
department shall, subject to federal law, suspend the individual 2
recipient's Michigan bridge card until the individual recipient 3
contacts the department and verifies continued residency in this 4
state or eligibility for benefits. 5