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HB6048 • 2026

Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government. Amends sec. 6452 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.6452).

Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government. Amends sec. 6452 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.6452).

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Sponsor
John Roth (District 104), Julie Brixie (District 73), Reggie Miller (District 31), Jason Morgan (District 23), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Natalie Price (District 6), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Jasper Martus (District 69), Kara Hope (District 74), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Noah Arbit (District 20), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Mike McFall (District 14), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Veronica Paiz (District 10), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Stephanie Young (District 16), Helena Scott (District 8), Joey Andrews (District 38), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Jennifer Conlin (District 48)
Last action
2026-06-09
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 06/04/2026
Effective date
Not listed

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Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government. Amends sec. 6452 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.6452).

Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government.

What This Bill Does

  • Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government.
  • Amends sec.
  • 6452 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.6452).

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 0

    bill electronically reproduced 06/04/2026

  2. 2026-06-04 HJ 43 Pg. 0

    introduced by Representative Rep. John Roth

  3. 2026-06-04 HJ 43 Pg. 0

    read a first time

  4. 2026-06-04 HJ 43 Pg. 0

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Civil procedure: statute of limitations; statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations; revise statute of limitations and notice requirements for actions against state government. Amends sec. 6452 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.6452).

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 6048

A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 6452 (MCL 600.6452), as amended by 2020 PA 44.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6452. (1) Every claim against this state, cognizable by 1
the court of claims, is forever barred unless the claim is filed 2
with the clerk of the court or an action is commenced on the claim 3
in federal court as authorized in section 6440, within 3 years 4
after the claim first accrues. 5
June 04, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Roth, Brixie, Miller, Morgan, Dievendorf, Price, Myers -
Phillips, Martus, Hope, Longjohn, Arbit, Steckloff, McFall, Byrnes, Paiz, Rheingans, Young,
Scott, Andrews, MacDonell, Wilson, Tsernoglou and Conlin and referred to C ommittee on
Judiciary.
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(2) Except as modified by this section, chapter 58, relative 1
to the limitation of actions, also applies to the limitation under 2
this section. 3
(3) The attorney general has the same right as a creditor 4
under the statutes of this state to petition for the appointment of 5
a personal representative of the estate of a deceased person. 6
(4) The attorney general has the same right as a 7
superintendent of the poor under the statutes of this state to 8
petition for the appointment of a guardian of the estate of a minor 9
or any other individual under a disability. 10
(5) This section does not apply to a claim for either of the 11
following: 12
(a) A claim for compensation under the wrongful imprisonment 13
compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1751 to 691.1757. 14
(b) A claim to which section 5851b applies. 15
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act applies retroactively 16
to actions pending on the effective date of this amendatory act and 17
to actions brought under section 5851b(4) of the revised judicature 18
act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.5851b. 19
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect 20
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are 21
enacted into law: 22
(a) Senate Bill No. 257. 23
(b) Senate Bill No. 258. 24