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HB6121 • 2026

Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1851 PA 151 (MCL 390.5). TIE BAR WITH: HJR X'26

Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1851 PA 151 (MCL 390.5). TIE BAR WITH: HJR X'26

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Sponsor
Morgan Foreman (District 33), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Laurie Pohutsky (District 17), Jason Morgan (District 23), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Mai Xiong (District 13), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Joey Andrews (District 38), James DeSana (District 29), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Nancy DeBoer (District 86), Gina Johnsen (District 78), Jennifer Wortz (District 35), Natalie Price (District 6), Angela Rigas (District 79), Jaime Greene (District 65)
Last action
2026-06-24
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 06/23/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1851 PA 151 (MCL 390.5). TIE BAR WITH: HJR X'26

Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify.

What This Bill Does

  • Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify.
  • Amends sec.
  • 5 of 1851 PA 151 (MCL 390.5).
  • TIE BAR WITH: HJR X'26

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. 2026-06-24 HJ 51 Pg. 0

    bill electronically reproduced 06/23/2026

  2. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 0

    introduced by Representative Rep. Morgan Foreman

  3. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 0

    read a first time

  4. 2026-06-23 HJ 50 Pg. 0

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Higher education: state universities; authority to purchase land; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1851 PA 151 (MCL 390.5). TIE BAR WITH: HJR X'26

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 6121

A bill to amend 1851 PA 151, entitled
"An act to provide for the government of the state university, and
to repeal chapter 57 of the Revised Statutes of 1846,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 390.5).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5. (1) The Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1
(2), the regents shall have power to enact ordinances, by-laws, and 2
regulations for the government of the university; to elect a 3
president, to fix, increase, and reduce the regular number of 4
professors and tutors, and to appoint the same, and to determine 5
June 23, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Foreman, Wilson, Pohutsky, Morgan, Rheingans, Conlin,
Dievendorf, Byrnes, Tsernoglou, Longjohn, Xiong, O'Neal, McKinney, Andrews, DeSana,
Cavitt, DeBoer, Johnsen, Wortz, Price, Rigas and Greene and referred to Committee o n
Government Operations.
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the amount of their salaries. : Provided, That However, there shall 1
must always be at least 1 professor of homeopathy in the department 2
of medicine. 3
(2) The regents shall comply with all local ordinances and 4
local zoning requirements for any land acquired by the regents on 5
or after January 1, 2027. 6
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 7
unless House Joint Resolution X (request no. H06557'26) of the 8
103rd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 9
as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution 10
of 1963. 11