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HOUSE BILL NO. 6219
A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled
"Income tax act of 1967,"
(MCL 206.1 to 206.847) by adding section 281.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 281. (1) Subject to the limitations under this section, 1
for tax years that begin on and after January 1, 2028, a taxpayer 2
may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this part equal to 3
the total amount of contributions made during the tax year to a 4
ballot question committee or candidate committee of a candidate for 5
July 03, 2026, Introduced by Rep. Skaggs and referred to Committee on Election Integrity.
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a state elective office or a local elective office in this state. 1
Contributions made to an independent committee, a political party 2
committee, a house political party caucus committee, or a senate 3
political party caucus committee are not eligible for the credit 4
under this section. 5
(2) The credit allowed under this section shall not exceed 6
$250.00 for a single return or $500.00 for a joint return. 7
(3) To claim the credit under this section, the taxpayer 8
shall, in a form and manner as prescribed by the department, 9
provide verification of the contributions claimed to have been made 10
during the tax year. 11
(4) If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax 12
liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that portion of the 13
credit that exceeds the tax liability must be refunded. 14
(5) As used in this section, "ballot question committee", 15
"candidate", "candidate committee", "contributions", "house 16
political party caucus committee", "independent committee", "local 17
elective office", "political party committee", "senate political 18
party caucus committee", and "state elective office" mean those 19
terms as defined in the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, 20
MCL 169.201 to 169.282. 21
(6) This credit may be referred to as the "amplify Mi voice 22
credit". 23