Michigan bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Michigan HB 4288
Public employees and officers: state; hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of the prospective employee; prohibit. Creates new act.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Erin Byrnes (Democratic)
Cosponsors (83)
- Mai Xiong (Democratic)
- Douglas Wozniak (Republican)
- Jennifer Wortz (Republican)
- Kimberly Edwards (Democratic)
- Jay DeBoyer (Republican)
- Nancy DeBoer (Republican)
- Cameron Cavitt (Republican)
- Ken Borton (Republican)
- Ann Bollin (Republican)
- Karl Bohnak (Republican)
- Matt Bierlein (Republican)
- Timothy Beson (Republican)
- Noah Arbit (Democratic)
- Joseph Aragona (Republican)
- Joey Andrews (Democratic)
- Gregory Alexander (Republican)
- Mike McFall (Democratic)
- Alabas Farhat (Democratic)
- Regina Weiss (Democratic)
- Brenda Carter (Democratic)
- Carol Glanville (Democratic)
- Amos O'Neal (Democratic)
- John Fitzgerald (Democratic)
- Jasper Martus (Democratic)
- Matt Koleszar (Democratic)
- Kristian Grant (Democratic)
- Helena Scott (Democratic)
- Kelly Breen (Democratic)
- Donavan McKinney (Democratic)
- Tyrone Carter (Democratic)
- Kara Hope (Democratic)
- Betsy Coffia (Democratic)
- Jennifer Conlin (Democratic)
- Jason Hoskins (Democratic)
- Penelope Tsernoglou (Democratic)
- Denise Mentzer (Democratic)
- Julie Brixie (Democratic)
- Matt Longjohn (Democratic)
- Jason Morgan (Democratic)
- Sharon MacDonell (Democratic)
- Emily Dievendorf (Democratic)
- Carrie Rheingans (Democratic)
- Tonya Phillips (Democratic)
- Morgan Foreman (Democratic)
- Laurie Pohutsky (Democratic)
- Stephen Wooden (Democratic)
- Veronica Paiz (Democratic)
- Natalie Price (Democratic)
- Julie Rogers (Democratic)
- Jason Woolford (Republican)
- Angela Witwer (Democratic)
- Curtis VanderWall (Republican)
- Mark Tisdel (Republican)
- Jamie Thompson (Republican)
- Joseph Tate (Democratic)
- Samantha Steckloff (Democratic)
- Alicia St. Germaine (Republican)
- Will Snyder (Democratic)
- Phil Skaggs (Democratic)
- Bill Schuette (Republican)
- Ron Robinson (Republican)
- Angela Rigas (Republican)
- Bryan Posthumus (Republican)
- Joseph Pavlov (Republican)
- Brad Paquette (Republican)
- Pat Outman (Republican)
- Jerry Neyer (Republican)
- Cynthia Neeley (Democratic)
- Mike Mueller (Republican)
- Reggie Miller (Democratic)
- David Martin (Republican)
- Gregory Markkanen (Republican)
- Rylee Linting (Republican)
- Sarah Lightner (Republican)
- Tullio Liberati (Democratic)
- Tim Kelly (Republican)
- Gina Johnsen (Republican)
- Mike Hoadley (Republican)
- Peter Herzberg (Democratic)
- Mike Harris (Republican)
- Jaime Greene (Republican)
- Steve Frisbie (Republican)
- Parker Fairbairn (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(May 6, 2025): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 House | passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #80 Yeas 105 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 | pass | Set your home in Michigan to see |
Actions
- May 6, 2025 · Senate
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS - May 6, 2025 · Senate
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT - May 1, 2025 · House
transmitted - May 1, 2025 · House
Rep. Dylan Wegela removed as cosponsor - May 1, 2025 · House
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #80 Yeas 105 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 - May 1, 2025 · House
read a third time - May 1, 2025 · House
placed on immediate passage - May 1, 2025 · House
placed on third reading - May 1, 2025 · House
substitute (H-1) adopted - May 1, 2025 · House
read a second time - May 1, 2025 · House
referred to second reading - May 1, 2025 · House
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) - Mar 26, 2025 · House
bill electronically reproduced 03/25/2025 - Mar 25, 2025 · House
referred to Committee on Government Operations - Mar 25, 2025 · House
read a first time - Mar 25, 2025 · House
introduced by Representative Rep. Erin Byrnes