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Michigan House introduces slate of bills including fiscal-2025 appropriations, adjourns for lack of quorum
Summary
Members introduced multiple bills — including a consolidated appropriations measure for fiscal 2025 — and referred them to committees before adjourning until June 18 because a quorum was not present.
The Michigan House of Representatives introduced a package of bills, including a consolidated appropriations measure for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, and referred each to committee before adjourning until Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., after the clerk reported no quorum.
The most consequential measure introduced was House Bill 4654, offered by Representative Boenak, described in the chamber as “a bill to make, supplement, adjust, and consolidated appropriations for various state departments and agencies, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2025.” The clerk announced HB 4654 will be considered at first reading and referred to the House Appropriations Committee.
The clerk also announced the reproduction and electronic availability of filing bills in two groups: house bills 4642 through 4653 were made available electronically on Thursday, June 12, and an additional set of filing bills was made available electronically on Friday, June 13; the clerk reported related communications from state officers and a series of administrative-rule filings.
Other bills offered and referred to committees during the session included: HB 4655 (Representative Preston), a bill to amend the Public Health Code, referred to the Regulatory Reform Committee; a bill to amend laws governing highway closures offered by Representative Pablo, referred to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; amendments to retirement acts and related statutes offered by Representatives Tyrone Carter, Young, Hope and Wazniak, referred to the Judiciary Committee; a proposed crime victim communication modernization grant program (Representative Vanderwall) referred to Appropriations; a bill to amend the William Van Riggum Victims Rights Act (Representative Morgan) referred to Appropriations; a liquor-code amendment (Representative Vanderwall) referred to Regulatory Reform; a vehicle-code amendment (Representative Saint Germain) referred to Judiciary; and a revision to the Revised School Code (Representative Whitworth) referred to the Education and Workforce Committee.
The clerk read into the record notices of administrative-rule filings submitted by the secretary of state, including rule series R 25-05-05 through R 25-05-15 across several state departments (Licensing and Regulatory Affairs; the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential; and others). The clerk said the filings concern topics ranging from utility accounting to licensing rules for child care centers and professional licensing rules for a variety of occupations.
During roll call the clerk announced, "Mister Speaker, a quorum of the House is not present," and the clerk closed the board, tallied the display and announced attendance. Because a quorum was absent, the House adjourned until the stated date and time. There were no recorded floor votes in this session on the introduced measures; each bill was read for the first time and referred to the committee named in the record.
The session combined routine procedural business (filings and rule notices) with the introduction of a set of substantive bills that will receive committee consideration. The House’s next stated meeting time in the record is Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
