Michigan House reads dozens of bills, issues committee referrals and adjourns for lack of quorum

During a session of the Michigan House of Representatives, clerks read incoming Senate bills and introduced a large batch of House bills for referral to committees, then the House adjourned for lack of a quorum until Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

The announcements matter because reading and referring bills sets the committees that will consider them and begins the formal legislative process for each measure. Multiple bills were placed with committees that will schedule hearings and potential action in the coming days.

Clerks announced that several Senate bills were received and transmitted to the House, including Senate Bill 132 (to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967), which was referred to the Committee on Economic Competitiveness, and Senate Bill 134 (to amend the Michigan Consumer Protection Act), which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Other Senate bills listed for transmittal included bills to amend the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman (referred to Government Operations) and proposals regulating pet cemeteries (referred to Regulatory Reform). The clerk also reported that a group of Senate bills had been reproduced electronically earlier in the month.

House members also introduced a large number of House bills and each was referred to the committee named during the reading. Examples read into the record included House Bill 4,582 (to provide for possessor liability of real property injuries), referred to the Committee on Judiciary; House bills to amend the General Property Tax Act and the Michigan Election Law, referred to Election Integrity; and a series of bills touching the Public Health Code, the Michigan Vehicle Code, the Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act, and other statutes, each sent to the committees specified during introduction.

Clerks also announced multiple committee meeting notices: the House Joint Committee on Administrative Rules scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, at 8:30 a.m. in Room 521 of the House Office Building; the Committee on Health Policy scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, at 9 a.m. in Room 519; and several House Oversight subcommittee meetings on Wednesday, June 11, at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., among others. Additional committee sessions were listed for Thursday, June 12, with room numbers given in the announcements.

There was no substantive floor debate recorded on the bills during this session; the transcript consists primarily of formal bill transmittals, introductions, committee referrals and meeting notices. The House concluded the session when it determined there was not a quorum and adjourned to reconvene at the time stated in the record.

The items announced span a range of policy areas — taxation, consumer protection, elections, health policy, environmental protection, transportation, and criminal and family law — and will proceed through the committee process noted in the clerk’s announcements.

The House’s next scheduled convening as stated in the record is Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., when committees and the full chamber may take up the referred measures for hearings or further action.