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Michigan House introduces two dozen bills, refers measures to committees and adjourns for lack of quorum
Summary
On April 29, 2025, the Michigan House of Representatives introduced roughly 25 bills covering topics from public health and liquor control to employment security and natural resources, referred each to committee for first reading, and adjourned because a quorum was not present.
Lede: The Michigan House of Representatives introduced a package of bills covering public health, liquor control, employment security, natural resources and other topics during its April 29, 2025 session at the State Capitol and referred each measure to the appropriate committee for first reading, the clerk said, before adjourning because a quorum was not present.
Nut graf: The introductions and referrals — which included House Bills 4386 through 4395 and a separate set of bills numbered 4396 through 4409 and 4301 — will send the measures to committees including Judiciary, Regulatory Reform, Health Policy, Natural Resources and Tourism, and Economic Competitiveness for review. Lawmakers did not debate the measures on the floor; the session ended early when the clerk announced a lack of quorum and adjournment until April 30, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Body: Clerk announcements opened the session with committee meeting schedules and a listing of bills reproduced and made available electronically. The clerk reported that House Bills 4386–4395 and several Senate bills had been filed and posted for members’ review.
On first reading the House took up and referred the following bills (text and committee referrals are as announced on the floor):
- House Bills 4386–4395: listed by the clerk as reproduced and made available electronically on April 24, 2025; specific text was not read on the floor and committee referral for those bills was not specified in the clerk’s announcement.
- House Bill 4396, introduced by Representative Leitner, to amend the Juvenile Diversion Act; referred to the Committee on Judiciary for first reading.
- House Bill 4397, introduced by Representative Leitner, described as a bill to protect the safety of judges and certain other individuals; referred to the Committee on Judiciary for first reading.
- House Bill 4398, introduced by Representative Wirtz, to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998; referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform for first reading.
- House Bill 4399, introduced by Representative Preston, to amend the Public Health Code; referred to the Committee on Health Policy for first reading.
- House Bill 4400, introduced by a representative identified on the floor as the mover, to amend the Michigan Vehicle Code; referred to the Committee on Government Operations for first reading.
- House Bill 4301, introduced by Representative Jamie Green, to amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act; referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism for first reading.
- House Bill 4402, introduced by Representative VanderWalt, to amend the Public Health Code; referred to the Committee on Health Policy for first reading.
- House Bill 4403, introduced by Representative Wenzel, to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998; referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform for first reading.
- House Bill 4404, introduced by Representative Desan, to amend the Revised Judicature Act of 1961; referred to the Committee on Judiciary for first reading.
- House Bill 4405, introduced by Representative O'Dine, to amend the Michigan Employment Security Act; referred to the Committee on Economic and Workforce Competitiveness for first reading.
- House Bill 4406, introduced by Representative Neil, to amend the Michigan Employment Security Act; referred to the Committee on Economic and Workforce Competitiveness for first reading.
- House Bill 4407, introduced by Representative Rosa Rangans, described as establishing a universal and unified health-care system; referred to the Committee on Government Operations for first reading.
- House Bill 4408, introduced by Representative Wozniak, described as a bill related to the Mandate Powers of Appointment Act of 1967; referred to the Committee on Judiciary for first reading.
- House Bill 4409, introduced by Representative Burns, described as a bill to amend statutes regulating wages, hours and employee benefits; referred to the Committee on Economic Competitiveness for first reading.
The clerk also announced a schedule of committee hearings and subcommittee meetings to occur April 30 and May 1 at locations in the State Capitol and the House Office Building, including Appropriations, Health Policy, Education and Workforce, Judiciary, Natural Resources and Tourism, and several appropriations subcommittees.
Ending: The clerk announced that "a quorum of the House is not present," and the House stood adjourned until Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. No floor debate or roll-call votes on the introduced bills were recorded in the transcript.
