House advances Elliot‑Larsen Civil Rights Act amendment bill to third reading after multiple rejected amendments

House Bill 4469, a proposed amendment to the Elliot‑Larsen Civil Rights Act, was advanced to third reading on Wednesday after a lengthy second‑reading session that included at least nine offered amendments. The House adopted a committee substitute and then rejected multiple floor amendments before moving the measure to third reading.

Representative Linting introduced House Bill 4469; several colleagues offered amendments tying or modifying provisions and sought to attach other bills. Representative Song advocated tying House Bill 4371 (Safe Youth Sports Act) to HB 4469 to establish statewide safety standards and a grant program for low‑income youth sports programs; that amendment was not adopted. Representative Menser offered an amendment intended to prevent credit reporting agencies from reporting medical debt; it was also not adopted. Representative Longjohn proposed tying bills to address so‑called "ghost guns;" Representative Miller, Representative Fitzgerald, Representative Weiss and others also offered amendments; the clerk repeatedly announced "the amendment is not adopted" for each.

No final floor vote on passage occurred during the session; the clerk recorded that with no further amendments the bill was advanced to the order of third reading. The transcript records the series of amendment offers and the clerk's announcements that each was not adopted, but does not include roll call tallies for the rejected amendments.

Because the action on HB 4469 at this sitting was advancement to third reading rather than final passage, there is no recorded passage tally in this transcript. The bill remains on the House calendar for third reading, where further debate or a final passage vote would occur.