Michigan House adopts several ceremonial resolutions; two contested bills fail close roll-call votes

The Michigan House of Representatives on the floor adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions and advanced a large slate of bills to third reading, while two contested measures failed on recorded roll-call votes after floor debate and amendments.

Representative Longjohn, who introduced House Resolution 146, led the chamber in adopting a resolution declaring August 2025 as National Health Center Week. "For nearly 60 years, community health centers have provided high quality, affordable, and comprehensive care to those who need it most," Representative Longjohn said on the floor, citing figures the resolution text summarizes about service volume and economic impact. The resolution was adopted by voice vote.

The House also adopted House Resolution 145 (declaring July 26, 2025, National Disability Independence Day), House Resolution 148 (declaring Aug. 2, 2025, Neighborhood Empowerment Day), House Resolution 149 (declaring July 2025 Fibroids Awareness Week) and House Resolution 150 (declaring July 2025 Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month). Those measures were recorded on the floor as adopted by voice vote.

More contentious floor business produced two notable failures on final passage. House Bill 4141, described on the floor as "a bill to amend the Revised School Code," received floor amendments including a floor substitute (h4) and a subsequent amendment series (identified in the record as amendment 1a). After the third-reading roll call, the clerk announced, "Madam Speaker, on the question of final passage of house bill 4 1 4 1, there are 53 aye votes and 45 nay votes." The transcript concurrently records, "Therefore, the bill has not passed." The bill had been placed on third reading after adoption of the floor amendments; the record shows a roll-call vote but an inconsistency between the announced tally and the clerk's stated outcome appears in the transcript.

House Bill 4506, described on the floor as "a bill to amend the code of criminal procedure," drew extended floor activity including multiple proposed amendments. Representative Leitner spoke in support of the bill, saying on the floor, "This bill simply makes it allowable for prosecutors to continue to ask for life without parole." The chamber recorded adoption of at least one floor amendment (a floor substitute identified as h1) and rejected several other proposed amendments. A first recorded roll-call on final passage was announced as 55 ayes and 42 nays and was reported in the transcript as not passing. The majority leader moved to reconsider that vote, and after additional board closures and further voting the clerk later announced a final tally of 55 ayes and 43 nays; the transcript again records that "therefore, the bill has not passed." (The transcript contains the vote tallies and the chamber's recorded statements as given here.)

Aside from those final-passage votes, the House took procedural steps to discharge several energy bills from the Committee on Energy and placed them on the order of second reading; multiple bills were reported out of committee and advanced to third reading during the session with committee recommendations and substitute approvals recorded on the floor.

At the close of the day the House announced it would adjourn until Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the House transcript): - House Resolution 146 (Longjohn) — declare August 2025 National Health Center Week: adopted (voice vote). - House Resolution 145 — declare July 26, 2025 National Disability Independence Day: adopted (voice vote). - House Resolution 148 (Scott) — declare Aug. 2, 2025 Neighborhood Empowerment Day: adopted (voice vote). - House Resolution 149 (Forman) — declare July 2025 Fibroids Awareness Week: adopted (voice vote). - House Resolution 150 (Breen) — declare July 2025 Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month: adopted (voice vote). - House Bill 4141 (Tisdale) — amend Revised School Code: roll-call announced 53 aye / 45 nay; transcript records the bill "has not passed." (third reading; floor substitute h4 and amendment series 1a adopted prior to roll call.) - House Bill 4506 (Lightner) — amend Code of Criminal Procedure: recorded roll calls of 55–42 (reported not passed), reconsideration, then 55–43 (reported not passed). Floor substitute h1 and at least one third-reading amendment were adopted; several offered amendments failed.

The House also moved many bills to third reading and discharged several energy-related bills from committee to the floor for further consideration; those movements were recorded in committee reports and by motions to suspend rule 41 and discharge committees.

The transcript contains the roll-call tallies as cited above and the chamber's recorded statements that the contested bills did not pass after the announced tallies. Where the transcript records both a numerical tally and a subsequent statement that a bill "has not passed," this article reports both elements exactly as they appear in the record rather than resolving the internal inconsistency.