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Votes at a glance: House adopts ceremonial resolutions, advances two school-code bills to third reading
Summary
On April 16, 2025, the Michigan House adopted a series of ceremonial resolutions recognizing cultural and awareness observances and advanced two bills amending the Revised School Code to third reading after adopting committee and floor substitutes. Several new bills were introduced and multiple committee reports were presented.
The Michigan House of Representatives adopted several resolutions and advanced multiple bills during its April 16, 2025 session.
Resolutions adopted (voice votes unless otherwise noted): - House Resolution 56 (Representative McFaul) — declared April 2025 Scottish American Heritage Month; adopted. - House Resolution 57 (Representative Mueller) — declared April 18, 2025, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Michigan; adopted. - House Resolution 58 (Representative Fitzgerald) — declared April 2025 Autism Awareness Month; adopted. - House Resolution 59 (Representative Myers Phillips) — declared the week in April 2025 Black Maternal Health Week; adopted. - House Resolution 60 (Representative Morgan) — declared April 2025 Community College Month; adopted. - House Resolution 61 (Representative Fox) — declared Holy Week (April 13–20, 2025) and extended best wishes to Christians; adopted. - House Resolution 62 (Representative Frisbie) — declared April 2025 County Government Month; adopted. - House Resolution 63 (Representative Johnson; remarks also by Representative Regas) — declared April 2025 Child Abuse Prevention Month; adopted.
Education bills advanced to third reading after substitute adoption: - House Bill 4156 (Representative Green) — committee recommended substitute H-2; the House adopted substitute H-2 by voice vote, a floor substitute H-3 (offered by Representative Deborah) was offered and adopted, and the bill was advanced to third reading. - House Bill 4159 (Representative Linting) — committee recommended substitute H-1; the House adopted substitute H-1 by voice vote and advanced the bill to third reading.
Other procedural and committee actions recorded in the transcript included multiple committee reports recommending bills be placed on second-reading order and numerous bills introduced and referred to committees on first reading (examples listed in the transcript include House Bills 4313–4332, 4325–4332, and appropriation and whistleblower-related measures). The transcript also records the clerk announcing receipt of Senate bills 111–114 and appointments to the Michigan Law Revision Commission.
No final Senate action on the advanced bills was recorded in the House transcript. Where the transcript records only referrals or committee recommendations, the actions are procedural and were recorded as referred to the listed committees.
Provenance: The transcript records each resolution’s reading and adoption and the committee and floor substitute adoptions for the two education bills.
