103rd MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE · 2025–26 REGULAR SESSION

After the Gavel: Michigan

Republicans hold 58 of 110 House seats, while Democrats hold 20 of 38 Senate seats in the 103rd Legislature, giving Michigan split legislative control.

After the Gavel analyzed 13 bills from Michigan's 103rd Legislature from the 2025-2026 Regular Session, organized into 9 posts. Some are grouped by theme because a single bill rarely tells the whole story and related bills, read together, usually do.

Every post links to the enrolled text or enacted law it draws from. Every claim here traces to the legislation or a named outside source.

HB4396
Michigan Opened Juvenile Diversion Records to Researchers. The Fine Print Decides How Private They Stay.

Juvenile diversion handles a minor's case through a supervised program instead of the formal court process. Public Act 71 lets researchers request those confidential records while protecting what a child says during screening from later use in court.

1 Bill
HB4518
Michigan Expanded Amber Alerts Beyond Abductions. The Standard Must Stay Sharp.

The Rowan Act requires Amber Alert policies to cover missing children believed to be in imminent danger, including children with special needs, after a preliminary police investigation.

1 Bill
SB0052
Michigan Gave Port Authorities Wall Street Tools and Let Them Certify Their Own Necessity.

Public Act 77 lets port authorities add complex financial contracts to their borrowing, including agreements that exchange fixed and changing interest payments. The authority's own finding that a deal is necessary becomes conclusive.

1 Bill
SB0966
Michigan Created a Housing Tax Credit With No Cost-Per-Unit Measurement and No End Date.

Public Act 23 starts Michigan's housing tax credit at $42 million a year, increases the cap with inflation, and requires neither public cost-per-unit reporting nor a sunset.

1 Bill
SB0008
Michigan Saved the Tip Credit and Put the Minimum Wage on an Automatic Escalator.

Public Act 1 raises Michigan's minimum wage to $15 by 2027 and increases it with inflation after that. It also preserves the tip credit a court-restored schedule would have eliminated.

1 Bill
HB5092
Michigan Ended Cub-Petting Contact and Tightened Who Can Breed Large Carnivores.

Public Act 34 limits large-carnivore breeding to established federal license holders, prohibits direct public contact, and restricts sales to other qualifying operators.

1 Bill
SB0158 · HB4262
Michigan Banned Ticket Bots. One Purchase Can Now Trigger Hundreds of Fines.

Public Acts 49 and 50 prohibit software that jumps ticket limits and give the Attorney General civil enforcement authority, with fines calculated ticket by ticket.

2 Bills, One Package
SB0018 · HB4750
Michigan Put Foster Children’s Benefits Back Where They Belong.

Public Acts 51 and 52 stop the state from using a foster child’s benefits to reimburse itself for care and require the money to be tracked, protected, and released for the child.

2 Bills, One Package
SB0578 · HB4180 · HB4182
Michigan Redirected Fuel Taxes to Roads. Some of the Money Still Goes Somewhere Else.

Three laws remove sales and use taxes from motor fuel and create a new road-funding formula with money for bridges, local streets, public transit, and a discretionary state mobility fund.

3 Bills, One Package

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