All Roll Calls
Yes: 142 • No: 24
MichiganSB 05812025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Economic development: downtown development authorities; definition of downtown district; modify. Amends sec. 201 of 2018 PA 57 (MCL 125.4201). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5455'26Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0005'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Sponsored By: Kevin Hertel (Democratic)
Became Law
Economic development: downtown development authoritiesEconomic development: tax increment financing
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Cities can combine separate downtown areas
The law lets a municipality treat more than one separate area as one downtown district in three cases. It applies if the city makes an agreement with a qualified township. It also applies if a city surrounds another city that lies between the areas. It also applies if the municipality spans the mainland and islands with water between the areas. When these rules are met, the authority plans and finances the combined areas as one district.
Large-city catalyst projects can use school taxes
The law defines a catalyst development project in a city with more than 600,000 people. The project must be designated by the authority and expect at least $300 million in capital investment. Each authority can name only one catalyst project. In those large cities, state education tax and local or intermediate school district taxes levied on or after July 1, 2010, on the captured value count as tax increment revenue. The authority can use those dollars to buy land, do site work, and build the catalyst project, or to repay advances for those costs. This boosts project funding but shifts some school tax dollars in the development area to the project.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kevin Hertel
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/24/2026
ROLL CALL:
Yes: 22 • No: 9 • Other: 6
House vote • 3/19/2026
passed; given immediate effect
Yes: 98 • No: 2 • Other: 10
Senate vote • 3/11/2026
PASSED
Yes: 22 • No: 13 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
ASSIGNED PA 0005'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
4/14/2026SenateFILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 3/26/2026 11:37 AM
4/14/2026SenateAPPROVED BY GOVERNOR 3/26/2026 9:30 AM
4/14/2026SenatePRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 3/25/2026 1:36 PM
3/26/2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
3/24/2026SenateFULL TITLE AGREED TO
3/24/2026SenateGIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
3/24/2026SenateROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 47 YEAS 22 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 0
3/24/2026SenateHOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
3/24/2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
3/24/2026SenatePASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
3/24/2026Housereturned to Senate
3/19/2026Houseinserted full title
3/19/2026Housepassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #104 Yeas 98 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 10
3/19/2026Houseread a third time
3/19/2026Houseplaced on immediate passage
3/19/2026Houseplaced on third reading
3/19/2026Housesubstitute (H-1) adopted
3/19/2026Houseread a second time
3/19/2026Houseplaced on second reading
3/19/2026Housemotion to discharge committee approved
3/19/2026Houserule suspended
3/19/2026Housereferred to Committee on Economic Competitiveness
3/11/2026Houseread a first time
3/11/2026Housereceived on 03/11/2026
3/11/2026House
Bill Text
Public Act
3/26/2026
As Passed by the Senate
3/24/2026
Senate Concurred
3/24/2026
As Passed by the House
3/19/2026
Introduced
9/22/2025
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