MichiganSB 01002025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Campaign finance: statements and reports; definition of gift; modify. Amends secs. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 & 15 of 2023 PA 282 (MCL 169.303 et seq.) & adds sec. 6.Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0004'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Sponsored By: Edward W. McBroom (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Campaign finance: statements and reports

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Bill Overview

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Candidates can email required financial reports

Covered filers can email required statements and reports to Michigan’s Secretary of State instead of using the electronic filing system. The law also accepts emailed reports covering January 1 through December 31, 2023. This adds a filing option without changing what filers must report.

Candidates must disclose household financial ties

Covered candidates must disclose financial information, giving voters access to their income sources, assets, debts, and potential conflicts. Reports list employers paying at least $1,000 during the reporting period, positions held, and unearned income sources above $200. Unearned income disclosures include source origins and addresses; inheritances and family gifts are excluded. Reports also identify marital status, the spouse’s name, and whether the spouse was a registered lobbyist. A spouse’s occupation and employers must be listed when the spouse earns at least $1,000 during the reporting period. Investment assets, securities, and real property worth at least $1,000 must be reported, along with debts above $10,000. Certain consumer and federal debts are excluded, and a property’s street number can be omitted. Asset and securities thresholds adjust every four years using Detroit-area inflation, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Widely held investment funds are excluded when neither the candidate nor spouse controls or can control their financial interests. Candidates must also report organizational roles and agreements about future employment, leave, former-employer payments, or continued benefits, subject to listed exclusions. State-vendor disclosures apply when candidates or spouses are registered vendors, majority owners of registered vendors, or vendor employees. Reports identify the company and state contracts entered into during the reporting period; vendor employees also disclose contracts they worked on. Candidates must sign and certify that reports are complete and accurate and that assets were not moved to avoid disclosure.

Who must file candidate financial reports

Michigan’s disclosure rules cover candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state representative, and state senator. Candidates must be subject to campaign-finance law, intend to appear on the ballot, and have committee receipts or spending above $1,000 per election cycle. Candidates already required to file public-officer financial disclosures are exempt from this separate filing. Covered candidates must file by May 15 in election years. Convention candidates who file their committee organization statement after May 15 must report within 15 days of that filing. Reports covering January 1 through December 31, 2024, were due June 13, 2025. Late fees are $25 per business day after the first 10 business days, capped at $1,000. Knowingly filing an incomplete or inaccurate report carries a civil fine up to $2,000. Every four years, fees and fines are adjusted for inflation using the national Consumer Price Index instead of Detroit’s index.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Edward W. McBroom

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Jeremy Moss

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Singh

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 175 • No: 4

House vote • 5/13/2025

passed; given immediate effect

Yes: 105 • No: 1 • Other: 4

Senate vote • 5/13/2025

ROLL CALL:

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/24/2025

PASSED

Yes: 33 • No: 3 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. ASSIGNED PA 0004'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    5/15/2025Senate
  2. FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 5/14/2025 2:52 PM

    5/15/2025Senate
  3. APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 5/14/2025 2:04 PM

    5/15/2025Senate
  4. PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 5/14/2025 12:12 PM

    5/15/2025Senate
  5. ORDERED ENROLLED

    5/13/2025Senate
  6. TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO

    5/13/2025Senate
  7. GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    5/13/2025Senate
  8. ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 120 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0

    5/13/2025Senate
  9. HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN

    5/13/2025Senate
  10. RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

    5/13/2025Senate
  11. HOUSE AMENDED TITLE

    5/13/2025Senate
  12. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    5/13/2025House
  13. returned to Senate

    5/13/2025House
  14. title amended

    5/13/2025House
  15. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #99 Yeas 105 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 4

    5/13/2025House
  16. read a third time

    5/13/2025House
  17. placed on immediate passage

    5/13/2025House
  18. placed on third reading

    5/13/2025House
  19. substitute (H-1) adopted

    5/13/2025House
  20. read a second time

    5/13/2025House
  21. placed on second reading

    5/13/2025House
  22. motion to discharge committee approved

    5/13/2025House
  23. rule suspended

    5/13/2025House
  24. referred to Committee on Government Operations

    4/24/2025House
  25. read a first time

    4/24/2025House

Bill Text

  • Public Act

    5/14/2025

  • As Passed by the House

    5/13/2025

  • As Passed by the Senate

    5/13/2025

  • Senate Concurred

    5/13/2025

  • Introduced

    2/26/2025

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