MichiganSB 01002025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

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)

Became Law

Campaign finance: statements and reports

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Bill Overview

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5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.

Late fees and fines for candidates

If your report is still unfiled after 10 business days, you pay $25 per business day, up to $1,000. Late fees are adjusted for inflation every 4 years. After the Secretary of State notifies you, you have 9 business days to fix errors or file a missing report. Knowingly filing a false or incomplete report can bring a civil fine up to $2,000. Unpaid fees or fines over 180 days go to the Department of Treasury for collection.

What candidates must disclose on forms

The form asks for your basic info and whether you file as a candidate or officer. It requires your and your spouse’s employers that paid $1,000 or more and whether your spouse was a lobbyist. List unearned income sources over $200, like unemployment, pensions, annuities, or dividends; inheritance and family gifts are not included. List real property and securities worth over $1,000, with limited exemptions for widely held funds; you may omit street numbers. Report debts over $10,000, but revolving debt, unsecured bank or federal debt, and business debts do not count. Asset and security thresholds are adjusted for inflation every 4 years.

Online filing and public access rules

The Department of State posts the current disclosure form online at least 30 days before it is due; for the June 13, 2025 filing, the form is online by May 31, 2025. The Secretary of State runs an online system and accepts filings by email; email filings from 2023 are treated as accepted. Filed reports are posted online within 5 business days. The office notifies filers of errors or missed filings within 9 business days after the deadline. Reports are kept for 15 years; violation records are kept 15 years after the finding.

How complaints and investigations work

Anyone can file a signed, certified complaint with the Secretary of State. The office sends notice within 5 business days and allows responses and rebuttals on set timelines. Within 45 business days after accepting a complaint, the office posts whether there may be reason to believe a violation occurred. It can enter conciliation agreements, or after 90 business days start a formal hearing. There is no private right to sue outside this process. Final decisions can be reviewed in court, and the Attorney General handles cases involving the Secretary or the Secretary’s spouse.

State candidates: who files and deadlines

You must file if you run for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, state representative, or state senator, your committee raised or spent over $1,000, and you plan to be on the ballot. Reports cover the prior calendar year. File by May 15 in each election year, or within 15 days if you file after May 15 to seek a party convention nomination. For Jan 1–Dec 31, 2024, the report is due June 13, 2025. If you were not elected, you stop filing in later years unless you run again. If you already report under the Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act, you are exempt here.

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

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

    5/13/2025Senate
  11. HOUSE AMENDED TITLE

    5/13/2025House
  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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