2014 House Bill 5853

Authorize state poet laureate

Introduced in the House

Sept. 23, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D-18)

To authorize the appointment by the governor of a state poet laureate, who would serve at the pleasure of the governor (meaning the governor could withdraw the appointment at any time). The bill authorizes no compensation, but does allow government money to be used to reimburse the individual’s travel expenses. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Tlaib, Switalski, Yanez, Dianda, Irwin, Greimel, Kelly, Pscholka, Hovey-Wright, Zemke, Singh, Kandrevas and Rutledge.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations