2023 Senate Bill 374 / Public Act 267

Elections: other; precinct size; modify, and require candidates for office to file financial disclosure report before assuming office.

An act to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending sections 658 and 661 (MCL 168.658 and 168.661), as amended by 2023 PA 88, and by adding section 847a.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 374 would amend the Michigan Election Law to change the maximum number of electors allowed in a precinct from 5,000 to 4,999 and to require candidates for certain state offices to file financial disclosure reports before taking office.

Introduced in the Senate

June 6, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-7) and six co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Sean McCann (D-19), Erika Geiss (D-1), Sue Shink (D-14) and Winnie Brinks (D-29)

Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 14, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 32 to 6 (details)

Received in the House

June 14, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Elections

Sept. 19, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

Sept. 28, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Oct. 4, 2023

Passed in the House 100 to 8 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 5, 2023

Nov. 2, 2023

Returned to the House

Received in the House

Nov. 9, 2023

Motion to reconsider by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)

Received in the Senate

Nov. 9, 2023

Substitute H-2 concurred in 30 to 8 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 1, 2023