2023 Senate Bill 572 / Public Act 226

Elections: other; precinct size; modify.

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 section 658 (MCL 168.658), as amended by 2023 PA 88.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Allows for the consolidation of election precincts into a single precinct if there are no more than 4,999 active registered electors in the area, as determined by examining precinct registration records

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 10, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-7)

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 17, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 18, 2023

Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)

Received in the House

Oct. 18, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Elections

Oct. 24, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 1, 2023

Passed in the House 102 to 8 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 2, 2023

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Nov. 22, 2023