2025 Senate Bill 1

Civil rights: public records; applicability of the freedom of information act to the legislature and governor's office; provide for.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled “Freedom of information act,” by amending section 2 (MCL 15.232), as amended by 2018 PA 68.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Senate Bills 1 and 2 are a reintroduction of a package of bills designed to modernize our state's transparency in government laws and make both the Legislature and the Governor's office subject to the Freedom of Information Act. This bill package passed the Senate but did not get a vote in the House before the legislative term concluded in December 2024.

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 8, 2025

Introduced by Sens. Jeremy Moss (D-7) and Ed McBroom (R-38)

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Jan. 23, 2025

Reported without amendment