2015-2016 Session	House Committee on Elections
Friday, December 30, 2016

Bill/Resolution	Sponsor	Subject	Meetings	Status
HB 4029 referred 1/15/2015	Darany	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4030 referred 1/15/2015	Darany	Occupations; lobbyists; lobbyist political contributions; prohibit delivery to certain state facilities.
HB 4053 referred 1/22/2015	Poleski	Elections; offenses; penalties for promising, providing, or accepting valuable consideration to run or not to run for political office; provide for.
HB 4068 referred 1/27/2015	Yanez	Elections; precinct boundaries; consolidated precincts; allow during certain statewide elections.
HB 4131 referred 2/3/2015	Irwin	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4179 referred 2/11/2015	Darany	Elections; voters; identification requirement for voters who register by mail; allow individuals to present identification to any county, city, or township clerk office before an election.
HB 4180 referred 2/11/2015	Darany	Elections; precinct delegates; filing deadline for write-in candidates for precinct delegate; modify.
HB 4181 referred 2/11/2015	Darany	Elections; election officials; precinct inspectors tallying precinct delegate ballots separately; change from mandatory to permissive.
HB 4184 referred 2/11/2015	Plawecki	Campaign finance; statements and reports; period when disclosure is required for issue ads; change.
HB 4214 referred 2/17/2015	Lyons	Elections; absent voters; delivery of absent voter ballots to electors before an election; revise time.
HB 4270 referred 3/4/2015	Jacobsen	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4271 referred 3/4/2015	Lyons	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4272 referred 3/4/2015	Lauwers	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4273 referred 3/4/2015	Heise	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4274 referred 3/4/2015	Kesto	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4275 referred 3/4/2015	Leutheuser	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4276 referred 3/4/2015	Lyons	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4288 referred 3/4/2015	Sarah Roberts	Elections; registration; electronic submission of voter registration application on secretary of state's website; allow.
HB 4296 referred 3/5/2015	Kesto	Elections; scheduling; election of county executive in an optional unified form of county government; modify election schedule to the gubernatorial election years.
HB 4307 referred 3/5/2015	Schor	Elections; registration; removal of references to repealed section 509e in the Michigan election law; provide for.
HB 4310 referred 3/5/2015	Gamrat	Elections; other; electoral votes; require to be chosen from each congressional district.
HB 4350 referred 3/17/2015	Guerra	Public employees and officers; ethics; financial disclosure report; require certain candidates for elective office and state and local officials to file.
HB 4380 referred 3/24/2015	Courser	Elections; voting procedures; straight ticket voting; eliminate.
HB 4385 referred 3/24/2015	Jacobsen	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 4589 referred 5/13/2015 re-referred on 9/17/2015	Neeley	Elections; election officials; modifying the nominating petition filing deadline for candidates for city offices; authorize under certain circumstances.
HB 4596 referred 5/13/2015	Lyons	Campaign finance; statements and reports; requirement for filing statement of a committee of an incumbent judge or justice elected or appointed; provide waiver.
HB 4597 referred 5/13/2015	Lyons	Campaign finance; statements and reports; reporting and disclosure of certain candidates' expenditures; modify.
HB 4623 referred 5/19/2015	Lane	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4624 referred 5/19/2015	Lane	Elections; other; use of filing fee for county offices and for office of state senator or representative; modify.
HB 4724 referred 6/16/2015	Lyons	Elections; absent voters; definition of absent voter; expand to include an elector who applies in person at the clerk's office and who presents photo identification and expand the 100-foot rule to a clerk's office during the 45 days before an election.
HB 4759 referred 6/18/2015	Forlini	Campaign finance; statements and reports; period when disclosure is required for issue ads; change.
HB 4779 referred 7/14/2015	Moss	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; allow first-time voters to utilize.
HB 4799 referred 8/18/2015	Pagan	Elections; registration; preregistration to vote at age 16; provide for.
HB 4800 referred 8/18/2015	Moss	Legislature; apportionment; citizens redistricting commission; create.
HB 4801 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Campaign finance; statements and reports; February quarterly reports; eliminate, and require annual reports.
HB 4802 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; other; centralized registry to report election errors; create.
HB 4803 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; polling places; electioneering on real property that contains a polling place; clarify.
HB 4804 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; registration; notarized voter registration application qualifying as in-person voter registration; provide for.
HB 4805 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; polling places; public notification related to signing an affidavit for voters without a valid photo identification card; require.
HB 4806 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; polling places; provision regarding certain prohibited conduct within 100 feet of a polling place; clarify.
HB 4807 referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Elections; voters; valid forms of voter identification; expand to include concealed pistol license.
HB 4815 referred 8/18/2015	Wittenberg	Housing; landlord and tenants; voter registration information for tenants; require owner to provide upon occupancy.
HB 4816 referred 8/18/2015	Wittenberg	Elections; registration; deadline for registering to vote; revise to 10 days before date of election.
HB 4904 referred 9/22/2015	McBroom	Elections; other; date of the statewide presidential primary election as a regular election date; provide for, clarify filing deadlines for candidates for local office and for all local ballot questions, and require the board of state canvassers to canvass certain elections involving regional transit authorities.
HB 4927 referred 10/1/2015	Miller, D.	Elections; registration; automatic voter registration when receiving driver license or identification card; provide for.
HB 4928 referred 10/1/2015	Plawecki	Traffic control; driver license; declaration of United States citizenship on operator's or chauffeur's license application; require for automatic voter registration.
HB 4929 referred 10/1/2015	Chirkun	State; identification cards; declaration of United States citizenship on personal identification card application; require for automatic voter registration.
HB 4989 referred 10/14/2015	McBroom	Education; board members; state board of education; require members to be selected by each political party from regions.
HB 5067 referred 11/10/2015	Hoadley	Campaign finance; other; late filing fees; prohibit using committee funds to pay.
HB 5068 referred 11/10/2015	Guerra	Campaign finance; campaign practices; monthly campaign finance reporting for candidate committees; require.
HB 5117 referred 12/3/2015	Singh	Elections; scheduling; election date for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state senate; modify.
HB 5153 referred 12/15/2015	Lucido	Education; school districts; day on which a public school is used as a polling place; require that school is not in session for pupils on that day.
HB 5173 referred 12/17/2015	Pagan	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; allow first-time voter to utilize if voter registered to vote by mail and submits identification with his or her absent voter ballot.
HB 5219 referred 1/14/2016	Lyons	Campaign finance; public funding; provision related to use of public funds for certain advertisement campaigns; modify.
HB 5221 referred 1/20/2016	Schor	Campaign finance; public funding; prohibition on the use of public funds for certain communication referencing local ballot questions; remove.
HB 5249 referred 1/26/2016	Hughes	Campaign finance; public funding; prohibition on the use of public funds for certain communications referencing local ballot questions; modify.
HB 5290 referred 2/2/2016	Lucido	Property tax; millage; explanatory statement in ballot for a proposed millage with a duration exceeding 5 years; require.
HB 5407 referred 3/1/2016	Lyons	Legislature; legislators; term of removal or resignation from the office of state senator or representative; provide for.
HB 5430 referred 3/8/2016	Singh	Elections; polling places; an elector taking a photograph of himself or herself in a polling place or taking a photograph of his or her election ballot in a polling booth or voting compartment; allow, and allow an absent voter to take a photograph of his or her election ballot.
HB 5487 referred 3/17/2016	Webber	Campaign finance; violations; fines for certain violations of campaign finance act; modify.
HB 5540 referred 4/12/2016	Lucido	Traffic control; driver license; resident address on driver license different from residence address; allow.
HB 5541 referred 4/12/2016	Lucido	Elections; registration; residence address on driver license different from residence address on qualified voter file; permit.
HB 5632 referred 5/4/2016	Howrylak	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; amount of contributions independent committees are allowed to make to candidate committees; reduce.
HB 5637 referred 5/10/2016	Lucido	State; identification cards; address appearing on state identification card different from residence address; allow.
HB 5663 referred 5/17/2016	Glenn	Campaign finance; campaign practices; compliance with do-not-call list; require of certain entities.
HB 5696 referred 5/25/2016	Irwin	Elections; petitions; process for counting duplicate petition signatures; provide for, and eliminate penalties.
HB 5700 referred 5/26/2016	Lyons	Elections; recall; board of county election commissioners to determine if reasons in recall petition against a county officer are factual and of sufficient clarity; provide for, and modify time to notify an officer whose recall is sought of the recall petition.
HB 5703 referred 5/26/2016	Howrylak	Elections; recall; provision related to recalled candidate as the nominee of the party; remove, and eliminate recall primary election.
HB 5709 referred 5/31/2016	Yanez	Elections; ballots; order of candidates and proposals on the ballot; revise.
HB 5716 referred 6/2/2016	Pagan	Elections; voting procedures; 2-minute time limit for voting; remove.
HB 5723 referred 6/7/2016	Vaupel	Elections; ballots; requirement of political party vignettes being printed on election ballots; remove.
HB 5724 referred 6/7/2016	Canfield	Elections; ballots; reference to party vignette in the Michigan campaign finance act; remove.
HB 5744 referred 6/8/2016	Nesbitt	Elections; scheduling; May regular election and August regular election; eliminate and replace with March regular election and June regular election.
HB 5745 referred 6/8/2016	Nesbitt	Elections; scheduling; reference to May election date in the revised school code; revise to March election date.
HB 5746 referred 6/8/2016	Nesbitt	Elections; scheduling; reference to August primary election in 1851 PA 156; revise to June primary election.
HB 5747 referred 6/8/2016	Nesbitt	Elections; scheduling; reference to August primary election in the revised judicature act of 1961; revise to June primary election.
HB 5799 referred 8/3/2016	Lucido	Elections; candidates; affidavit of identity for a candidate; provide checkbox option for nonpublished residence address.
HB 5810 referred 9/7/2016	Lucido	Elections; primary; nomination of candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state board of education, university boards, and supreme court justice at primary elections; provide for.
HB 5812 referred 9/7/2016	Howrylak	Elections; other; appropriation for voting equipment to implement the elimination of straight-party ticket voting; remove.
HB 5871 referred 9/13/2016	Hoadley	Elections; voting procedures; straight ticket voting; restore.
HB 5875 referred 9/14/2016	Hoadley	Elections; registration; confidential voter registration; allow for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
HB 5943 referred 9/22/2016	McBroom	Elections; local; nonpartisan county and township elections; allow under certain circumstances.
HB 5944 referred 9/22/2016	McBroom	Counties; charter; nonpartisan election of county officers; allow under certain circumstances.
HB 5945 referred 9/22/2016	McBroom	Elections; local; nonpartisan county commissioner elections; allow under certain circumstances.
HB 5959 referred 10/19/2016	Moss	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; contributions to elected officials prior to election year; prohibit.
HB 6066 referred 11/29/2016	Lyons	Elections; voting procedures; photo identification for voting purposes; define, and modify provisional ballot process.
HB 6067 referred 11/29/2016	Lyons	Records; birth; fee waiver for search and issuance of certified copy of a live birth record or official statement indicating that the record cannot be located; provide for under certain circumstances.
HB 6068 referred 11/29/2016	Lyons	State; identification cards; fee waiver and procedure for issuance of state identification card as valid identification for voting purposes; modify under certain circumstances.
HB 6091 referred 12/1/2016	Brinks	Elections; offenses; provision relating to penalty of perjury; expand to include a person who assists another person in committing perjury.
HB 6092 referred 12/1/2016	Brinks	Elections; offenses; penalty imposed for perjury; increase.
HB 6093 referred 12/1/2016	Brinks	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; candidates changing political party affiliation; require to return campaign contributions including interest to contributor.
HB 6094 referred 12/1/2016	Brinks	Elections; candidates; candidates changing political party affiliation before filing deadline; permit political party to select a replacement candidate under certain circumstances.
HB 6095 referred 12/1/2016	Driskell	Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify.
HB 6096 referred 12/1/2016	Driskell	Elections; candidates; filing of nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, affidavit of candidacy, or affidavit of identity; require certain candidates to appear in person and present proper picture identification.
HB 6097 referred 12/1/2016	Lyons	Elections; recounts; recount fee; increase to 100% of estimated cost of recount if vote differentials are more than a specific percentage.
SB 13 referred 12/1/2015	Knollenberg	Elections; voting procedures; straight-ticket voting; eliminate, and provide certain appropriations.
SB 44 referred 2/12/2015	Robertson	Elections; primary; presidential primary election date; revise.
SB 45 referred 2/12/2015	Robertson	Elections; primary; presidential primary election date; revise.
SB 110 referred 11/10/2015	Robertson	Elections; scheduling; election of county executive in an optional unified form of county government; modify election schedule to the gubernatorial election years.
SB 329 referred 5/19/2015	Ananich	Elections; election officials; modifying the nominating petition filing deadline for candidates for city offices; authorize under certain circumstances and add certain election accountability provisions.
SB 571 referred 11/4/2015	Kowall	Campaign finance; other; amendments to the Michigan campaign finance act; provide for.
SB 638 referred 12/9/2015	Robertson	Campaign finance; other; general amendments to the Michigan campaign finance act; provide for.
SB 776 referred 3/10/2016	Robertson	Elections; petitions; petition signature rebuttable presumption; eliminate.
HJR C referred 1/15/2015	Farrington	Legislature; legislators; term limits; revise.
HJR S referred 6/11/2015	Vaupel	Courts; judges; age limit for election of or appointment to a judicial office; increase to 75 years of age.
HJR V referred 6/18/2015	McBroom	Legislature; legislators; term limits; repeal.
HJR W referred 6/18/2015	McBroom	Legislature; legislators; term limits; revise to combination of 16 years' total legislative service.
HJR X referred 6/18/2015	McBroom	Legislature; legislators; term limits; revise to allow a member to serve nonconcurrent terms.
HJR AA referred 8/18/2015	Hoadley	Legislature; apportionment; independent citizens redistricting commission; create.
HJR DD referred 9/22/2015	Aaron Miller	Legislature; legislators; minimum age for state senators, state representatives, governor, and lieutenant governor; revise.
HJR EE referred 12/3/2015	Singh	Elections; scheduling; election date for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state senate; modify.
HJR HH referred 4/28/2016	Kelly	Constitutional amendments; state; state board of education, superintendent of public instruction, and state board for public community and junior colleges; eliminate, and provide for a governor-appointed department director.
HJR OO referred 7/13/2016	Forlini	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; Article V convention to propose an amendment to restrict independent political spending; petition Congress for.
HJR PP referred 7/13/2016	Driskell	Elections; voters; bill of rights for voters; establish.
HJR QQ referred 9/7/2016	Lucido	Elections; primary; nomination process for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state board of education, university boards, and justices of the supreme court; modify.
HJR TT referred 10/19/2016	Barrett	Legislature; other; constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of congress; petition congress to call a convention.
HJR UU referred 11/29/2016	Muxlow	Legislature; legislators; term limits; revise to combination of 14 years' total legislative service.
HJR VV referred 12/1/2016	Driskell	Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify.
HJR WW referred 12/13/2016	Lauren Plawecki	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; petition Congress to propose amendments to Constitution to reverse Citizens United; provide for.