House Bill | Sponsor | Why it impacts newspapers. |
| SB 715 |
VanWoerkom |
Amends part of the Drain Code regarding notice of review of apportionment of benefits. Maintains newspaper notice requirements. |
| SB 716 |
Jacobs |
Establishes a procedures to allow for demolition of certain seized properties and donation to charity. Maintains newspaper notice requirements. |
| SB 731 |
Allen |
Creates the Michigan quality community care council. The council would be subject to OMA and FOIA. |
| SB 750 |
Pappageorge |
Establishes a procedures to allow for demolition of certain seized properties and donation to charity. Maintains newspaper notice requirements. |
| SB 791 |
VanWoerkom |
Creates the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act" to allow for the recording of electronic documents by a county register of deeds. The commission dealing with this act would be subject to OMA/FOIA. Could pose a threat to newspaper publication eventually. |
| SB 796 |
Cassis |
Eliminates the confidentiality provision in the Michigan Film Productions Tax Credit. |
| SB 925 |
Thomas |
Establishes a "schools of excellence category in the public school academies law. Maintains current OMA/FOIA language. |
| SB 993 |
Brown |
Revises the procedures for redeeming property from estate tax lien foreclosure. Maintains current newspaper language. |
| SB 1013 |
Allen |
Creates a moose hunting season and advisory council. The council would be subject to OMA and FOIA |
| SB 1017 |
George |
Require transfer of tax reverted properties held by a local unit of government to revert to a redevelopment authority upon request.Newspaper notice is required. |
| SB 1031 |
Thomas |
Establish a regional transportation authority.The authority would be subject to OMA, FOIA and newspaper posting requirements. |
| SB 1050 |
Whitmer |
This would expand retention of child abuse records in certain cases in child fatality cases and other violations of the MCL to 50 years. The records would still be exempt from FOIA. |
| SB 1064 |
Scott |
Creates a Make Insurance Affordable and Accessible task force. The task force would be subject to OMA and FOIA |
| SB 1075 |
Bishop |
Provides for the reorganization of state departments.� Would require the departments post their finances online. |
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| HB 5190 |
Meadows |
Creates the Senior Medical Alert Program.� This program is similar to the Amber Alert program for children and would allow for law enforcement agencies to send information to all news outlets including� newspapers. |
| HB 5213 |
Donigan |
Establishes a procedures to allow for demolition of certain seized properties and donation to charity.� Maintains newspaper notice requirements. |
| HB 5214 |
Geiss |
Specifically require the public pension system boards to comply with FOIA. |
| HB 5244 |
Spade |
Require criminal history checks for day care aides and relative care providers.� Information from checks would be exempt from FOIA |
| HB 5346 |
Geiss |
Create the next Michigan development act.� Would be subject to OMA and FOIA. |
| HB 5257 |
Leland |
Revise the poverty tax exemption for property taxes.� Maintains current newspaper notice language. |
| HB 5261 |
Hansen |
Would revise second notice of forfeiture for delinquent property taxes.� Opportunity to change may to shall regarding treasurers notice. |
| HB 5264 |
Ball |
Would revise second notice of forfeiture for delinquent property taxes.� Opportunity to change may to shall regarding treasurers notice. |
| HB 5286 |
Knollenberg |
Establishes a procedures to allow for demolition of certain seized properties and donation to charity.� Maintains newspaper notice requirements. |
| HB 5347 |
Byrnes |
Expand eligibility for next Michigan Development areas.� Maintains current newspaper notice language. |
| HB 5374 |
Spade |
Would require the Dept of Human Services to publish a notice that they are issuing a child care license in a newspaper of record. |
| HB 5383 |
Gonzales |
Provide for low carbon fuel standards.� Requires information to be subject to OMA and FOIA. |
| HB 5465 |
Opsommer |
Prohibits certain meetings of Department of Management and Budget employees with lobbyists.� If the meetings do take place they need to be posted via OMA rules. |
| HB 5561 |
Miller |
Creates a school district modernization advisory commission. The commission would be subject to OMA and FOIA. |
| HB 5566 |
Jones |
Changes the definition of eligible activites for a Brownfield redevelopement area.� Required newspaper language remains the same. |
| HB 5703 |
Slavens |
Creates a central repositlory pertaining to the death of a child.� Exempts information from� FOIA. |
| HB 5704 |
Valentine |
Requires the sharing of information related to child deaths.� A report is to be issued to the Governor and to the Legislature.� This bill does not say if the report is subject to FOIA. |
| HB 5705 |
Scripps |
Allows access� for certain people to documents referencing the death of a child who was a ward of the state. Still exempt from FOIA.� |
| HB 5718 |
Sheltrown |
Permit levy of millage assessed for police and fire districts on a per-parcel basis or ad valorem basis.� Maintain's current newspaper language. |
| HB 5731 |
Johnson |
Establish a regional transportation authority.� The authority would be subject to OMA, FOIA and newspaper posting requirements. |
| HB 5724 |
Leland |
Revises the requirements for purchansing property at auction.� Maintains current newspaper notice. |
| HB 5776 |
Lindberg |
Permit establish single member county road commisison districts. Maintains current newspaper notice. |
