HB 4427 Michigan House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Civil rights: public records; limited access to public records; provide for incarcerated individuals. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3 & 5 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 et seq.).

This bill amends Michigan's Freedom of Information Act to explicitly exclude incarcerated individuals from the definition of a "person" entitled to request public records. By removing people serving sentences in state, local, or federal correctional facilities from the law's coverage, the legislation limits their ability to access government information under this act. The text also updates definitions for terms like cybersecurity incidents and public bodies, but its primary change is restricting FOIA rights to those currently imprisoned.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 19, 2023 Last action Jun 13, 2024
Floor votes · House Jun 12, 2024

How they voted

56–53
Passed
Total votes 109
Jun 12, 2024
D Democratic56
55 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
R Republican53
1 Yea 52 Nay
98% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 13, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
upper
Jun 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 166 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1
lower
Jun 12, 2024
Introduced
amended
lower
Jun 11, 2024
Introduced
amended
lower
Jun 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
substitute (H-5) adopted
lower
May 14, 2024
Committee
referred to second reading
lower
May 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-5)
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Committee
referred to Committee on Criminal Justice
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Introduced
introduced by Representative Stephanie A. Young
lower
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors

Sponsors