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
98% Yea
R
Republican53
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephanie Young
DDemocratic
Co
AA
Abraham Aiyash
DDemocratic
Co
Alabas Farhat
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Coffia
DDemocratic
Co
Brenda Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Glanville
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Rheingans
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Neeley
DDemocratic
Co
Donavan McKinney
DDemocratic
Co
Dylan Wegela
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Dievendorf
DDemocratic
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