HB 5498 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public employees and officers: state; designated job positions for state agencies that issue state permits; require. Creates new act.

HB 5498 requires Michigan state agencies that issue permits (including licenses, approvals, or registrations) to categorize permits by industry sector and assign dedicated employees to manage each category. It directly affects state agencies like those handling construction permits, environmental approvals, or business licenses. The bill mandates that each employee managing permits must focus exclusively on one industry category, preventing them from handling multiple types of permits. This aims to streamline permit processing by creating specialized staff roles for specific regulatory areas.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 5, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Passed by the House → Substitute (H-1) · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was completely replaced with a webpage listing from the Michigan Legislature website, removing the original legislative content. This change indicates that the document is no longer the bill itself but rather a reference to where the bill can be found in the official records.

Scope change

The scope of the document changed from a specific legislative bill (HB 5498) to a general webpage listing of all bills in the Michigan Legislature Rules Committee.

TECHNICAL

The original text of House Bill 5498, which required agencies to designate employees for permit management, was removed.

A full list of other bills currently in the Rules Committee was added, replacing the specific bill text.

Floor votes · House Jun 4, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

upper

Jun 10, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS

upper

Jun 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #185 Yeas 57 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

lower

Jun 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

substitute (H-1) adopted and amended

lower

May 21, 2026

Committee

referred to second reading

lower

May 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

lower

Apr 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

recommendation concurred in

lower

Apr 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules with substitute (H-1)

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

referred to Committee on Economic Competitiveness

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Ken Borton

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors