HR 277 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A resolution to declare April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month in the state of Michigan.

This bill designates April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month in Michigan to honor the community's contributions to the state. It recognizes the nearly 400,000 Arab Americans living in Michigan, who have been part of the state since the late 1800s and have made significant impacts in areas like business, medicine, and industry. The resolution encourages residents to participate in events celebrating Arab American culture and achievements. This measure is a symbolic gesture that does not alter laws or require funding.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 15, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026

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House Introduced Resolution → House Adopted Resolution · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include the full list of sponsoring representatives and reorganized the text to follow a standard legislative format. The substantive content regarding the declaration of April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month and the reasons for the declaration remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The list of sponsoring representatives was expanded to include Farhat, Byrnes, Breen, Glanville, Kelly, MacDonell, Miller, Paiz, Rheingans, Skaggs, Weiss, Xiong, and Young, replacing the original mention of only Farhat and Byrnes.

The text was restructured to remove internal markup artifacts and line numbers, resulting in a cleaner, standard legislative format.

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

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Committee

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

adopted

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Alabas Farhat

lower

1 primary · 12 co-sponsors