Returning from a productive week at the 2026 Mackinac Policy Conference, the Michigan Legislature took action on 109 bills in committee. In addition to those bills, the Michigan House attempted to amend the Michigan Constitution to modify the university boards at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University, but the resolution failed to garner a two-thirds majority.
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Below is a recap of some of the bills that the Chamber was monitoring for the week of June 1, 2026.
- SB 301 was reported by the House Finance Committee, which creates a tax credit for paid leave for organ donation. The Chamber supports this bill.
- HB 5983 and HB 5984 create public, innovative programs that offer modified curricula tailored to each student’s unique needs, strengths, interests, and learning styles. The bills moved out of the House Education and Workforce committee, and the Chamber supports this package.
- SB 923–925 is a bipartisan package that establishes a community development tax credit through the Michigan Strategic Fund, capped at $200 million, seeking to revitalize vacant properties. The bills only took testimony, and the Chamber supports this package.
- HB 5932–5935 mandates strict timelines for state building and trade permit reviews: 7-day completeness checks and 10- to 15-business-day final decisions. Missed deadlines trigger full fee refunds, and denials require explicit statutory citations. The package also protects builders from “moving goalposts” by banning re-reviews or altered requirements during post-issuance modifications. The Chamber supports this package, which was reported out of committee on Thursday.
- HB 5936–5938 amends the state’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to accelerate environmental permitting by reducing the completeness review window to seven days. It imposes strict timelines on wetland and wastewater hearings and blocks EGLE from revisiting approved terms during subsequent modifications, shifting the burden to the agency to ensure regulatory predictability. There was testimony on these bills in committee, and the Chamber supports them.
- HB 5099 and HB 5100 modernize governance and secure the long-term financial solvency of regional convention facilities, specifically stabilizing Detroit’s Huntington Place. HB 5100 shifts the board’s voting structure from unanimous to a 4-out-of-5 supermajority, while HB 5099 extends operational deficit funding through FY 2030 and pushes the convention facility development tax sunset to December 31, 2059. The Chamber supports these bills and applauds their passage through committee.