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MI HB5128

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Steve Carra

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes gold and silver coins issued by the United States as legal tender in Michigan, along with other gold or silver coins or bullion if authorized by federal law or court judgment

  • Explicitly excludes central bank digital currency from the definition of specie legal tender and declares it is not legal tender in Michigan

  • Allows any person to keep and use specie legal tender, but prohibits compelling anyone to tender or accept it unless expressly provided by contract

  • Prohibits governmental entities from seizing legally owned specie legal tender, restricting its acquisition or use, or infringing on the right to keep and use it

  • Bars government entities from enacting or enforcing laws that discriminate against or favor one form of legal tender over another in transactions

Legislative Description

State finance: other; specie legal tender act; enact. Create new act.

Trade: other

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/23/2025

10/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance10/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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