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MI HB5413

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/18/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Posthumus

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Enters Michigan into the Corporate Welfare Prohibition Compact with other states to ban government subsidies to private enterprises intended to lure specific companies or industries to relocate or open new facilities

  • Prohibits state and local governments from providing selective economic benefits including direct grants, tax considerations, favorable bonding status, or special district status to specific businesses once the compact activates

  • Compact becomes binding when states representing a three-fifths majority in both chambers of Congress join; existing contractual subsidy obligations would be honored

  • Exempts general tax cuts, uniform regulatory relief, essential government functions, public infrastructure, and government procurement from the definition of prohibited "subsidies"

  • Allows any taxpaying resident of a party state to sue to enforce the compact; chief law enforcement officers in each party state are responsible for enforcement

Legislative Description

State: interstate compacts and agreements; corporate welfare prohibition compact; enact. Creates new act.

State: interstate compacts and agreements

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/18/2025

12/23/2025

Committee Referrals

Economic Competitiveness12/18/2025

Full Bill Text

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