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MI SB0694

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

10/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ed McBroom

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Origin

Senate

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Changes all references from "August primary" to "May primary" for filing deadlines related to judicial elections throughout the Revised Judicature Act of 1961

  • Maintains the existing deadline of the sixteenth Tuesday before the primary for county clerks to file resolutions approving new circuit, district, and probate judgeships with the state court administrator

  • Retains the thirteenth Tuesday deadline before the primary for probate judge position approvals

  • Takes effect January 1, 2027, contingent on the enactment of a companion bill (Senate Bill No. ____, request no. S02806'25)

  • Makes technical language updates throughout, such as replacing "shall" with "must" and "preceding" with "before," without changing substantive requirements

Legislative Description

Elections: scheduling; reference to August primary election in the revised judicature act of 1961; revise to May primary election. Amends secs. 550, 550a, 805, 8175 & 8176 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.550 et seq.).

Elections: judicial

Last Action

Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute (s-1)

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Elections And Ethics10/30/2025

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