LLC Campaign & Ballot-Issue Spending Prohibition

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To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-02 — Businesses: business corporations; power of corporations to spend in elections or ballot issues; revoke. Amends sec. 261, 271, 821, 1012 & 1041 of 1972 PA 284 (MCL 450.1261 et seq.) & adds sec. 261a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1086’26, SB 1087’26: cross-connection with business-corporation-campaign-spending: SB 1085 is tie-barred to SB 1086 (LLC spending prohibition), reinforcing the parallel Senate track alongside the HB 6216/6217/6218 House package. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Businesses: other; power of entities to spend in elections or ballot issues; revoke. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 55 to art. IV.: HJRZ introduced proposing a constitutional amendment (Art. IV § 55) revoking entity election/ballot-issue spending power, providing a constitutional counterpart to HB 6216’s statutory LLC prohibition. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Individual income tax: credit; tax incentive for contributions made to certain ballot and candidate committees; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 281.: 2026-07-03 — HB6219 (sequentially numbered with the HB6216–6218 corporate spending revocation package) introduced to create an individual income tax credit for contributions to ballot and candidate committees, pairing a demand-side incentive with the supply-side entity restrictions. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Businesses: business corporations; power of corporations to spend in elections or ballot issues; revoke. Amends secs. 261, 271, 821, 1012 & 1041 of 1972 PA 284 (MCL 450.1261 et. seq.) & adds sec. 261a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6216’26, HB 6217’26: HB 6218’26 (companion, tie-barred) introduced to apply the same election/ballot-issue spending revocation to business corporations under 1972 PA 284, completing the three-entity package (LLC/nonprofit/business corp). (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Businesses: nonprofit corporations; power of nonprofit corporations to spend in elections or ballot issues; revoke. Amends secs. 261, 271, 821, 1012 & 1041 of 1982 PA 162 (MCL 450.2261 et. seq.) by adding sec. 261a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6216’26, HB 6218’26: HB 6217’26 (companion, tie-barred) introduced to apply the same election/ballot-issue spending revocation to nonprofit corporations under 1982 PA 162, indicating a coordinated multi-entity package. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Businesses: limited liability companies; power of limited liability companies to spend in elections or ballot issues; revoke. Amends secs. 105, 210, 211 & 1008 of 1993 PA 23 (MCL 450.4105 et. seq.) & adds sec. 210a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6217’26, HB 6218’26: HB 6216 introduced in the 103rd Legislature (2026 session) to amend secs. 105, 210, 211 & 1008 of the LLC Act (1993 PA 23) and add sec. 210a, revoking the authority of LLCs to spend money in elections or on ballot issues; tie-barred to HB 6217’26 and HB 6218’26. (novelty: 3)

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