Nonprofit Corporation Campaign & Ballot-Issue Spending Prohibition

Current understanding

HB 6217 (2026) would amend Michigan’s Nonprofit Corporation Act (1982 PA 162) by adding sec. 261a and amending secs. 261, 271, 821, 1012 & 1041 to revoke the power of nonprofit corporations to spend money in candidate elections or on ballot issues. It is tie-barred to HB 6216 (LLCs) and HB 6218, forming a package that extends campaign-spending restrictions across corporate forms. Status: introduced.

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 1087 (nonprofit spending prohibition), extending the same three-entity statutory approach in the Senate. (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 6217’s statutory nonprofit prohibition. (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 parallel election/ballot-issue spending revocation to business corporations under the Business Corporation Act, mirroring the nonprofit prohibition. (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: cross-connection with llc-campaign-spending: HB 6216 (LLCs) and HB 6217 (nonprofits) are tie-barred and move together as part of a package restricting entity-level campaign and ballot-issue spending. (novelty: 3)

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