Michigan State Voting Rights Act

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To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-05-13 — Elections: voting procedures; voter access and assistance provisions; provide for. Amends secs. 726, 736 & 751 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.726 et seq.); adds secs. 653c, 653d, 653e, 726a & 753a & repeals sec. 579 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.579). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5969’26, HB 5971’26: HB 5972 (House companion to SB 0964) introduced to amend MCL 168.726, 168.736, 168.751 and add secs. 653c, 653d, 653e, 726a & 753a while repealing MCL 168.579; tie-barred with HB 5969 (House SVRA) and HB 5971, mirroring the Senate package. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-13 — Elections: voters; state voting rights act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5970’26, HB 5971’26, HB 5972’26: HB5969 (House companion to SB0961) would create the Michigan State Voting Rights Act, tie-barred to HB5970, HB5971, and HB5972 — a mirror package moving in the House alongside the Senate version. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Elections: voting procedures; voter access and assistance provisions; provide for. Amends secs. 726, 736 & 751 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.726 et seq.); adds secs. 653c, 653d, 653e, 726a & 753a & repeals sec. 579 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.579). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26: cross-connection with early-absentee-voting: SB0964’s voter access and assistance amendments are tie-barred to SB0961’s Michigan State Voting Rights Act, linking procedural voting-law changes to the broader statutory rights framework. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Elections: voters; language assistance for elections act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0962’26: SB0963 (passed one chamber) would create a new Language Assistance for Elections Act, tie-barred with SB0961 (Michigan State Voting Rights Act) and SB0962, reinforcing that the voting-rights package moves as a linked set. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Elections: other; voting and elections database and institute act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26: cross-connection with voting-elections-database-institute: SB0962 (database/institute) is tie-barred with SB0961 (Michigan State Voting Rights Act) as part of a linked election-reform package that must pass together to take effect. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Elections: voters; state voting rights act; create. Creates new act & repeals 1969 PA 161 (MCL 691.1031). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0962’26, SB 0963’26, SB 0964’26: SB0961 (passed one chamber) would create a new Michigan State Voting Rights Act and repeal 1969 PA 161 (MCL 691.1031), tie-barred to SB0962’26, SB0963’26, and SB0964’26 in the 103rd Legislature. (novelty: 4)

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