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
Key claim: Michigan SB 1085 would amend the Business Corporation Act to revoke the power of corporations to spend money in elections or on ballot issues.
Abstract
(SB1085 · 103rd Legislature) 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 Latest action (2026-07-03): Senate Co-sponsor(s) Named: Mallory Mcmorrow
Why this matters
SB 1085 is the Senate counterpart to HB 6218 and would strip Michigan business corporations of the statutory power to spend corporate treasury funds on candidate elections or ballot issues. For employers organized as corporations, this would restrict a currently available form of political expenditure and reshape corporate governance rules under the Business Corporation Act. The parallel House and Senate packages signal a coordinated legislative effort rather than a single-chamber trial balloon.