Elections: other; voting and elections database and institute act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26
Key claim: Michigan SB0962 would create a new Voting and Elections Database and Institute Act, tied to companion bills SB0961 and SB0963, establishing new election data infrastructure.
Abstract
(SB0962 · 103rd Legislature) Elections: other; voting and elections database and institute act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26 Latest action (2026-06-16): Referred To Committee On Election Integrity
Why this matters
A statutory voting and elections database plus a supporting institute would create durable state-level infrastructure for collecting, standardizing, and analyzing election data — a change in the mechanics of how Michigan measures and reports on its own elections. Because SB0962 is tie-barred to the State Voting Rights Act (SB0961) and SB0963, its fate is procedurally linked to that broader package, and the data it would generate could underpin enforcement or challenges under the SVRA. What voters and clerks experience depends on whether the institute is administrative, academic, or regulatory in character, which the bill text will define.