Administrative procedure: rules; process for promulgating rules; modify. Amends secs. 39 & 45 of 1969 PA 306 (MCL 24.239 & 24.245) & adds secs. 47a & 67c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5818’26
Key claim: HB5817 amends Michigan’s Administrative Procedures Act to modify the process for promulgating administrative rules and adds new procedural sections.
Abstract
(HB5817 · 103rd Legislature) Administrative procedure: rules; process for promulgating rules; modify. Amends secs. 39 & 45 of 1969 PA 306 (MCL 24.239 & 24.245) & adds secs. 47a & 67c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5818’26 Latest action (2026-06-11): Referred To Committee On Government Operations
Why this matters
Michigan’s Administrative Procedures Act governs how every regulatory agency writes the rules that bind employers, licensees, taxpayers, and workers — so procedural changes to rulemaking ripple through labor standards, occupational licensing, and business compliance costs. HB5817’s modifications to secs. 39 & 45 and its new secs. 47a & 67c, tie-barred to HB5818, appear alongside parallel APA changes on judicial review and hearing standards, signaling a legislative effort to reshape executive-branch rule authority. The practical impact on regulated parties depends on how the new procedural steps constrain or extend agency rulemaking timelines and public input.