Michigan House

Legislation to stop licensed mental health professionals from conducting conversion therapy with minors made it out of the Michigan House this week.

A controversial package of bills to change state rules around aggregate mining has been put on pause in a state house committee. Opponents to the legislation are hopeful that mounting resistance can either kill - or improve the proposal.

The Michigan House voted today to send an anti-discrimination bill protecting “traits historically associated with race” to the governor.

A bill introduced in the Michigan House would require copay assistance to count toward a patient's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum.

Bills to prevent further sex abuse, like that committed by former Michigan State University athletics Doctor Larry Nassar, passed the Michigan House today.

Some Michigan House lawmakers are responding to this winter’s widespread blackouts with a new task force.

Michigan legislation to ban guns from polling locations and ballot counting centers got a hearing today before a state House committee.

State lawmakers could face recall campaigns if they approve new legislation on guns.After last week’s fatal mass shooting at Michigan State University, Democrats in the State Senate introduced a package of gun legislation.

The state House held a special session Wednesday, February 15, to honor the students who were murdered or injured in Monday’s shooting at Michigan State University.“We failed you.” That phrase was used multiple times as Democrats told students who crowded into the House gallery that more should have and could have been done.Representative Brenda Carter said the purpose was not only to honor the victims and first responders but also to make a promise:

Tomorrow, Wednesday January 11, marks the opening of the new session of the state Legislature, with the Democrats running the show for the first time in nearly 40 years.It’s been almost four decades since Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate. And with another Democrat, Gretchen Whitmer, in the governor’s office, a lot of change could be in store.