All Higher Education Legislation
As of 1/28/26
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SJR D of 2025 | Senate Joint Resolution | Higher education: governing boards; open meetings for university boards; require. Adds sec. 4 to art. VIII of the state constitution. Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| HJR H of 2025 | House Joint Resolution | Higher education: other; use of school aid funds for the operations of public universities; prohibit. Amends sec. 4, art. VIII & sec. 11, art. IX of the state constitution. Last Action: joint resolution electronically reproduced 03/20/2025 |
| SB 0073 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Liquor: licenses; license to serve alcohol at Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center Complex; allow. Amends sec. 513 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1513). Last Action: referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform |
| SB 0197 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: tuition; Michigan tuition grant program; modify. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 7a of 1966 PA 313 (MCL 390.991 et seq.). Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS |
| SB 0232 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant recipient act; modify. Amends secs. 11, 15 & 21 of 2020 PA 68 (MCL 390.1711 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0233’25 Last Action: referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| SB 0233 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: financial aid; eligibility for Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1701). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0232’25 Last Action: referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| SB 0368 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Education: other; definition of qualified higher education expenses under Michigan education savings program; expand to include certain K-12 tuition expenses. Amends sec. 2 of 2000 PA 161 (MCL 390.1472). Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
| SB 0382 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan achievement scholarship; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 383’25 Last Action: referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| SB 0383 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan achievement skills scholarship; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 382’25 Last Action: referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| SB 0425 of 2025 | Senate Bill | Higher education: community colleges; remission of new jobs credit from withholding to community college districts; clarify application to professional employer organizations. Amends secs. 161 & 163 of 1966 PA 331 (MCL 389.161 & 389.163). TIE BAR WITH: SB 426’25 Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS |
| SB 0542 of 2025 (PA 38 of 2025) |
Senate Bill | Military affairs: other; tuition assistance for Michigan National Guard members; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2014 PA 259 (MCL 32.433 & 32.434). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0540’25, HB 4962’25 Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0038’25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT |
| HB 4024 of 2025 | House Bill | Civil rights: privacy; restriction of student access to certain restrooms and changing areas based on biological sex; provide for. Creates new act. Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| HB 4036 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: education programs; authorization and distance education reciprocal exchange act; remove sunset. Repeals sec. 7 of 2015 PA 45 (MCL 390.1697). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 01/29/2025 |
| HB 4065 of 2025 (PA 41 of 2025) |
House Bill | Liquor: licenses; license to serve alcohol at certain college venues; allow. Amends sec. 513 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1513). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4595’25 Last Action: assigned PA 41’25 |
| HB 4123 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 7 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1703 & 390.1707). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 02/25/2025 |
| HB 4125 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: education programs; nuclear and hydrogen education grant program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127’25, HB 4129’25, HB 4126’25, HB 4128’25, HB 4124’25 Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
| HB 4126 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: education programs; fund for nuclear and hydrogen education grant program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127’25, HB 4129’25, HB 4125’25, HB 4128’25, HB 4124’25 Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
| HB 4129 of 2025 | House Bill | Labor: employment incentives; employment incentives nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127’25, HB 4125’25, HB 4126’25, HB 4128’25, HB 4124’25 Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
| HB 4239 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: other; foreign influence of state institutions of higher education; prohibit. Creates new act. Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| HB 4282 of 2025 (PA 40 of 2025) |
House Bill | Liquor: licenses; license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises of certain locations; modify. Amends sec. 513 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1513). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4595’25 Last Action: assigned PA 40’25 |
| HB 4300 of 2025 | House Bill | Crimes: animals; appointment of a pro bono lawyer or law student to act as an animal advocate in animal cruelty and welfare cases; allow. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 – 750.568) by adding sec. 50d. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 03/25/2025 |
| HB 4370 of 2025 | House Bill | Individual income tax: credit; credit for sales and use tax paid for textbooks purchased by eligible students; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 – 206.847) by adding sec. 281. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2025 |
| HB 4377 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant recipient act; modify. Amends secs. 11, 15 & 21 of 2020 PA 68 (MCL 390.1711 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4378’25 Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2025 |
| HB 4378 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; eligibility for Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1701). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4377’25 Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2025 |
| HB 4520 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: other; program to designate certain college and university campuses as hunger-free campuses; create. Creates new act. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 05/22/2025 |
| HB 4521 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: tuition; Michigan tuition grant program; modify. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 7a of 1966 PA 313 (MCL 390.991 et seq.). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 05/22/2025 |
| HB 4595 of 2025 (PA 39 of 2025) |
House Bill | Liquor: licenses; issuance of specially designated merchant license or specially designated distributor license; allow for certain locations. Amends sec. 533 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1533). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4282’25 Last Action: assigned PA 39’25 |
| HB 4643 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: other; requirements regarding compensation of college athletes; modify. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10 of 2020 PA 366 (MCL 390.1731 et seq.); adds secs. 7a, 8a, 12 & 13 & repeals secs. 9 & 11 of 2020 PA 366 (MCL 390.1739 & 390.1741). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 06/12/2025 |
| HB 4725 of 2025 | House Bill | Labor: collective bargaining; collective bargaining rights for student athletes; provide for. Amends sec. 1 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 07/01/2025 |
| HB 4747 of 2025 | House Bill | Individual income tax: deductions; deduction for contributions made to any 529 education savings plan; provide for. Amends sec. 30 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30). Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| HB 4794 of 2025 | House Bill | Elections: school; requirement for community college board of trustee members to file an acceptance of office; eliminate. Amends secs. 156 & 157 of 1966 PA 331 (MCL 389.156 & 389.157). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4793’25 Last Action: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
| HB 4849 of 2025 | House Bill | Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create. Creates new act. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/09/2025 |
| HB 4954 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; eligible recipients of the police officer’s and fire fighter’s survivor tuition grant; expand to include medical examiners and medical examiner investigators. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3 & 4 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1241 et seq.). Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/16/2025 |
| HB 4955 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan achievement scholarship; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4956’25 Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/16/2025 |
| HB 4956 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: financial aid; Michigan achievement skills scholarship; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4955’25 Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/16/2025 |
| HB 4958 of 2025 | House Bill | Military affairs: other; tuition assistance for national guard members; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2014 PA 259 (MCL 32.433 & 32.434). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4953’25 Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/16/2025 |
| HB 5088 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: other; use of school aid funds for community colleges and higher education expenses; limit. Creates appropriation act. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 09/26/2025 |
| HB 5242 of 2025 | House Bill | Higher education: other; use of diversity, equity, and inclusion in accreditation decisions; prohibit. Creates new act. Last Action: bill electronically reproduced 11/06/2025 |