Bill Text: MI HB5796 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Counties: employees and officers; county-elected officials disclosing felony convictions; require. Amends 1846 RS 14 (MCL 45.318 - 45.324) by adding sec. 118a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5795'26
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-04-16 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/15/2026 [HB5796 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HB5796-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5796
A bill to amend 1846 RS 14, entitled
"Of county officers,"
(MCL 45.318 to 45.324) by adding section 118a.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 118a. (1) If an elected county officer is convicted of a felony, that county officer shall, not later than 3 business days after the date the county officer is convicted of a felony, update the affidavit that the county officer filed with the county clerk under section 558a of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.558a, to indicate that the county officer was convicted of a felony.
(2) As used in this section, "convicted of a felony" means a court has entered a judgment of conviction for a felony offense, regardless of whether sentencing has occurred or whether there is an appeal pending.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5795 (request no. H05454'25) of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.
