Bill Text: MI HB6168 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 6168 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Legislature: other; public disclosure related to legislators' distribution of mailers; provide for. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-07 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/02/2022 [HB6168 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB6168-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 6168

June 02, 2022, Introduced by Rep. Steven Johnson and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

A bill to require the public disclosure of certain information related to bulk mailings sent by legislators; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "legislative bulk mailing disclosure act".

Sec. 3. (1) A legislator shall disclose to the legislature all of the following information for each bulk mailing that is sent in the legislator's official capacity:

(a) The cost of the bulk mailing.

(b) What political party membership information was used, if any, to determine the list of the bulk mailing's recipients.

(c) What voting history information of electors was used, if any, to determine the list of the bulk mailing's recipients.

(d) The zip codes within which the bulk mailing was sent.

(2) The legislature shall post the information disclosed to it under subsection (1) on a publicly available searchable database on the legislature's website.