HB 4044 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

State: symbol; wood duck; designate as the official state duck. Creates new act.

HB 4044 designates the wood duck (*Aix sponsa*) as Michigan's official state duck. This symbolic bill establishes a state symbol without changing laws, policies, or affecting any specific group or community. It simply adds the wood duck to Michigan's list of official state emblems, following standard procedural naming practices for state symbols.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Apr 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Passed by the Senate → House Concurred Bill · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a Senate version to a House-concurred version, primarily involving the removal of sponsor names, committee references, and page headers while standardizing the text. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, as the bill still designates the wood duck as Michigan's official state duck.

TECHNICAL

Removed the list of bill sponsors and the committee referral information.

Removed the 'Final Page' header and internal tracking codes.

Standardized the capitalization of 'THE PEOPLE' to 'the people' and adjusted line breaks for the final version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026 · House Jun 11, 2025

How they voted

32–4

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 38

Mar 25, 2026

D Democratic19

17 Yea 1 Nay 1

89% Yea

R Republican19

15 Yea 3 Nay 1

78% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

filed with Secretary of State 03/26/2026 03:45 PM

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Signed into law

approved by the Governor 03/26/2026 02:20 PM

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

returned from Senate without amendment

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 31 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)

upper

Aug 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED

upper

Jun 12, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

upper

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #144 Yeas 92 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 1

lower

May 8, 2025

Committee

referred to second reading

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation without amendment

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

referred to Committee on Government Operations

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Alabas Farhat

lower

1 primary · 17 co-sponsors