HB 4338 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Local government: other; sanctuary policy prohibition act; create. Creates new act.

HB 4338, the "Local Government Sanctuary Policy Prohibition Act," prohibits Michigan cities, townships, and their agencies from creating or enforcing policies that prevent local officials from sharing immigration status information with federal authorities. It requires local governments to comply with the law within 60 days and allows residents or the state attorney general to sue if a local policy violates it. If a court finds a violation, it can order the policy repealed, issue an injunction against enforcement, and award damages and attorney fees to the winning party. The law directly affects all local government entities and their employees who interact with federal immigration officials.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Apr 17, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025
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Substitute (H-1) As Passed by the House · 1 edit · May 1, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to a clean version ready for final passage, removing internal tracking numbers and page markers. The substantive policy text, including definitions of local government, prohibited actions, and enforcement procedures, remained unchanged.
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Removed internal legislative metadata, such as page numbers, version identifiers, and draft labels, to produce a clean final text.

Floor votes · House May 1, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 6, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #74 Yeas 58 Nays 48 Excused 0 Not Voting 4
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
substitute (H-1) adopted
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Committee
referred to second reading
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation without amendment
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Government Operations
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
introduced by Representative Rep. Cam Cavitt
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors

Sponsors