HB 4774 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

State management: purchasing; architectural services, engineering services, and land surveying services for state contracts; modify policies and procedures for the selection of. Amends sec. 237b of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1237b).

HB 4774 amends Michigan's procurement rules for state contracts involving architects, engineers, and land surveyors. It requires state agencies to use a competitive, qualifications-based selection process - evaluating firms on expertise, experience, and past performance - rather than lowest-cost bidding for these services. The bill mandates publishing project details, ranking qualified firms, and negotiating contracts with the top-ranked firm, with limited waivers allowed for emergencies or projects under $250,000. This directly affects state agencies and qualified professional firms when procuring these services for public projects.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2026

House Passage

Dec 2025

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

Governor

Introduced Aug 20, 2025 Last action Jan 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

House Introduced Bill → As Passed by the House · 5 edits · Dec 18, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Michigan's competitive selection process for state architectural, engineering, and surveying services. It clarifies requirements for publishing project notices, evaluating qualified firms, and ranking them based on qualifications. The changes also update the threshold for emergency or small-project exemptions from the competitive process.

Scope change

The bill applies to all state agencies procuring architectural, engineering, or land surveying services, with no change in overall scope.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that agencies must publish a notice requesting statements of interest and qualifications from firms before selecting them for projects.

Clarified that agencies must evaluate and rank qualified firms based on specific criteria including qualifications, personnel ability, past record, and other relevant factors.

Added requirement that agencies must enter contract negotiations with the highest-ranked qualified firm and continue with lower-ranked firms if negotiations fail.

Updated the exemption threshold for small projects from the competitive selection process to $250,000 or less.

TECHNICAL

Corrected grammatical errors and formatting inconsistencies in the original bill text, including fixing 'shall must' to 'shall' and removing duplicate text.

Floor votes · House Dec 18, 2025

How they voted

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

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Committee

Jan 14, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

upper

Dec 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #369 Yeas 98 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 9

lower

Oct 16, 2025

Committee

referred to second reading

lower

Oct 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation without amendment

lower

Aug 20, 2025

Committee

referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform

lower

Aug 20, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Parker Fairbairn

lower

1 primary · 13 co-sponsors