HB 5315 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public employees and officers: state; discretion of the attorney general to intervene in certain matters; modify. Amends sec. 28 of 1846 RS 12 (MCL 14.28).

HB 5315 amends Michigan law to clarify when the Attorney General must intervene in court cases involving the state. It changes Section 28 of the Revised Statutes to require the Attorney General to intervene in state court cases when specifically requested by the Governor or either legislative chamber, rather than having discretion. This directly affects the Attorney General's office and state entities involved in civil or criminal cases where the state has an interest. The bill modifies existing procedure by making intervention mandatory upon request, streamlining the process for state representation in court. (Procedural bill; summary concise per guidelines.)
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
House Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Governor
Introduced Dec 2, 2025 Last action Jan 29, 2026
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House Introduced Bill As Passed by the House · 3 edits · Jan 21, 2026
MINOR
This bill amends Michigan's attorney general section to clarify the creation and role of a solicitor general position. The changes standardize the text formatting and correct several grammatical errors and redundancies in the original draft, making the legislative language clearer and more professional.
TECHNICAL

Corrected multiple grammatical errors and redundant phrases such as 'in which the this state shall be is interested' to 'in which the this state shall be interested' and 'has charge of such the causes' to 'has charge of such causes'.

Fixed inconsistent capitalization and spacing throughout the text, including standardizing 'attorney general' and 'solicitor general' terminology.

Added proper line breaks and paragraph structure to improve readability of the enacted text.

Floor votes · House Jan 21, 2026

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
3
Committee
4
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #18 Yeas 56 Nays 49 Excused 0 Not Voting 5
lower
Dec 17, 2025
Committee
referred to second reading
lower
Dec 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation without amendment
lower
Dec 2, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Dec 2, 2025
Introduced
introduced by Representative Rep. Jay DeBoyer
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors

Sponsors