HB 5839 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Holidays: other; Lunar New Year; designate as a holiday. Creates new act.

HB 5839 designates the Lunar New Year as a state holiday in Michigan. The bill defines the holiday based on the Chinese calendar and recognizes it as a celebration for people of Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, and other East or Southeast Asian origins. This legislation creates a new act to formally acknowledge the date as a holiday within the state.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

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Governor

Introduced Apr 21, 2026 Last action Apr 22, 2026

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Apr 21, 2026

Committee

referred to Committee on Government Operations

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Apr 21, 2026

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Mai Xiong

lower

1 primary · 29 co-sponsors

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State

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Carol Glanville

Carrie Rheingans

Donavan McKinney

Emily Dievendorf