A resolution to hold Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the Department of State in civil contempt of the Michigan House of Representatives.
House Resolution 117 declares that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the Department of State are in violation of subpoenas issued by the House Oversight Committee. The resolution holds them in civil contempt of the Michigan House of Representatives for their failure to produce requested documents, specifically election training materials. It directs the House Office of Legal Counsel to initiate legal action to ensure compliance with these subpoenas.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 22, 2025
Last action May 22, 2025
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The resolution text was reformatted from a multi-page document with line numbers and research service headers into a clean single-page format. The substantive content of the resolution remains unchanged, including the legal basis, findings of contempt, and directives for legal action.
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Removed line numbers, page headers, and research service identifiers that were present in the introduced version but are not part of the actual resolution text.
Adjusted capitalization in the constitutional citation from 'ARTICLE IV' to 'ARTICLE iv' and 'MCL' to 'mcl' to match standard Michigan legislative formatting.
Changed quotation marks from straight quotes to curly quotes and adjusted spacing around punctuation for consistency with adopted resolution formatting.
Floor votes · House May 22, 2025
How they voted
59–47
Passed
Total votes 106
May 22, 2025
D
Democratic47
100% Nay
R
Republican59
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
0
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
adopted
lower
May 22, 2025
Introduced
introduced by Representative Rep. Jay DeBoyer
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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