HR 318 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A resolution to declare May 2026 as Boating Safety Month in the state of Michigan.

This bill designates May 2026 as Boating Safety Month throughout Michigan to highlight the importance of safe recreational boating practices. The resolution encourages all residents and visitors to engage in responsible behaviors, such as wearing life jackets, checking weather conditions, and following navigation rules. It serves as a commemorative measure to raise awareness among the state's large boating community rather than implementing new laws or regulations.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2026

Committee Review

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced May 14, 2026 Last action May 14, 2026

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House Introduced Resolution → House Adopted Resolution · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add several new sponsors to the list of representatives who introduced it. The substantive text of the resolution, including the reasons for declaring May 2026 as Boating Safety Month and the call to action for safe boating, remains unchanged. The formatting was also adjusted to remove internal tracking codes.

TECHNICAL

Added names of additional representatives (Alexander, Breen, Bruck, Fox, McFall, Miller, Morgan, Rheingans, Rigas, Rogers, Skaggs, Witwer, and Xiong) to the list of sponsors.

Removed internal legislative tracking codes and page headers that were present in the original draft.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing to standardize the document layout.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

adopted

lower

May 14, 2026

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Alicia St. Germaine

lower

1 primary · 20 co-sponsors