HR 44 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Robert G. Bender, former member of the House of Representatives.

This is a commemorative resolution honoring Robert G. "Bob" Bender, a former Michigan House of Representatives member (1983-1994). The resolution formally expresses the House's tribute to Bender's memory, recognizing his service to Barry and Ionia counties, his military career (Navy Captain), agricultural background, and post-legislative volunteer work with the Peace Corps and From Houses to Homes. It was introduced and unanimously adopted by the House on March 18, 2025, as a symbolic memorial for his contributions. The resolution has no policy impact - it serves solely as a formal tribute to a deceased legislator.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025

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House Introduced Resolution → House Adopted Resolution · 2 edits

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The resolution was reformatted from a multi-line document with line numbers to a clean, continuous text format. The substantive content and meaning of the tribute resolution remained unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments and the removal of internal document tracking codes.

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Removed line numbers and internal document tracking codes from the original draft version

Reformatted text from multi-line layout to continuous paragraph structure for final adoption

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

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Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

adopted by unanimous standing vote

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

introduced by the Speaker on behalf of the entire membership

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors