SB 537 Michigan Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Corrections: prisoners; information on the pre-incarceration address of incarcerated individuals; provide to the independent citizens redistricting commission after the federal decennial census. Creates new act.

SB 537 requires Michigan's Department of Corrections to collect incarcerated individuals' pre-incarceration addresses (where they lived before prison) and basic demographic data (race, Hispanic/Latino origin, and age over 18) when they enter prison. After each federal census, the department must send this data to the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, along with geographic information about where the person was incarcerated. The commission may use this information when drawing new voting districts, but the data cannot be used for distributing state or federal funds. This bill directly affects incarcerated individuals in Michigan prisons and the redistricting process.
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Sep 2025
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Introduced Sep 11, 2025 Last action Sep 11, 2025
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Sep 11, 2025
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Sep 11, 2025
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SYLVIA SANTANA
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