Several bills recently passed by the Legislature—and previously reported in Township Insights—impacting local government were signed by the governor:
- Public Act 21—Appropriations for FY 2026-27 state budget and supplemental appropriations for FY 2025-2026
- PAs 23, 30 and 31—Creates housing opportunity tax credit program to encourage development of qualified housing projects
- PAs 28 and 29—Amends the state building code to allow certain multiple-family dwellings to have a single interior exit stairway if specified conditions are met
- PA 32—Creates a new act to generally prohibit large institutional investors from purchasing or entering into a contract to directly or indirectly purchase a single-family home in Michigan
- PAs 34 and 35—Modifies and extends the Commercial Redevelopment Act and the Commercial Rehabilitation Act (see related story below)
- PA 36—Amends the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act to make changes to the state’s transformational brownfield plan program
- PAs 55 and 56—Amends the Michigan Amber Alert Act to require the activation of the Amber Alert plan for a report of a missing child, or a missing child with special needs
- PAs 57 and 58—Requires local units of government to provide at least 26 days of paid military leave for full-time firefighters and full-time law enforcement
- Public Act 59—Requires the Department of State Police to establish and maintain a missing senior or vulnerable adult medical alert system plan