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Whitmer Vetoes Democrats' Long-Litigated Nine Bills After High Court Order
The justices left intact an order requiring presentment of nine bills that could have raised employer health care costs by millions, labor advocates said.
- On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court denied an appeal from House Republicans, leaving in place a lower court order requiring House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, to present nine stalled bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for consideration.
- Bills passed during Democratic-controlled Legislature control in late 2024 but stalled after Republicans took the House in January 2025, when Hall refused to transmit them, prompting Senate Democrats to sue in February 2025 over the presentment duty.
- The nine measures would increase public employers' health care contributions from an 80% maximum to 80% minimum, allow corrections officers to join the Michigan State Police retirement system, and permit Wayne County voters to fund Detroit history museums through a millage.
- Hours after the court decision, Whitmer vetoed all nine bills Friday, stating retroactive implementation would "impose an insurmountable administrative burden on the state and all Michiganders affected," and characterizing the outcome as "political gamesmanship at its worst."
- Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, celebrated the ruling as a "clear victory" for the rule of law, while Rep. Will Snyder, D-Muskegon, criticized Whitmer's veto as "a tragic result for Michigan's democracy.
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Michigan AdvanceMichigan Supreme Court declines to take up case on 9 bills in limbo, withheld from the governor
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday morning that it would not decide the fate of nine bills left in limbo from the 2023-24 session. In an unsigned order issued Friday, the court’s Democratic-nominated majority ruled that it was not persuaded…
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