2025 House Bill 4995
Housing: landlord and tenants; prohibition of the use of prospective tenants' credit scores as a sole deciding factor for lease eligibility and allowance for landlords to accept reusable screening reports; provide for.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 348, entitled “An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental units; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties,” by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 554.601), the title and section 1 as amended by 2024 PA 179, and by adding sections 1e, 1f, 1g, and 1h.
Official record
Introduced in the House
Sept. 18, 2025
Introduced
by
Rep. Brenda Carter (D-53)
and 15 co-sponsors
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Jason Morgan (D-23), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Natalie Price (D-6), Regina Weiss (D-5), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Stephanie Young (D-16), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Kara Hope (D-74), Helena Scott (D-8), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Stephen Wooden (D-81) and Matt Longjohn (D-40)
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
