2025 House Bill 5194
Appropriations: supplemental; funding for food pantries; provide for.
A bill to make, supplement, adjust, and consolidate appropriations for various state departments and agencies, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; to provide for certain conditions on appropriations; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
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House Bills 5193 through 5195 appropriate a combined $625 million from Michigan’s general fund to sustain food assistance programs and bolster hunger relief efforts through continued DHHS benefits, community food pantry grants, and statewide emergency food aid administered by the Food Bank Council of Michigan.
Introduced in the House
Oct. 30, 2025
Introduced
by
Rep. Kimberly Edwards (D-12)
and 35 co-sponsors
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Peter Herzberg (D-25), Kara Hope (D-74), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Matt Longjohn (D-40), Natalie Price (D-6), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Mike McFall (D-14), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Noah Arbit (D-20), Stephen Wooden (D-81), Stephanie Young (D-16), Julie Brixie (D-73), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Jason Morgan (D-23), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Kelly Breen (D-21), Brenda Carter (D-53), Regina Weiss (D-5), Dylan Wegela (D-26), David Martin (R-68), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Helena Scott (D-8), Kristian Grant (D-82), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Veronica Paiz (D-10), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Reggie Miller (D-31), Julie Rogers (D-41), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7) and Betsy Coffia (D-103)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
