2025 Senate Bill 474

Civil procedure: evidence; challenge to statute for failure to follow constitutional procedure; allow consideration of extrinsic evidence.

A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending section 2113 (MCL 600.2113) and by adding section 2113a.

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Senate Bill No. 474 amends Michigan's Revised Judicature Act to establish a presumption of procedural compliance for enacted statutes, clarify evidentiary standards in legal challenges, and require courts to apply severability when procedural errors are found.

Introduced in the Senate

July 1, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety