2025 Senate Bill 517

Education: school districts; requirements for borrowing money and issuing bonds; modify.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending section 1351a (MCL 380.1351a), as amended by 2016 PA 192.

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House Bill No. 4818 and Senate Bill No. 517 expands the allowable uses of school district bond funds in Michigan to include a wider array of technology and security-related expenditures, while updating definitions and exclusions to better support modern educational infrastructure needs.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 3, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-13) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Jeremy Moss (D-7), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11) and Stephanie Chang (D-3)

Referred to the Committee on Education

June 2, 2026

Reported without amendment

June 3, 2026

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 23, 2026

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

June 24, 2026

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

Received in the House

June 24, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce