2025 Senate Bill 527 / 2026 Public Act 101

Courts: funding; allocation of certain fees and distributions from the juror compensation reimbursement fund; modify.

An act to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 151d and 321 (MCL 600.151d and 600.321), section 151d as amended by 2020 PA 378 and section 321 as amended by 2012 PA 617.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Senate Bills 527–528 of 2025 modernize Michigan’s foreclosure laws by updating notice requirements to include provisions for online sales, enhancing public notification, and adding conflict-of-interest safeguards, and by allowing online foreclosure auctions and revising notification rules for sale adjournments, with both bills contingent on the passage of related legislation.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 4, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

Referred to the Committee on Local Government

July 2, 2026

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

July 3, 2026

Amendment offered by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

1. Amend page 4, line 15, by removing enacting section 1 and inserting:

“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 528.

(b) House Bill No. 4007.

(c) House Bill No. 4283.”.

The amendment was withdrawn

Passed in the Senate 23 to 13 (details)

Received in the House

July 3, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Aug. 25, 2026

Discharged from committee

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Sept. 9, 2026

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 21, 2026