2025 Senate Bill 537

Corrections: prisoners; information on the pre-incarceration address of incarcerated individuals; provide to the independent citizens redistricting commission after the federal decennial census.

A bill to require the collection of certain residential and demographic information of incarcerated individuals and to require the information to be reported in a certain manner; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state officers and entities.

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Senate Bill No. 537 requires Michigan to collect and report pre-incarceration addresses and demographic data of incarcerated individuals for use in redistricting, aiming to improve representation accuracy without affecting funding allocations.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 11, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-2) and three co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Jeff Irwin (D-15), Paul Wojno (D-10) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics