2026 House Bill 5482 / Public Act 95

State agencies (existing): generally; plans to correct audit recommendations; require notification to the legislature if the executive branch fails to prepare.

An act to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled “An act to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of management and budget; to define the authority and functions of its director and its organizational entities; to authorize the department to issue directives; to provide for the capital outlay program; to provide for the leasing, planning, constructing, maintaining, altering, renovating, demolishing, conveying of lands and facilities; to provide for centralized administrative services such as purchasing, payroll, record retention, data processing, and publishing and for access to certain services; to provide for a system of internal accounting and administrative control for certain principal departments; to provide for an internal auditor in certain principal departments; to provide for certain powers and duties of certain state officers and agencies; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the powers, duties, and laws relative to budgeting, accounting, and the regulating of appropriations; to provide for the implementation of certain constitutional provisions; to create funds and accounts; to make appropriations; to prescribe remedies and penalties; to rescind certain executive reorganization orders; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 242 (MCL 18.1242), as amended by 2012 PA 430.

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House Bill No. 5482 amends Michigan’s Management and Budget Act to strengthen audit and incident response procedures for state agencies by imposing stricter deadlines, expanding oversight notifications, and enhancing accountability without introducing new funding provisions.

Introduced in the House

Jan. 27, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Luke Meerman (R-89) and three co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jason Woolford (R-50), Doug Wozniak (R-59) and Steve Frisbie (R-44)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

July 2, 2026

Discharged from committee

Substitute H-1 offered by Rep. Luke Meerman (R-89)

The substitute passed by voice vote

July 3, 2026

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

July 29, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Sept. 9, 2026

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 24 to 10 (details)

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