Skip to main content
The Full Record
Menu
Michigan HouseHB 5879

An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and certain private utilities and other services affected with a public interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy…

Passed 57–44Party-line

What it does: Requires electric and gas utilities to report to the Public Service Commission their savings from personal property tax exemptions, requires the commission to cut residential rates by that amount, and bars a general rate case filing for two years afterward. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Third reading and passage

Read the official record ↗

The tally

Yes 57 · No 44 · Not voting 9

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats1438
Republicans5611

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes. 2 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (110)

Yes 57

No 44

Not voting 9

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.