Bill > HB4234

This bill amends the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to: 1. Allow employers, including public bodies, to establish payroll deduction plans for employees to contribute to political action committees (PACs), as long as the employees affirmatively consent to the deductions and can revoke that consent. 2. Clarify the definitions of "contribution" and "expenditure" under the Act, including exemptions for certain activities like nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts. 3. Permit corporations, labor organizations, and other entities to make independent expenditures advocating for or against candidates or ballot questions, as long as they do not solicit or receive over $500 in contributions for that purpose. 4. Provide guidelines for how connected organizations (e.g. corporations, labor unions) can establish and administer separate segregated funds (i.e. PACs) to collect and disburse political contributions. 5. Restrict the use of public resources by government bodies to make political contributions or expenditures, with some exceptions like the expression of views by public officials and the production of factual information. Overall, the bill aims to expand the ability of employers and organizations to facilitate political contributions through payroll deductions and separate segregated funds, while maintaining certain restrictions on the use of public resources for political purposes.

Government Affairs, Labor and Employment

http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2023-HB-4234