HB 5979 — House Bill 5979 of 2026
MI 2025 session · introduced 2026-05-14
Sponsors (12)
- Matt Maddock (OTHER, MI-51) — sponsor
- Josh Schriver (OTHER, MI-66) — cosponsor
- Pat Outman (OTHER, MI-91) — cosponsor
- Brad Paquette (OTHER, MI-37) — cosponsor
- Brian BeGole (OTHER, MI-71) — cosponsor
- Kathy Schmaltz (OTHER, MI-46) — cosponsor
- Angela Rigas (OTHER, MI-79) — cosponsor
- Tom Kunse (OTHER, MI-100) — cosponsor
- Ken Borton (OTHER, MI-105) — cosponsor
- Douglas Wozniak (OTHER, MI-59) — cosponsor
- Joseph Pavlov (OTHER, MI-64) — cosponsor
- Jason Woolford (OTHER, MI-50) — cosponsor
Action timeline (4)
- · house — introduced by Representative Rep. Matt Maddock
- · house — read a first time
- · house — referred to Committee on Education and Workforce
- · house — bill electronically reproduced 05/14/2026
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Connected on the graph
1 typed relationship in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate Committee on Education | — | mi-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Maddock (OTHER, state_lower MI-51) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Angela Rigas (OTHER, state_lower MI-79) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brad Paquette (OTHER, state_lower MI-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Brian BeGole (OTHER, state_lower MI-71) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Douglas Wozniak (OTHER, state_lower MI-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jason Woolford (OTHER, state_lower MI-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Joseph Pavlov (OTHER, state_lower MI-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Josh Schriver (OTHER, state_lower MI-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Kathy Schmaltz (OTHER, state_lower MI-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Ken Borton (OTHER, state_lower MI-105) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pat Outman (OTHER, state_lower MI-91) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Tom Kunse (OTHER, state_lower MI-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-25 · was referred to Senate Committee on Education · mi-leg