State Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren) swears into the 103rd Legislature in the Michigan Capitol Building on Dec. 23, 2024, in Lansing.
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 10, 2025 — Speaker of the House Matt Hall (R-Richland) stated yesterday that he will not formally present nine remaining bills from the 2023-24 legislative term to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, pending legal review. Among these bills is House Bill 6058, sponsored by state Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren), which will amend the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act to provide much-needed relief from rising health care costs. This policy will make public service careers more accessible and sustainable for hardworking Michiganders. In response to Hall’s announcement, Xiong issued the following statement:
“House Bill 6058 passed both the House and the Senate in December. There is a constitutional process in place for how a bill becomes law and we must respect it. I take this legislative process very seriously. Our office has fielded hundreds of phone calls from public employees demonstrating how crucial this legislation is to the hardworking people of our state. This legislation impacts every single public service employee in Michigan — teachers, police officers, firefighters, state and municipal employees.
“We have every confidence that this bill will reach Governor Whitmer’s desk regardless of whether Speaker Hall takes issue with the substance of the legislation or not.”
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