Xiong Responds to Supreme Court Decision Ordering MI House Republicans to Deliver Nine Limbo Bills to Governor

 

LANSING, Mich., July 10, 2026 — The nine bills withheld by the Michigan speaker of the House were presented to and vetoed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer following a Michigan Supreme Court decision leaving in place a lower court ruling that the speaker has a constitutional duty to submit the bills. Among those bills is state Rep. Mai Xiong’s legislation to provide immediate relief to public employees and their families from high health insurance costs. While House Bill 6058 of 2024 has been unconstitutionally stalled by Michigan House Republicans for over a year, Xiong has advocated relentlessly alongside public employees for these much-needed benefits passed by both the House and the Senate to be delivered to the governor’s desk.

In response to the veto and the Supreme Court’s decision, Xiong issued the following statement:

“This decision should have been a huge win for the thousands of teachers, police officers and first responders across Michigan. I am disappointed to see that after a year and a half of Speaker Hall unconstitutionally withholding these bills, Michiganders will not see justice this time around. As the costs of healthcare continue to skyrocket, my legislation was a commonsense step to lower health insurance premiums for our state’s dedicated public employees, helping them and their families get the care they need. I will be working hard to help reintroduce this legislation next term, because I demand that the issues most important to Michiganders be met with decisive action.

“Despite this setback, thank you to my colleagues in the Senate for moving quickly to take action when Speaker Hall broke his constitutional obligation to deliver these bills. I am grateful to the justices on the Michigan Supreme Court and the judges on the Court of Appeals and Court of Claims for their continued commitment to upholding our state constitution and the integrity of our democratic processes. This lawsuit has cost Michigan taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is money that could have gone toward serving our residents. Michigan’s teachers, corrections officers, first responders and other dedicated public employees deserve better.”

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