Legislative · State · MI
Michigan Bill Proposes Office of American Freedmen Affairs
- Direction
- +1 — benefit to freedmen
- Force
- 0.10 — introduced or referred
- Status
- Developing
- Date
- 2026-06-18
Why this rating
The bill proposes creating a state office specifically for 'American Freedmen affairs,' which if enacted with funding and defined authority could have lineage-specific effects. However, the bill is only at the introduction/committee-referral stage with no vote, no appropriation, and no enacted force of law yet. The provided material does not describe the office's actual powers, funding, or eligibility mechanisms, so any effect on freedmen specifically is speculative at this stage and cannot be signed positive or negative.
Summary
Michigan HB6112, introduced by Rep. Brenda Carter on June 18, 2026, would create a new act establishing an 'Office of American Freedmen Affairs' as a state agency. The bill was read a first time and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations the same day; it was electronically reproduced on June 23, 2026.
The bill has 26 listed sponsors, all Democratic members of the Michigan House of Representatives. The source material provided is limited to LegiScan bill-tracking metadata — title, description, sponsor list, and procedural history — and does not include the substantive text of the bill describing the office's proposed powers, duties, funding, staffing, or eligibility criteria.
As of the latest recorded action, the bill remains in committee and has not been voted on by either chamber.
Sources
- State agencies (proposed): other; office of American Freedmen affairs; establish. Creates new act. — bill text · primary · legiscan
Corrections
- 2026-07-20 — Direction corrected 0 -> +1 (establishes an Office of American Freedmen Affairs; lineage-specific by name). Force set to 0.10: introduced, not yet enacted.
Rated under the published impact rubric. Direction records what a measure would do if fully effective; force records how far it has actually travelled. Neither is inferred — both trace to the sources above. Think something here is wrong? Tell us and we will log the correction.