With artificial intelligence and deepfakes becoming commonplace on the internet, bills inspired by Taylor Swift and her recent issues with fake, sexual imagery would criminalize the sharing of sexually explicit AI-generated images.
Under current law, Department of Natural Resource officers can search for an individual's property without permission from the landowner. One Republican lawmaker is seeking to protect privacy rights by subjecting DNR officers to the same standards as other law enforcement.
The House will return to policy discussions next week after abstaining from committee meetings in favor of moving the budget.
With its voting majority back in place, House Democrats on Thursday sent legislation requiring the State Court Administrative Office to analyze trial court costs and propose changes to the current funding mechanism to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Legislation to create an oversight board on prescription drug affordability quickly moved through the Senate last October, but the House has sat on it ever since, leaving it unclear if the legislation is still a priority to the Democrats.
House races across the state are starting to take shape with the window for candidate filing closed as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Committee hearings on legislation to increase Michigan's transparency laws began on Thursday, with many lawmakers and elected officials saying they're onboard with the legislation, but they'd like to see it go farther.
Legislation to extend the current funding system for local trial courts made it through the House under the wire ahead of the current law's May 1 sunset.
A series of bills out of both chambers of the Legislature to prohibit housing discrimination based on a person's source of income was hotly debated by a House panel on Wednesday.
Following a closely watched special election, the two empty House seats have been filled, restoring Democrats to their 56-54, two-person majority.