# HB 5968 (2025-2026)

HB 5968 is a bill of the [Michigan Legislature, 2025-2026 session](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bc60-73bb-9516-9801ecfde4d6), in committee as of 2026-05-13; sponsored by [Jennifer Wortz](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcad-71fa-9334-8b872b05e2af) and 15 others.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d569-fe86-7315-ac84-c4fa3b90dfeb>

Within: [Michigan Legislature, 2025-2026 session](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bc60-73bb-9516-9801ecfde4d6)

Type: [schema:Legislation](https://schema.org/Legislation)

- `adms:identifier`: [mi-legislature-measure 2025-2026/HB/5968](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d569-fe88-7162-92c1-254cdf43ddab)
- `dcterms:temporal`: [Michigan Legislature, 2025-2026 session](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bc60-73bb-9516-9801ecfde4d6)
- **in committee** (`bcleg:inCommittee`): [House Committee on Election Integrity (2025-2026)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bdfb-7361-bf7b-12a8dae854ed)
- **primary sponsor** (`bcleg:primarySponsor`): [Jennifer Wortz](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcad-71fa-9334-8b872b05e2af)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5968](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d569-fe86-7315-ac84-c4f9232399bb)
  - [evidence from https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5968](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d979-22dd-728b-8328-809bb31cfe10)
- `schema:legislationChanges`: [1954 PA 116](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d565-1b42-7306-b8f8-52cc5c259cd5)
- `schema:legislationIdentifier`: HB 5968
- `schema:legislationJurisdiction`: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)
- `schema:legislationType`: [bill](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/leg/bill)
- `schema:name`: Elections: candidates; duties and responsibilities of administering elections; require to be performed by the deputy secretary of state if the secretary of state is a candidate for office. Amends secs. 21, 31 & 32 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.21 et seq.).
- `schema:sponsor`:
  - [Nancy Jenkins-Arno](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcac-73fa-a79c-b84e4d794928)
  - [Jennifer Wortz](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcad-71fa-9334-8b872b05e2af)
  - [Rachelle Smit](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcb5-74b6-92fb-0528fdb6b2fb)
  - [Steve Frisbie](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcb6-7787-958a-a67e2bb60af2)
  - [Matt Maddock](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcbe-716e-8816-d53344e134ec)
  - [Donni Steele](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcc1-7477-ace3-7dd5bb05b4be)
  - [Alicia St. Germaine](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcc9-7478-8055-0de7709c02a0)
  - [Jay DeBoyer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcca-7315-8447-3ad16d20feec)
  - [Joseph Pavlov](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bccb-7706-a89f-c9fb0f73bc75)
  - [Jaime Greene](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bccc-748c-90b8-6c52e09a0cf3)
  - [Josh Schriver](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bccd-738f-8775-7993173a2550)
  - [Angela Rigas](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcda-7413-9347-5ae76c23ebb9)
  - [Pat Outman](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bce6-70ad-aad1-b04b870c3cad)
  - [Timothy Beson](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bceb-70e7-a673-61aebbeb7f86)
  - [Joseph Fox](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcf1-7095-982f-e1f1bb6b178b)
  - [Karl Bohnak](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d564-bcf9-755b-b71c-e921eb9e66d6)
- `schema:url`: [https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5968](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5968)
- `skos:prefLabel`: HB 5968 (2025-2026)
- **status** (`bcleg:status`): [in committee](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/leg/statusReferred)
- **status date** (`bcleg:statusDate`): 2026-05-13 (xsd:date)

## Elsewhere

- [Official page](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5968) (www.legislature.mi.gov)

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