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HB 4564

Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Brad Slagh

HB 4564 allocates state funding to Michigan's Department of Corrections for 2025-2026, determining prison operations, staffing, and inmate services budgets.

bill electronically reproduced 06/05/2025
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Bill Summary · HB 4564

Legislative bill overview

HB 4564 is a budget appropriations bill that allocates funding to Michigan's Department of Corrections for fiscal year 2025-2026. The bill was recently introduced and is currently under review by the House Appropriations Committee, with no substantive details yet publicly available beyond its basic framework as an appropriations act.

Why this is important

Appropriations bills directly determine how much money state agencies receive to operate, affecting everything from prison operations and staff salaries to inmate services and facility maintenance. The DOC budget impacts incarceration capacity, rehabilitation programs, and public safety outcomes across Michigan's correctional system.

Potential points of contention

  • Funding levels: Disagreement over whether proposed funding adequately addresses overcrowding, staff shortages, or mental health services in Michigan prisons
  • Competing priorities: Debate over resource allocation between security operations versus rehabilitative programming and educational initiatives
  • Transparency concerns: Questions about specific line items and whether funding addresses documented problems within the corrections system

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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