Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House 1 R cosponsors

HB 4034 — Probate: trusts; uniform statutory rule against perpetuities; revise to reflect limitation of the personal property trust perpetuities act to certain property. Amends secs. 3 & 5 of 1988 PA 418 (MCL 554.73 & 554.75). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4033'25

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 29, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 48% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Probate: trusts; uniform statutory rule against perpetuities; revise to reflect limitation of the personal property trust perpetuities act to certain property. Amends secs. 3 & 5 of 1988 PA 418 (MCL 554.73 & 554.75). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4033'25

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

5 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent update to Bill HB 4034 includes five new lines that add additional clarity, while removing four lines that were deemed unnecessary. This change likely helps streamline the bill and ensures that its intent is more easily understood. Such adjustments are important because they can make the legislation more effective and accessible to those affected by it.

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SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
HB-4034, As Passed House, April 23, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
(2) For purposes of this act, if there is a person who that alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of a nonvested property interest or a property interest subject to a power of appointment DAW H00163'25 (H-2) 3thwys 1 described in section 2(2) or (3), the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.
(2) For purposes of this act, if there is a person who that alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of a nonvested property interest or a property interest subject to a power of appointment DAW H00163'25 (H-2)_HB4034_APH_1 3p45f6 1 described in section 2(2) or (3), the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.
(e) A property interest, power of appointment, or any other DAW H00163'25 (H-2) 3thwys 1 arrangement that was not subject to the common-law rule against perpetuities or is excluded by another statute.
(e) A property interest, power of appointment, or any other DAW H00163'25 (H-2)_HB4034_APH_1 3p45f6 1 arrangement that was not subject to the common-law rule against perpetuities or is excluded by another statute.
(2) If a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment DAW H00163'25 (H-2) 3thwys 1 was created before the effective date of this act December 27, 1988 and is determined in a judicial proceeding, commenced on or after the effective date of this act, December 26, 1988, to violate the rule against perpetuities as it existed before the effective date of this act, December 27, 1988, a court, upon on the petition of an interested person, may reform the disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor's manifested plan of distribution and is within the limits of the rule against perpetuities applicable when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment was created.
(2) If a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment DAW H00163'25 (H-2)_HB4034_APH_1 3p45f6 1 was created before the effective date of this act December 27, 1988 and is determined in a judicial proceeding, commenced on or after the effective date of this act, December 26, 1988, to violate the rule against perpetuities as it existed before the effective date of this act, December 27, 1988, a court, upon on the petition of an interested person, may reform the disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor's manifested plan of distribution and is within the limits of the rule against perpetuities applicable when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment was created.
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Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

passed; given immediate effect

Passed 106 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 56000
Democrat 47000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 106000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (106)
Member Party Vote
Myers-Phillips — Yea
O’Neal — Yea
Whitsett — Yea
Alabas Farhat Democrat Yea
Angela Witwer Democrat Yea
Betsy Coffia Democrat Yea
Brenda Carter Democrat Yea
Carol Glanville Democrat Yea
Carrie Rheingans Democrat Yea
Chedrick Greene Democrat Yea
Cynthia Neeley Democrat Yea
Denise Mentzer Democrat Yea
Donavan McKinney Democrat Yea
Dylan Wegela Democrat Yea
Emily Dievendorf Democrat Yea
Erin Byrnes Democrat Yea
Helena Scott Democrat Yea
Jason M Hoskins Democrat Yea
Jason Morgan Democrat Yea
Jasper Martus Democrat Yea
Jennifer Conlin Democrat Yea
Jimmie Wilson Jr Democrat Yea
Joey Andrews Democrat Yea
John Fitzgerald Democrat Yea
Joseph Tate Democrat Yea
Julie Brixie Democrat Yea
Julie M. Rogers Democrat Yea
Kara Hope Democrat Yea
Kelly A Breen Democrat Yea
Laurie Pohutsky Democrat Yea
Mai Xiong Democrat Yea
Matt Koleszar Democrat Yea
Matt Longjohn Democrat Yea
Mike McFall Democrat Yea
Natalie Price Democrat Yea
Noah Arbit Democrat Yea
Penelope Tsernoglou Democrat Yea
Peter Herzberg Democrat Yea
Phil Skaggs Democrat Yea
Ranjeev Puri Democrat Yea
Reggie Miller Democrat Yea
Regina Weiss Democrat Yea
Samantha Steckloff Democrat Yea
Sharon MacDonell Democrat Yea
Stephanie A Young Democrat Yea
Stephen Wooden Democrat Yea
Tullio Liberati Jr. Democrat Yea
Tyrone Carter Democrat Yea
Veronica Paiz Democrat Yea
Will Snyder Democrat Yea
Alicia St. Germaine Republican Yea
Angela Rigas Republican Yea
Ann M. Bollin Republican Yea
Bill Schuette Republican Yea
Brad Paquette Republican Yea
Bradley Slagh Republican Yea
Brian BeGole Republican Yea
Bryan Posthumus Republican Yea
Cameron Cavitt Republican Yea
Curtis S VanderWall Republican Yea
David Prestin Republican Yea
David W. Martin Republican Yea
Donni Steele Republican Yea
Douglas C Wozniak Republican Yea
Gina Johnsen Republican Yea
Greg VanWoerkom Republican Yea
Gregory Alexander Republican Yea
Gregory Markkanen Republican Yea
James DeSana Republican Yea
Jamie Thompson Republican Yea
Jason Woolford Republican Yea
Jay DeBoyer Republican Yea
Jennifer Wortz Republican Yea
Jerry Neyer Republican Yea
John R. Roth Republican Yea
Joseph A. Aragona Republican Yea
Joseph Fox Republican Yea
Joseph Pavlov Republican Yea
Josh Schriver Republican Yea
Karl Bohnak Republican Yea
Kathy Schmaltz Republican Yea
Ken Borton Republican Yea
Luke Meerman Republican Yea
Mark A Tisdel Republican Yea
Matt Hall Republican Yea
Matt Maddock Republican Yea
Matthew Bierlein Republican Yea
Mike Harris Republican Yea
Mike Hoadley Republican Yea
Mike Mueller Republican Yea
Nancy DeBoer Republican Yea
Nancy Jenkins-Arno Republican Yea
Parker Fairbairn Republican Yea
Pauline Wendzel Republican Yea
Phil Green Republican Yea
Rachelle Smit Republican Yea
Rick Outman Republican Yea
Ron Robinson Republican Yea
Rylee Linting Republican Yea
Sarah Lightner Republican Yea
Steve Carra Republican Yea
Steve Frisbie Republican Yea
Tim Kelly Republican Yea
Timothy Beson Republican Yea
Tom Kunse Republican Yea
William Bruck Republican Yea

Official roll call →

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #66 Yeas 106 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4

Passed 106 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 56000
Democrat 47000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 106000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (106)
Member Party Vote
Myers-Phillips — Yea
Whitsett — Yea
St. Germaine — Yea
Alabas Farhat Democrat Yea
Amos O'Neal Democrat Yea
Angela Witwer Democrat Yea
Betsy Coffia Democrat Yea
Brenda Carter Democrat Yea
Carol Glanville Democrat Yea
Carrie Rheingans Democrat Yea
Cynthia Neeley Democrat Yea
Denise Mentzer Democrat Yea
Donavan McKinney Democrat Yea
Dylan Wegela Democrat Yea
Emily Dievendorf Democrat Yea
Erin Byrnes Democrat Yea
Helena Scott Democrat Yea
Jason M Hoskins Democrat Yea
Jason Morgan Democrat Yea
Jasper Martus Democrat Yea
Jennifer Conlin Democrat Yea
Jimmie Wilson Jr Democrat Yea
Joey Andrews Democrat Yea
John Fitzgerald Democrat Yea
Joseph Tate Democrat Yea
Julie Brixie Democrat Yea
Julie M. Rogers Democrat Yea
Kara Hope Democrat Yea
Kelly A Breen Democrat Yea
Laurie Pohutsky Democrat Yea
Mai Xiong Democrat Yea
Matt Koleszar Democrat Yea
Matt Longjohn Democrat Yea
Mike McFall Democrat Yea
Natalie Price Democrat Yea
Noah Arbit Democrat Yea
Penelope Tsernoglou Democrat Yea
Peter Herzberg Democrat Yea
Phil Skaggs Democrat Yea
Ranjeev Puri Democrat Yea
Reggie Miller Democrat Yea
Regina Weiss Democrat Yea
Samantha Steckloff Democrat Yea
Sharon MacDonell Democrat Yea
Stephanie A Young Democrat Yea
Stephen Wooden Democrat Yea
Tullio Liberati Jr. Democrat Yea
Tyrone Carter Democrat Yea
Veronica Paiz Democrat Yea
Will Snyder Democrat Yea
Angela Rigas Republican Yea
Ann M. Bollin Republican Yea
Bill Schuette Republican Yea
Brad Paquette Republican Yea
Bradley Slagh Republican Yea
Brian BeGole Republican Yea
Bryan Posthumus Republican Yea
Cameron Cavitt Republican Yea
Curtis S VanderWall Republican Yea
David Prestin Republican Yea
David W. Martin Republican Yea
Donni Steele Republican Yea
Douglas C Wozniak Republican Yea
Gina Johnsen Republican Yea
Greg VanWoerkom Republican Yea
Gregory Alexander Republican Yea
Gregory Markkanen Republican Yea
Jaime Greene Republican Yea
James DeSana Republican Yea
Jamie Thompson Republican Yea
Jason Woolford Republican Yea
Jay DeBoyer Republican Yea
Jennifer Wortz Republican Yea
Jerry Neyer Republican Yea
John R. Roth Republican Yea
Joseph A. Aragona Republican Yea
Joseph Fox Republican Yea
Joseph Pavlov Republican Yea
Josh Schriver Republican Yea
Karl Bohnak Republican Yea
Kathy Schmaltz Republican Yea
Ken Borton Republican Yea
Luke Meerman Republican Yea
Mark A Tisdel Republican Yea
Matt Hall Republican Yea
Matt Maddock Republican Yea
Matthew Bierlein Republican Yea
Mike Harris Republican Yea
Mike Hoadley Republican Yea
Mike Mueller Republican Yea
Nancy DeBoer Republican Yea
Nancy Jenkins-Arno Republican Yea
Parker Fairbairn Republican Yea
Pauline Wendzel Republican Yea
Phil Green Republican Yea
Rachelle Smit Republican Yea
Rick Outman Republican Yea
Ron Robinson Republican Yea
Rylee Linting Republican Yea
Sarah Lightner Republican Yea
Steve Carra Republican Yea
Steve Frisbie Republican Yea
Tim Kelly Republican Yea
Timothy Beson Republican Yea
Tom Kunse Republican Yea
William Bruck Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4034 do?
Probate: trusts; uniform statutory rule against perpetuities; revise to reflect limitation of the personal property trust perpetuities act to certain property. Amends secs. 3 & 5 of 1988 PA 418 (MCL 554.73 & 554.75). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4033'25
Who sponsors HB 4034?
HB 4034 is sponsored by Douglas C Wozniak (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4034?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 29, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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