HB 5055 — Law enforcement: other; jurisdiction of sergeant at arms; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 2001 PA 185 (MCL 4.382).

HB-5055, As Passed Senate,House, NovemberOctober 13,1, 2025 SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

LEP H04919'25 (S-1)_HB5055_APS_1(H-2)_HB5055_APH_1 oa0g6x7i1qzv 1 (2) Each sergeant at arms and assistant sergeant at arms commissioned by the senate or the house of representatives as a police officer under subsection (1) has the power to enforce rules adopted by that house and the laws of this state in the following places:

(f) SubjectIn to subsection (4), in other locations in this state only as necessary to doprovide 1security for and investigate threats toward or morecrimes ofcommitted theagainst following:a legislative member.

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(iii)(5) SubjectThe house of representatives may delegate, pursuant to rules of the house of representatives, the authority to commission the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeants at arms as police officers and delegate their responsibilities under subsection (5),(1) investigateto threatsthe towardspeaker of the house of representatives, the clerk of the house of representatives, or crimesother committedofficers againstor aemployees legislativeof member.the house of representatives.

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(6)Final (4)Page TheLEP SubjectH04919'25 to(H-2)_HB5055_APH_1 subsection7i1qzv (4), the senate may delegate, pursuant to rules of the senate, the authority to commission the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeants at arms as police officers and delegate their responsibilities under subsection (1) to the senate majority leader, the secretary of the senate, or other officers or employees of the senate.

(7) (5) The Subject to subsection (4), the house of representatives may delegate, pursuant to rules of the house of representatives, the authority to commission the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeants at arms as police officers and delegate their responsibilities under subsection (1) to the speaker of the house of representatives, the clerk of the house of representatives, or other officers or employees of the house of representatives.

(8) (6) The office of sergeant at arms of each house of the legislature is a law enforcement agency of this state.

LEP H04919'25 (S-1)_HB5055_APS_1 oa0g6x 1 (9) (7) A sergeant at arms or an assistant sergeant at arms commissioned as a police officer under this act is subject to the training and licensure or certification requirements under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615.

(10) (8) Not less than once per legislative session, the individual designated to supervise the sergeants at arms under house rules and the individual designated to supervise the sergeants at arms under senate rules, or their designees, shall report to the standing committees of the house of representatives and senate concerned with government operations and oversight respectively on the activities of the sergeants at arms and other matters of interest involving the security and decorum in their respective houses.

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