Lansing — The Michigan House of Representatives convened Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, to receive a package of Senate-transmitted bills and to introduce a large group of House bills, but the speaker announced that "a quorum of the House is not present," and the chamber stood adjourned until Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, at 10 a.m.

The session began with the clerk calling the roll and reading messages from the Senate. The clerk announced receipt of multiple Senate bills, including Senate Bills 563, 565 and 566, and a series of other measures that the clerk said would be treated as first readings and referred to standing committees.

Those Senate transmissions included bills described in the clerk's reading as measures to amend the Emergency Management statute, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, the Open Meetings Act, the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Act, the Michigan Vehicle Code, and other statutes. The clerk repeatedly announced that each would be "considered a first time by title" and referred to the committees listed, most frequently appropriations or government operations.

House members then introduced a broad slate of bills. Representative Song introduced House Bill 5070, described in the reading as a bill "to make, supplement, adjust, and consolidate appropriations for various state departments and agencies, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 09/30/2026," and the measure was referred to the Appropriations Committee. Similar budget-related bills (House Bills 5071 and 5072) were introduced and likewise sent to appropriations.

Other introductions covered a range of policy areas. Representative Fairbairn introduced House Bills 5056 and 5057 concerning the style of the single-state construction code act and referred them to Regulatory Reform. Representative McFall introduced House Bill 5063 to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967 and it was referred to Finance. Representatives also introduced bills touching the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998, the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, the Tobacco Products Tax Act, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, and amendments described to the revised school code and the penal code; the clerk announced committee referrals for each as read.

The clerk and the speaker repeatedly framed the items as first readings with committee referrals; there were no committee hearings, debates on the floor, or roll-call votes recorded during the session. Shortly before adjournment the speaker restated the quorum problem and announced the adjournment: "There being the lack of a quorum, the House will stand adjourned until Monday, 09/29/2025 at 10AM."

Because the measures were introduced and referred rather than debated or voted on, their substantive content, fiscal impacts, and schedules for committee consideration were not discussed on the floor during this session. Committee referral names were announced as part of the introductions (for example, Appropriations, Regulatory Reform, Government Operations, Finance, Natural Resources and Tourism, Judiciary, Health Policy, Transportation and Infrastructure).