The Michigan Senate adopted a resolution opening the door to legal action against the Michigan House over nine bills passed last year stuck in limbo.

The Senate authorized its Democratic leader to pursue legal action against the House for failing to convey nine bills to Whitmer's desk.

Senate Democrats are trying to force the Republican-led House to transfer bills both chambers already approved to the governor.

Sen. Aric Nesbitt, who represents Michigan's 20th Congressional District, was elected into office in 2019. In 2023, Nesbitt was named the Michigan Senate's Minority Leader. He declared his candidacy for the governor position earlier this month.

The mysteriously stalled measures normally would have been transported by Michigan House staff to the governor for either a signature or a veto.

With Republicans now controlling the Michigan House and Democrats still in charge of the Senate, many lawmakers opened this legislative session with talk of bipartisan solutions. However, tension between the chambers’ leaders has begun to boil over,

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The Michigan Senate can now sue in an attempt to force the state House to send bills passed last year to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk.

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