2022 House Joint Resolution Z

Repeal voter-approved ban on preferential treatment by state institutions

Introduced in the House

Nov. 30, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To place before voters a proposal to repeal the “Michigan Civil Rights Initiative," now Article 26 of the state Constitution, approved by a 58-42 vote of the people in 2006, which makes it unlawful for the state, local governments, state colleges and universities to “grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting”.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations