The first House session in nearly a month came to a halt Wednesday when dozens of phones blared with a tornado warning.
Lawmakers and statewide officers were required to file financial disclosures on Monday for the first time in state history, though the specifics of the filings were limited as officials for the most part don't need to report specific amounts of income.
Stores would be required to accept cans and bottles being returned for deposits during normal business hours under a bill debated Tuesday during a House committee.
People on birth control could visit the pharmacy less often for their medication under proposed legislation.
Michigan needs to do more for lead abatement, sponsors of a three-bill House package said Thursday.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday signed a bill into law codifying an online absentee ballot application, with Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II out of state.
Michigan would establish a research and development tax credit under legislation passed by the House on Tuesday.
Testimony continued in front of a House panel on Thursday on legislation to improve maternal health care in Michigan.
Bills that would establish a legal process for contesting presidential elections and a bill that would expand eligibility requirements when registering to vote online were among legislation discussed and reported by a Senate panel Wednesday.
The latest round of controversy and infighting among members of an elected university board has resurrected a familiar debate: whether the frequent board-level issues warrant consideration of a constitutional change of the elected boards to becoming gubernatorial appointees.