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A revamped bill outlining what local governments and schools can communicate to voters about ballot issues leading up to Election Day has cleared a House committee.
The measure was changed to give more leeway to what can be said about a ballot initiative.
State Representative Lisa Posthumus-Lyons is sponsoring the bill and says it allows governments to present factual and neutral information to voters, using taxpayer dollars.
The original version of the bill would only allow governments to send the ballot language and date of the election to voters.
The legislation is a follow up to a measure passed at the end of the 2015 legislative session.
That bill prohibited local governments from saying anything about ballot issues within 60 days of an election.
The governor signed that bill into law on the condition lawmakers clean it up.
The legislation now awaits a vote in the full Michigan House.
