What Michigan Legislature does

The Michigan Legislature is the bicameral legislative body of the State of Michigan, constitutionally established in 1837 upon statehood and currently operating under the 1963 Michigan Constitution. It consists of 38 State Senators and 110 State Representatives representing districts across all 83 Michigan counties. The institution operates from the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, and serves Michigan citizens through the independent legislative functions of lawmaking, representation, and constituent services.

The Michigan Legislature's primary technology platform is the legislature.mi.gov website, a free public service maintained by the Legislative Service Bureau in cooperation with the Michigan Legislative Council, House of Representatives, Senate, and Library of Michigan. The platform provides web-based access to legislative documents including bills, resolutions (joint and concurrent), public and local acts, the Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL), committee information, calendars, journals, executive orders, and the Michigan Constitution. The site features a legislative document search engine, a bill categorization taxonomy organized into 108 primary categories and 956 detailed subcategories, MCL search by chapter index, and dedicated tracking for citizen initiative petitions. Distribution channels include RSS feeds for bill updates, committee meetings, and MCL changes; email subscription notifications for committee meetings; .ics calendar exports for meeting schedules; and Castus.tv integration for live and archived legislative video broadcasts.

The Michigan Legislature operates as a public government institution funded through state appropriations, not commercial revenue. The website is provided at no cost to all Michigan citizens, legislators and staff, legal and research professionals, and students and educators. The platform generates no revenue, has no paid tiers, and is not subject to commercial market dynamics. Its primary competitive position is as the sole authoritative source for official Michigan legislative information, with no private alternative carrying equivalent legal weight.

Name

Michigan Legislature

Legal name

Michigan Legislature

Website

https://legislature.mi.gov

Company type

Public

Founded year

1837

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Michigan Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of Michigan, comprising 38 Senators and 110 Representatives, operating under the 1963 Michigan Constitution. It provides free public access to legislative documents, bills, laws, and committee information through the legislature.mi.gov website maintained by the Legislative Service Bureau.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Legislative Information Services

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (921120), Legislative Bodies (92112), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Libraries and Archives (519210), Libraries and Archives (51921)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Libraries & Information Services (BPAIACAO), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Legislative information services
• Public records access
• Government document search
• Statute and bill tracking
• Civic transparency portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Lansing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Government Service: The Michigan Legislature website is a free service provided by the Legislative Service Bureau in cooperation with the Michigan Legislative Council, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, and Library of Michigan. No revenue is generated from this public service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Michigan Legislature website is a free public service providing citizens with centralized web-based access to legislative documents including bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, public and local acts, Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL), the Michigan Constitution, committee information, journals, calendars, executive orders, and historical archives. The platform is maintained by the Legislative Service Bureau in cooperation with the Michigan Legislative Council, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, and Library of Michigan, supporting legislative research, bill tracking, and civic transparency for all Michigan residents.

Product overview

The Michigan Legislature Website is a web-based legislative information portal provided as a free service by the Legislative Service Bureau in cooperation with the Michigan Legislative Council, House of Representatives, Senate, and Library of Michigan. It offers a unified platform of interconnected modules including: Legislative Document Search (for keyword-based searching of all document types), Bills and Resolutions management (House Bills, Senate Bills, Resolutions, Joint Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions with full category taxonomies), Committee operations (Committees, Committee Bill Records, Committee Meetings with email notifications), Legal Reference tools (MCL Search, Public Act MCL Search, Public and Local Acts, Michigan Constitution, MCL Chapter Index, Executive Orders), Session Records (Calendars, Journals, Legislative Rules), Financial Tracking (MCL Tables and Appropriation Acts), Archives and Historical Documents (Legislative Archives, Historical Documents, Michigan Manuals), and Constituent Resources (Publications, Committee Meeting Notifications, Legislators Directory). The site also provides syndication via RSS feeds, video streaming integration, and calendar export capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legislative Document Search A keyword search tool allowing users to search multiple types of legislative documents including Bills, Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, Joint Resolutions, Calendars, and Journals across configurable sessions. Available to Michigan citizens, legislators, staff, and researchers.
• Bills Comprehensive bill browsing, searching, and tracking system for Senate and House Bills, with features including category search, sponsor search, and bill history records. Serves legislators, staff, and citizens tracking legislation.
• Resolutions Document search and browsing for Senate and House Resolutions, which express the will of one chamber and are used for member tributes, agency directives, or study committee establishment.
• Joint Resolutions Document search for Joint Resolutions used to propose Michigan Constitutional amendments, ratify US Constitutional amendments, or address matters vested solely in state legislatures.
• Concurrent Resolutions Document search for Concurrent Resolutions expressing the sentiment or intent of both legislative chambers on matters of interest to the Legislature, State, and Nation.
• MCL Search (Michigan Compiled Laws) Search interface for the Michigan Compiled Laws, allowing searches by MCL section number, statute name, popular name, chapter number, catchline, and historical notes.
• Public Act MCL Search Search tool for locating Public Acts within the Michigan Compiled Laws framework.
• Public and Local Acts Repository of Public Acts (bills signed into law and assigned Public Act Numbers) and Local Acts (special legislation for particular localities). Includes effective date tables and act tables by year.
• Michigan Constitution Access to the Michigan Constitution including the current 1963 Constitution and historical versions from 1908, 1850, and 1835.
• MCL Chapter Index Comprehensive index of all Michigan Compiled Laws chapters spanning Constitution, state government, taxation, motor vehicles, health, education, judiciary, and more.
• Calendars Daily legislative calendars for the Senate and House showing scheduled business and session activities.
• Journals Official Senate and House Journals documenting legislative proceedings, including current session journals and historical archives from 2003-present.
• Committees Information on Senate and House committees including membership, committee bill records, meeting schedules, and links to individual committee pages.
• Committee Meetings Meeting schedule and notification system with calendar view and .ics file downloads for calendar integration.
• Committee Bill Records Legislative tracking system linking bills to committee review and action records.
• Initiatives Documentation of citizen-initiated legislation proposals including the petition process, legislative action timelines, and historical initiatives such as Medical Marihuana (2008), Minimum Wage (2018), and Marihuana Regulation (2018).
• Legislative Rules Access to Senate, House, and Joint Rules governing legislative procedure, plus session schedules.
• Executive Orders Archive of Michigan Executive Orders from 1993-1994 and current orders from 2026, with descriptions and links to full documents.
• MCL Tables and Appropriation Acts Cross-reference tables linking Public Acts to MCL sections, plus appropriation bills organized by enacted year from 2012-2026.
• Legislative Archives Historical archives including Senate and House Committee Archives, MCL Archives by year, Public and Local Acts, and General Appropriation Bills.
• Historical Documents Access to foundational documents including the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, and Northwest Territory Government documents.
• Committee Meeting Notifications Email subscription service enabling citizens to receive notifications for specific committees, including Senate-All, House-All, and over 50 individual committee topic areas.
• Legislative Publications Citizen guides and informational publications including the Citizen's Guide to State Government, Michigan Taxpayer's Guide, Consumer Protection Resource Guide, Firearms Laws, Michigan Constitution, and Michigan State Capitol history.
• Michigan Manuals Biennial publication providing comprehensive legislative and governmental information, with historical editions from 1987-present and cumulative data on constitutional amendments and legislator directories.
• Legislators Directory Biographical directory of all 38 Michigan Senators and 110 Representatives with photos, district maps, websites, and sponsored legislation links.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Legislative Service BureaucoreOthersThe Legislative Service Bureau is the primary agency maintaining the Michigan Legislature website and providing legislative document services. It operates under the direction of the Legislative Council.
• Michigan Legislative CouncilcoreOthersThe Michigan Legislative Council cooperates with the website to provide legislative information services to Michigan citizens.
• Michigan House of RepresentativescoreOthersThe Michigan House of Representatives is a cooperating entity in providing the legislature website and legislative information to the public.
• Michigan SenatecoreOthersThe Michigan Senate cooperates with the legislature website to provide Senate legislative information and documents.
• Library of MichigansupportingOthersThe Library of Michigan partners with the legislature website to provide historical documents and legislative archives to citizens.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Granicus: Granicus provides government technology platforms including legislative management, agenda management, and public meeting streaming used by many state and local government clients, operating as a broad government-tech incumbent serving similar legislative workflow needs.

Direct peers

• OpenStates: OpenStates aggregates bill, legislator, and committee data from all 50 state legislatures, directly replicating and extending the bill tracking functionality provided by Michigan Legislature's own portal.
• California Legislative Information: California's official legislative information site provides bill text, votes, committee analysis, and the California Law database. It is a direct peer offering the same authoritative state legislative information services at a larger scale.
• Quorum: Quorum is a commercial legislative tracking and analytics platform used by government affairs teams to monitor state and federal legislative activity, mirroring the core bill tracking and committee monitoring functions of the Michigan Legislature website.
• New York State Senate and Assembly: New York's bicameral state legislature provides legislative bill search, statute access, and committee information. It is structurally identical to Michigan's legislature in being a state-level, two-chamber body.
• Ohio General Assembly: The Ohio state legislature operates a comparable legislative information portal with bill tracking, statutes, and committee information, serving as a direct structural peer to the Michigan Legislature's public-facing website.
• GovTrack.us: GovTrack tracks federal and state legislative activity with bill tracking, vote records, and legislator profiles. It serves a comparable transparency role for legislative information as the Michigan Legislature portal does for state-level content.
• Pennsylvania General Assembly: Pennsylvania's official legislative website provides bill information, statutes, and committee records, making it a direct bicameral state legislature peer to Michigan.
• Texas Legislature Online: Texas Legislature Online is the official portal providing bill tracking, statutes, committee schedules, and live broadcasts, mirroring Michigan Legislature's role for the State of Texas.
• Congress.gov: The official federal legislative information platform provides bill text, voting records, and committee information from the U.S. Congress. It is functionally equivalent to Michigan's legislature site but for federal legislation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/michigan-legislature

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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