Surrogate parentage contracts – agreements between prospective parents and individuals willing to carry their fetus – will no longer be considered "void and unenforceable" by Michigan statute under legislation signed by the Governor Monday morning.

The Governor signed the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) bills Tuesday, lifting multiple abortion-related regulations, like the requirement for abortion procedural clinics to be licensed as freestanding surgical outpatient facilities and detailed reporting mandates.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's press secretary called for Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) and Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) to answer for proclamations "saluting" twin brothers whose "government – state and federal – betrayed" them when they were tried for assisting in the plot to kidnap Whitmer.

Advocates for a proposal to shave time off a prisoner's sentence for learning a trade or taking classes would not require three-quarters support for final passage as some presume, according to a legal analysis for the Alliance for Safety and Justice.

The House-passed Michigan Hate Crime Act is not a “wild west legal approach” or a novel departure from current law or national standards according the bill's sponsor, Rep. Noah Arbit (D-West Bloomfield).