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HB 4004MICHIGANSession 2025-2026State Billpassed both
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Michigan House Bill 4004 allows lottery prize winners over $10,000 to keep their names and personal information confidential

Original title: Gaming: lottery; multistate lottery games; allow winner to remain anonymous.

Last action · May 21, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLESponsor: Pat Outman

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What This Bill Would Do

Michigan House Bill 4004 prohibits the state lottery bureau and its employees from disclosing the name, address, or personal information of any lottery winner of a prize greater than $10,000 without written consent, and exempts this information from the Freedom of Information Act.

Why it matters

Large lottery winners gain the legal right to maintain personal privacy, shielding their identities from public record requests unless they choose to release the information in writing.

Background
  • House Bill 4004 was sponsored by Representative Pat Outman during the 2025-2026 Michigan legislative session. context
  • Michigan lottery operations and prize distributions are governed by the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act of 1972. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Michigan lottery prize winners

Winners of prizes greater than $10,000 have their names, addresses, and personal information shielded from public disclosure unless they provide written consent.

Directly affected

bureau

Agency personnel are restricted from disclosing winner personal information for prizes over $10,000 and are authorized to charge administrative fees for processing assignments.

Directly affected

attorney general

Must receive formal notice and copies of complaints regarding voluntary prize assignments to appear and take action in the best interests of the bureau and state.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can the state disclose my name if I win the lottery in Michigan?
If you win a prize greater than $10,000, the bureau and its employees cannot disclose your name, address, or personal information unless you give written consent, or unless disclosure is required under a participation agreement.
What happens to remaining lottery payments if a winner passes away?
Remaining payments continue to the winner's surviving spouse and each living child in equal proportions, unless the winner directed otherwise or there are no survivors, in which case payments go to the winner's estate.
Can lottery prize winners assign or sell their future payments?
Yes, prize payments can be voluntarily assigned to another person or entity if approved through a properly issued order from a court of competent jurisdiction, provided specific conditions and notification requirements are met.

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Where This Stands

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Procedural history

15 actions
  1. May 21, 2026SenateCommittee
    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
  2. May 21, 2026SenateCommittee
    REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 5/20/2026
  3. Apr 15, 2025SenateCommittee
    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS
  4. Apr 15, 2025SenateFloor
    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
  5. Mar 20, 2025House
    transmitted
  6. Mar 20, 2025HouseFloor
    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #44 Yeas 102 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 5
Show 9 earlier actions
  1. Mar 20, 2025HouseFloor
    read a third time
  2. Mar 19, 2025House
    placed on third reading
  3. Mar 19, 2025HouseFloor
    read a second time
  4. Mar 6, 2025House
    referred to second reading
  5. Mar 6, 2025HouseCommittee
    reported with recommendation without amendment
  6. Jan 15, 2025House
    bill electronically reproduced 01/14/2025
  7. Jan 14, 2025HouseCommittee
    referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform
  8. Jan 14, 2025HouseIntroduced
    read a first time
  9. Jan 14, 2025HouseIntroduced
    introduced by Representative Rep. Pat Outman

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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

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Sponsors

Pat OutmanHouse · District 91RepublicanPrimary sponsor

Discoveries

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policy shift98% confidence

Introduction of Winner Anonymity Threshold

The bill creates a specific monetary threshold ($10,000) above which lottery winners gain statutory protection against the public release of their personal information under public records laws.

Michigan

Connected Entities

Internal Revenue Service, office of the state court administrator, secretary of state and 2 more
OrganizationInternal Revenue Service“Federal agency that issues tax rulings potentially affecting lottery prize assig”Map →
Organizationoffice of the state court administrator“Office where determinations affecting voluntary assignments must be filed”Map →
Organizationsecretary of state“Office where the commissioner must file federal tax rulings regarding prize assi”Map →
locationMichigan“Jurisdiction where the lottery act applies”Map →
Personattorney general“Official who must receive notice of hearings regarding voluntary prize assignmen”Map →

Sources

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legislature.mi.gov

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