State Rep. Ken Borton on Tuesday voted to reverse the 2024 Democrat income hike. House Bill 4170 would immediately reduce the state income tax rate, which climbed from 4.05% to 4.25% on Jan. 1, 2024, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel ordered the end of a reduction that had been triggered in 2023.

“Today’s bipartisan vote proves just how unpopular the 2024 Democrat income tax hike really was,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “Several of our House Democrat colleagues joined House Republicans in our efforts to reverse Gov. Whitmer’s income tax hike. Career politicians like Whitmer shouldn’t be able to twist the meaning of state law in order to grow government and fund their own excessive spending. I’m proud to vote to repeal this income tax hike and return tax dollars to the pockets of hardworking Michigan residents.”

In 2015, a law was enacted to provide automatic income tax relief whenever state general fund revenues grew faster than inflation. When this provision was triggered in 2023, the tax rate dropped from 4.25% to 4.05% — a move intended to be permanent. Despite this, Gov. Whitmer and Lansing Democrats twisted the intent of the law and ordered that the tax cut was temporary, forcing a 5% tax hike onto everyone in Michigan.

The legislation now moves to the Senate for further consideration.

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