Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
AGENCY INFORMATION:  
Agency name:  
Civil Rights  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Civil Rights Commission  
Name of person completing this form:  
Trevino, Marcelina  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
3134563700  
Email of person completing this form:  
trevinom4@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Lamont Satchel  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2024-23 CR  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
Organization, Practice, And Procedure  
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:  
The purposes of these rules are to regulate and manage the operations of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights  
and Michigan Civil Rights Commission.  
2. Summary of the proposed rules:  
The purposes of these rules are to regulate, manage and facilitate the efficient operations of the Michigan Department  
of Civil Rights and Michigan Civil Rights Commission. The proposed rule changes are intended to expedite the  
process for filing complaints; provide a mechanism for early resolution of complaints; clarify the process for appeal of  
final decisions of the commission and department; expand the methods of communication between the  
department/commission and parties; and codify the commission’s right to post civil rights laws.  
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication  
dates:  
Detroit News/Free Press -September 22-24, 2025;  
Mining Journal – September 15-19, 2025; and  
Lansing State Journal – September 15-19, 2025  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
10/1/2025  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
10/27/2025 10:00 AM at Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Drive, Petoskey, MI 49770  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1530  
7. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Lamont D. Satchel, General Counsel, MDCR;  
Marcelina Trevino, Director of Enforcement, MDCR  
8. Persons submitting comments of support:  
No comments were submitted.  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
No comments were submitted.  
10. Persons submitting other comments:  
No comments were submitted.  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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