A Michigan judge ruled on Thursday that the state House had the legal requirement to send the nine stalled bills to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk but stopped at forcing the House to present them.

A state judge will rule on a dispute between the Michigan House and Senate over the fate of nine bills that the last Legislature failed to present to Whitmer.

A Michigan judge ruled that nine bills should have been sent to Governor Whitmer but did not order the House to do so. The Senate and House, controlled by different parties, are in conflict over the bills' passage.

A judge has declined to force House Republicans to present to the governor nine bills that were passed last session but have been withheld by the chamber. However, Michigan Court of Claims Judge Sima G.

Judge Sima Patel stopped short of issuing an official order requiring that the Republican-controlled House present the bills.