Another ballot initiative was approved to start collecting signatures Friday, with the hopes of appearing on the 2026 ballot.

The initiative, supported by the group Michiganders for Money Out of Politics, would ban political spending from utility companies and other large state contractors.

Michigan’s utilities, namely DTE and Consumers Energy, have donated to a significant majority of state lawmakers in recent election cycles.

Critics say that the contributions incentivize those in power to give favorable treatment to the utilities, which maintain a unique private-public partnership with the state.