diff --git a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/ReadItem.java b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/ReadItem.java
index 342b5376d8a755..106596bf80ccf0 100644
--- a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/ReadItem.java
+++ b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/ReadItem.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.data.template.RecordTemplate;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.models.AspectSpec;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.models.EntitySpec;
+import com.linkedin.mxe.GenericAspect;
 import com.linkedin.mxe.SystemMetadata;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ public interface ReadItem {
    */
   @Nonnull
   default String getAspectName() {
+    if (getAspectSpec() == null) {
+      return GenericAspect.dataSchema().getName();
+    }
     return getAspectSpec().getName();
   }
 
@@ -72,6 +76,6 @@ static <T> T getAspect(Class<T> clazz, @Nullable RecordTemplate recordTemplate)
    *
    * @return aspect's specification
    */
-  @Nonnull
+  @Nullable
   AspectSpec getAspectSpec();
 }
diff --git a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/batch/AspectsBatch.java b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/batch/AspectsBatch.java
index a302632e1936fd..6ae4c10545d66d 100644
--- a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/batch/AspectsBatch.java
+++ b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/batch/AspectsBatch.java
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ static void applyWriteMutationHooks(
     }
   }
 
+  default Stream<ChangeMCP> applyProposalMutationHooks(
+          Collection<MCPItem> proposedItems, @Nonnull RetrieverContext retrieverContext) {
+    return retrieverContext.getAspectRetriever().getEntityRegistry().getAllMutationHooks().stream()
+            .flatMap(mutationHook -> mutationHook.applyProposalMutation(proposedItems, retrieverContext));
+  }
+
   default <T extends BatchItem> ValidationExceptionCollection validateProposed(
       Collection<T> mcpItems) {
     return validateProposed(mcpItems, getRetrieverContext());
diff --git a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/hooks/MutationHook.java b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/hooks/MutationHook.java
index c067954912a032..f2d3893fc6c153 100644
--- a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/hooks/MutationHook.java
+++ b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/hooks/MutationHook.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.ReadItem;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.RetrieverContext;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.ChangeMCP;
+import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.MCPItem;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.plugins.PluginSpec;
 import com.linkedin.util.Pair;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -39,6 +40,21 @@ public final Stream<Pair<ReadItem, Boolean>> applyReadMutation(
         retrieverContext);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Apply Proposal mutations prior to validation
+   * @param mcpItems wrapper for MCP
+   * @param retrieverContext retriever context
+   * @return stream of mutated items
+   */
+  public final Stream<ChangeMCP> applyProposalMutation(
+          @Nonnull Collection<MCPItem> mcpItems, @Nonnull RetrieverContext retrieverContext) {
+    return proposalMutation(
+            mcpItems.stream()
+                    .filter(i -> shouldApply(i.getChangeType(), i.getEntitySpec(), i.getAspectSpec()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+            retrieverContext);
+  }
+
   protected Stream<Pair<ReadItem, Boolean>> readMutation(
       @Nonnull Collection<ReadItem> items, @Nonnull RetrieverContext retrieverContext) {
     return items.stream().map(i -> Pair.of(i, false));
@@ -48,4 +64,9 @@ protected Stream<Pair<ChangeMCP, Boolean>> writeMutation(
       @Nonnull Collection<ChangeMCP> changeMCPS, @Nonnull RetrieverContext retrieverContext) {
     return changeMCPS.stream().map(i -> Pair.of(i, false));
   }
+
+  protected Stream<ChangeMCP> proposalMutation(
+          @Nonnull Collection<MCPItem> mcpItems, @Nonnull RetrieverContext retrieverContext) {
+    return Stream.empty();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/AspectsBatchImpl.java b/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/AspectsBatchImpl.java
index 0914df744e413a..5f9a6aafdda3ce 100644
--- a/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/AspectsBatchImpl.java
+++ b/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/AspectsBatchImpl.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.AspectsBatch;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.BatchItem;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.ChangeMCP;
+import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.MCPItem;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.plugins.validation.ValidationExceptionCollection;
 import com.linkedin.mxe.MetadataChangeProposal;
 import com.linkedin.util.Pair;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Getter;
@@ -44,9 +46,18 @@ public class AspectsBatchImpl implements AspectsBatch {
   public Pair<Map<String, Set<String>>, List<ChangeMCP>> toUpsertBatchItems(
       final Map<String, Map<String, SystemAspect>> latestAspects) {
 
+    // Process proposals to change items
+    Stream<ChangeMCP> mutatedProposalsStream = proposedItemsToChangeItemStream(items.stream()
+            .filter(item -> item instanceof ProposedItem)
+            .map(item -> (MCPItem) item)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+    // Regular change items
+    Stream<MCPItem> changeMCPStream = items.stream()
+            .filter(item -> !(item instanceof ProposedItem))
+            .map(item -> (ChangeMCP) item);
+
     // Convert patches to upserts if needed
-    LinkedList<ChangeMCP> upsertBatchItems =
-        items.stream()
+    LinkedList<ChangeMCP> upsertBatchItems = Stream.concat(mutatedProposalsStream, changeMCPStream)
             .map(
                 item -> {
                   final String urnStr = item.getUrn().toString();
@@ -85,6 +96,10 @@ public Pair<Map<String, Set<String>>, List<ChangeMCP>> toUpsertBatchItems(
     return Pair.of(newUrnAspectNames, upsertBatchItems);
   }
 
+  private Stream<ChangeMCP> proposedItemsToChangeItemStream(List<MCPItem> proposedItems) {
+    return applyProposalMutationHooks(proposedItems, retrieverContext);
+  }
+
   public static class AspectsBatchImplBuilder {
     /**
      * Just one aspect record template
diff --git a/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/ProposedItem.java b/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/ProposedItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a84143f9a445bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-io/metadata-io-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/ebean/batch/ProposedItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.linkedin.metadata.entity.ebean.batch;
+
+import com.linkedin.common.AuditStamp;
+import com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn;
+import com.linkedin.data.template.RecordTemplate;
+import com.linkedin.events.metadata.ChangeType;
+import com.linkedin.metadata.aspect.batch.MCPItem;
+import com.linkedin.metadata.models.AspectSpec;
+import com.linkedin.metadata.models.EntitySpec;
+import com.linkedin.mxe.MetadataChangeProposal;
+import com.linkedin.mxe.SystemMetadata;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+/**
+ * Represents an unvalidated wrapped MCP
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Getter
+@Builder(toBuilder = true)
+public class ProposedItem implements MCPItem {
+    @Nonnull private final ChangeType changeType;
+    // urn an urn associated with the new aspect
+    @Nonnull private final Urn urn;
+    @Nullable
+    private final MetadataChangeProposal metadataChangeProposal;
+    @Nonnull private SystemMetadata systemMetadata;
+    @Nonnull
+    private final AuditStamp auditStamp;
+    @Nonnull private final RecordTemplate recordTemplate;
+    // derived
+    @Nonnull private EntitySpec entitySpec;
+    @Nullable private AspectSpec aspectSpec;
+}
diff --git a/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java b/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
index dcea185fcbc7ca..fd63e18ecbb877 100644
--- a/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
+++ b/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class RequestContext implements ContextInterface {
   @Nonnull private final String requestID;
 
   @Nonnull private final String userAgent;
+  @Builder.Default
+  private final boolean validated = true;
 
   public RequestContext(
       @Nonnull String actorUrn,