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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Occupations; notaries public; remote performance of notarial acts; authorize. Amends secs. 15, 25 & 27 of 2003 PA 238 (MCL 55.275 et seq.) & adds secs. 26b & 54."
+description: "Occupations; notaries public; remote performance of notarial acts; authorize. Amends secs. 15, 25 & 27 of 2003 PA 238 (MCL 55.275 et seq.) & adds secs. 26b & 54."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 5811"
+citation: "Michigan HB 5811 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupations: notaries public", "Property: conveyances", "Property: mortgages", "State agencies (existing): state"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1dd5c31-41b2-49bb-a30a-542f7f891eae"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-HB-5811"
+source_hash: "09cdcb609f505f7f518d5dd793a39618844068b1c8c1835e1d8d86377ccccdc9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
+---
+
+# Michigan HB 5811 (2017-2018) — Occupations; notaries public; remote performance of notarial acts; authorize. Amends secs. 15, 25 & 27 of 2003 PA 238 (MCL 55.275 et seq.) & adds secs. 26b & 54.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2018-HEBH-5811.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2018-HEBS-5811.htm)
+3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/House/htm/2018-HCB-5811.htm)
+4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/House/htm/2018-HIB-5811.htm)
+5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0330.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 496 YEAS 34 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–2** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 327 Yeas 105 Nays 3 — **105–3** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment(s) concurred in Roll Call # 555 Yeas 106 Nays 3 — **106–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- 30 — cosponsor (person)
+- Beau LaFave — cosponsor (person)
+- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
+- Diana Farrington — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Graves — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael McCready — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherry Gay-Dagnogo — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Marino — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Diana Farrington `introduction`
+- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 04/17/2018
+- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
+- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 327 Yeas 105 Nays 3 `passage`
+- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
+- **2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) CONCURRED IN
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH AMENDMENT(S)
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 496 YEAS 34 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Senate amendment(s) concurred in Roll Call # 555 Yeas 106 Nays 3
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
+- **2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 6/20/2018 @ 2:14 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 6/28/2018 @ 6:36 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 7/2/2018 @ 1:10 PM
+- **2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 330'18 with immediate effect
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1dd5c31-41b2-49bb-a30a-542f7f891eae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+