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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; teachers; requirements for teacher certification; eliminate the basic skills exam. Amends secs. 1233b & 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233b & 380.1531)."
+description: "Education; teachers; requirements for teacher certification; eliminate the basic skills exam. Amends secs. 1233b & 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233b & 380.1531)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 889"
+citation: "Michigan SB 889 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education: teachers", "State agencies (existing): education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74eb6186-efe1-411b-b908-25180f06c353"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0889"
+source_hash: "3404b485bb230167691ccddbbb03b56725eef564c72daa9210ab717774165235"
+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 SB 889 (2017-2018) — Education; teachers; requirements for teacher certification; eliminate the basic skills exam. Amends secs. 1233b & 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233b & 380.1531).
+
+## 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/Senate/htm/2018-SEBH-0889.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0889.htm)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0233.htm)
+4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0889.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 521 Yeas 105 Nays 4 — **105–4** (pass) · lower
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 339 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- 13 — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Knollenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARTY KNOLLENBERG `introduction`
+- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 339 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/23/2018 `introduction`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Education Reform `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 521 Yeas 105 Nays 4 `passage`
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
+- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/25/2018 @ 1:38 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/26/2018 @ 11:02 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/27/2018 @ 9:22 AM
+- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0233'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74eb6186-efe1-411b-b908-25180f06c353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+