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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20"
+description: "Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 5444"
+citation: "Michigan HB 5444 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children: services", "Children: foster care", "State agencies (existing): health and human services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe43db6-8de7-42df-8498-1a9cbd84a077"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5444"
+source_hash: "d932be286e67541998f46edb85c683020da24c3e8991bae4c97d5a474589a5f0"
+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 5444 (2019-2020) — Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20
+
+## 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2020-HEBH-5444.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2020-HEBS-5444.htm)
+3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/House/htm/2020-HCB-5444.htm)
+4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2020-HIB-5444.htm)
+5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0178.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 145 Yeas 99 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **99–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abdullah Hammoud — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Garza — cosponsor (person)
+- Bronna Kahle — cosponsor (person)
+- Cara Clemente — cosponsor (person)
+- Cynthia Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Daire Rendon — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Lasinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Douglas Wozniak — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Liberati — cosponsor (person)
+- Hank Vaupel — cosponsor (person)
+- Jack O'Malley — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Ellison — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Haadsma — cosponsor (person)
+- John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Brixie — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Calley — cosponsor (person)
+- Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyra Harris Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- LaTanya Garrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Laurie Pohutsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Leslie Love — cosponsor (person)
+- Lori Stone — cosponsor (person)
+- Mari Manoogian — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
+- Nate Shannon — cosponsor (person)
+- Padma Kuppa — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Wittenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheryl Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
+- Tenisha Yancey — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Sabo — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Sneller — cosponsor (person)
+- William Sowerby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Frank Liberati `introduction`
+- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/05/2020
+- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 145 Yeas 99 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
+- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
+- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND VETERANS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect
+- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
+- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 09/24/2020 12:50 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 10/08/2020 10:52 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 10/08/2020 12:12 PM
+- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 178'20 with immediate effect
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe43db6-8de7-42df-8498-1a9cbd84a077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+