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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526)."
+description: "Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 4656"
+citation: "Michigan HB 4656 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts: circuit court", "Courts: judges"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sara Cambensy"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7ce00c-c5af-4268-a16b-fda90f813588"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-4656"
+source_hash: "70ad600dcfa3c7f0d3a5055a5f38dc42726f437d3724174785af34025bf0962c"
+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 4656 (2021-2022) — Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526).
+
+## 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/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBH-4656.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBS-4656.htm)
+3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/House/htm/2021-HCB-4656.htm)
+4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/htm/2021-HIB-4656.htm)
+5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2021-PA-0074.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 333 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 326 Yeas 104 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **104–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sara Cambensy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Sara Cambensy `introduction`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 04/15/2021
+- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted and amended
+- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 326 Yeas 104 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
+- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 333 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with full title
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 07/21/2021 03:18 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 07/29/2021 09:42 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 07/29/2021 11:16 AM
+- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 74'21
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d7ce00c-c5af-4268-a16b-fda90f813588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+