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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Occupations: attorneys; requirements for admission to state bar; modify. Amends secs. 931, 934 & 946 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.931 et seq.) & adds sec. 935."
+description: "Occupations: attorneys; requirements for admission to state bar; modify. Amends secs. 931, 934 & 946 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.931 et seq.) & adds sec. 935."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 5541"
+citation: "Michigan HB 5541 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupations: attorneys", "Occupations: individual licensing and registration", "State agencies (existing): boards and commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Fink"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba77b7b6-db81-4790-9c4a-e432d898ba94"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-5541"
+source_hash: "68b8872066e363b25f3ebc046526edc0a2c6a8c27a72afc4e905052afa6521b8"
+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 5541 (2021-2022) — Occupations: attorneys; requirements for admission to state bar; modify. Amends secs. 931, 934 & 946 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.931 et seq.) & adds sec. 935.
+
+## 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-5541.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBS-5541.htm)
+3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/House/htm/2021-HCB-5541.htm)
+4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/htm/2021-HIB-5541.htm)
+5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0059.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 7 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 100 YEAS 35 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Fink — primary (person)
+- Douglas Wozniak — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Andrew Fink `introduction`
+- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 11/09/2021
+- **2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
+- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 7 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 `passage`
+- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** transmitted
+- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 100 YEAS 35 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
+- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 03/28/2022 01:42 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 04/07/2022 12:08 PM `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 04/07/2022 02:56 PM
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 59'22 with immediate effect
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba77b7b6-db81-4790-9c4a-e432d898ba94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
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