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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters using Department of Defense Common Access Cards; allow. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a) ."
+description: "Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters using Department of Defense Common Access Cards; allow. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a) ."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 311"
+citation: "Michigan SB 311 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections: absent voters", "Elections: ballots", "Elections: election officials", "Elections: voters", "Military affairs: other", "State agencies (existing): other"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Johnson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4846fb60-9c19-4c59-9791-1039ce300611"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0311"
+source_hash: "128c111a7201aae51c54e5508eb0bc9c3b5a66fbd942da22898d7a3b65209ca0"
+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 311 (2021-2022) — Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters using Department of Defense Common Access Cards; allow. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a) .
+
+## 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/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0311.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0311.htm)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0197.htm)
+4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2021-SCB-0311.htm)
+5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0311.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 302 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 450 Yeas 98 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — **98–6** (pass) · lower
+- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 471 YEAS 30 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 1 — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruth Johnson — primary (person)
+- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
+- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
+- Jon Bumstead — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Daley — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly LaSata — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Outman — cosponsor (person)
+- Roger Victory — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RUTH A. JOHNSON `introduction`
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
+- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) DEFEATED
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 302 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/24/2021 `introduction`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** motion to discharge committee approved
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
+- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 450 Yeas 98 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 `passage`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 471 YEAS 30 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 1
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/03/2022 02:30 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/07/2022 03:32 PM `executive-signature`
+- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/07/2022 04:52 PM
+- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0197'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4846fb60-9c19-4c59-9791-1039ce300611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
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