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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans: cemeteries; cemetery for veterans; create. Creates new act."
+description: "Veterans: cemeteries; cemetery for veterans; create. Creates new act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 971"
+citation: "Michigan SB 971 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cemeteries and funerals: veterans", "Veterans: cemeteries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Curtis VanderWall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb23a948-29bc-47c9-a320-7bd5037d945f"
+source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0971"
+source_hash: "95ec7d9c366b7e791d04ddbb52a50418fb1273b74fb148f78f12147acee2fd9b"
+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 971 (2021-2022) — Veterans: cemeteries; cemetery for veterans; create. Creates new act.
+
+## 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/2022-SEBH-0971.htm)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2022-SEBS-0971.htm)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0267.htm)
+4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2022-SIB-0971.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 394 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 483 Yeas 97 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 — **97–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Curtis VanderWall — primary (person)
+- Adam Hollier — cosponsor (person)
+- Betty Jean Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
+- Douglas Wozniak — cosponsor (person)
+- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Runestad — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
+- John Bizon — cosponsor (person)
+- Jon Bumstead — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Daley — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly LaSata — cosponsor (person)
+- Lana Theis — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Huizenga — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Outman — cosponsor (person)
+- Roger Victory — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean McCann — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia Santana — cosponsor (person)
+- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Winnie Brinks — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL `introduction`
+- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND VETERANS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
+- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
+- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 394 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/30/2022 `introduction`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) not adopted
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 483 Yeas 97 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 `passage`
+- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
+- **2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+- **2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/13/2022 03:05 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/22/2022 02:44 PM `executive-signature`
+- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/22/2022 04:30 PM
+- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0267'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb23a948-29bc-47c9-a320-7bd5037d945f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+