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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Labor: collective bargaining; definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336; remove exclusion of certain graduate assistants from. Amends sec. 1 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201)."
+description: "Labor: collective bargaining; definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336; remove exclusion of certain graduate assistants from. Amends sec. 1 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 185"
+citation: "Michigan SB 185 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Higher education: employees", "Higher education: research", "Labor: collective bargaining", "Labor: public service employment"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Irwin"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-15"
+last_action: "2023-12-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd0aa0e0-5c93-45a1-a3d5-33814bb2d65b"
+source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0185"
+source_hash: "be8430fe8bc023ba772390b3cf866b1f3b1beb3a8a0a670ffb0e4eb764f6c8ff"
+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 185 (2023-2024) — Labor: collective bargaining; definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336; remove exclusion of certain graduate assistants from. Amends sec. 1 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201).
+
+## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0185.pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0185.pdf)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0237.pdf)
+4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0185.pdf)
+5. **Substitute (S-5)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0185-00B74.pdf)
+6. **Substitute (S-5) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0185-0B735.pdf)
+7. **Substitute (S-5) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0185-00C77.pdf)
+8. **Substitute (S-5) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0185-00D48.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 135 YEAS 20 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **20–17** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 570 Yeas 56 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **56–51** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeff Irwin — primary (person)
+- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
+- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-15** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JEFF IRWIN `introduction`
+- **2023-03-15** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-25** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-25** SUBSTITUTE (S-5) CONCURRED IN
+- **2023-04-25** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5)
+- **2023-04-26** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-26** PASSED ROLL CALL # 135 YEAS 20 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-26** received on 04/26/2023 `introduction`
+- **2023-04-26** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-26** referred to Committee on Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-28** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-28** referred to second reading
+- **2023-11-09** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-11-09** placed on third reading
+- **2023-11-09** placed on immediate passage
+- **2023-11-09** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-11-09** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 570 Yeas 56 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
+- **2023-11-09** returned to Senate
+- **2023-11-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-12-29** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/27/2023 02:36 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-29** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/29/2023 05:02 PM `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-29** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/30/2023 10:06 AM
+- **2023-12-29** ASSIGNED PA 0237'23
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd0aa0e0-5c93-45a1-a3d5-33814bb2d65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+