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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Children: services; reference to \"children's ombudsman\" in 1973 PA 116; amend to \"child advocate\". Amends secs. 5a & 10 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.115a & 722.120). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0432'23"
+description: "Children: services; reference to \"children's ombudsman\" in 1973 PA 116; amend to \"child advocate\". Amends secs. 5a & 10 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.115a & 722.120). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0432'23"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 435"
+citation: "Michigan SB 435 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children: services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dayna Polehanki"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-28"
+last_action: "2023-12-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70cfeb11-e119-44c3-b382-8fac9d60e76f"
+source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0435"
+source_hash: "da8409975a469cc0cae03c5672490468b4c5ed7c200b881a726e4799386701dc"
+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 435 (2023-2024) — Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in 1973 PA 116; amend to "child advocate". Amends secs. 5a & 10 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.115a & 722.120). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0432'23
+
+## 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-0435.pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0435.pdf)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0304.pdf)
+4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0435.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 528 YEAS 34 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 529 Yeas 98 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **98–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dayna Polehanki — primary (person)
+- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia A. Santana — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-28** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAYNA POLEHANKI `introduction`
+- **2023-06-28** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-03** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-03** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-11** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-11** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
+- **2023-10-12** PASSED ROLL CALL # 528 YEAS 34 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2023-10-12** received on 10/12/2023 `introduction`
+- **2023-10-12** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-10-12** referred to Committee on Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-24** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-24** referred to second reading
+- **2023-11-08** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-11-08** placed on third reading
+- **2023-11-08** placed on immediate passage
+- **2023-11-08** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-11-08** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 529 Yeas 98 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
+- **2023-11-08** returned to Senate
+- **2023-11-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-12-29** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/06/2023 09:32 AM `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-29** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/12/2023 10:56 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-29** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/13/2023 10:34 AM
+- **2023-12-29** ASSIGNED PA 0304'23
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70cfeb11-e119-44c3-b382-8fac9d60e76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+