---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; employees; provisions providing employment preferences for certain personnel in special education programs and services; repeal. Repeals secs. 1742 & 1743 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1742 & 380.1743)."
description: "Education; employees; provisions providing employment preferences for certain personnel in special education programs and services; repeal. Repeals secs. 1742 & 1743 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1742 & 380.1743)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 4166"
citation: "Michigan HB 4166 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: employees", "Education: special", "Education: school districts", "State agencies (existing): education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c7c143-fd38-4374-9fdf-d203c4315bf8"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4166"
source_hash: "60fc6b66944b0f350a29369cd5a4a57901c3cecee44fa5e5fb72a4935793b53f"
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 4166 (2017-2018) — Education; employees; provisions providing employment preferences for certain personnel in special education programs and services; repeal. Repeals secs. 1742 & 1743 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1742 & 380.1743).

## 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://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBH-4166.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBS-4166.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/House/htm/2017-HCB-4166.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/House/htm/2017-HIB-4166.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0159.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 77 Yeas 62 Nays 47 — **62–47** (pass) · lower
- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 436 YEAS 25 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0 — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 80 — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Whiteford — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Kelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Mary Whiteford `introduction`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Education Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/07/2017
- **2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 77 Yeas 62 Nays 47 `passage`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2017-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 436 YEAS 25 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 11/6/2017 @ 3:11 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 11/8/2017 @ 2:47 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 11/9/2017 @ 9:12 AM
- **2017-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 159'17 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c7c143-fd38-4374-9fdf-d203c4315bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).