---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; voting procedures; ballot secrecy sleeves; modify, and modify time to notify an officer whose recall is sought of the recall petition. Amends secs. 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, 951a & 952 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.736b et seq.)."
description: "Elections; voting procedures; ballot secrecy sleeves; modify, and modify time to notify an officer whose recall is sought of the recall petition. Amends secs. 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, 951a & 952 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.736b et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1012"
citation: "Michigan SB 1012 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voting procedures", "Elections: political parties", "Elections: ballots", "Elections: primary", "Elections: recall"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2874ba6c-9fd9-4511-b0f1-6ca3893766c8"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-1012"
source_hash: "8e2ed4fed6c14fde80e9a5a7f42f5b80a72a9a8acfc73493d81e2883c691bf16"
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 1012 (2017-2018) — Elections; voting procedures; ballot secrecy sleeves; modify, and modify time to notify an officer whose recall is sought of the recall petition. Amends secs. 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, 951a & 952 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.736b et seq.).

## 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/Senate/htm/2018-SEBH-1012.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-1012.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0190.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-1012.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 429 Yeas 107 Nays 0 — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 353 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 14 — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAVID ROBERTSON `introduction`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND GOVERNMENT REFORM `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 353 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/23/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 429 Yeas 107 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/13/2018 @ 2:00 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/19/2018 @ 8:30 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/20/2018 @ 1:10 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 190'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2874ba6c-9fd9-4511-b0f1-6ca3893766c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).