---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; protection; considerations for returning child to custody of parent; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 18 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.622 & 722.638)."
description: "Children; protection; considerations for returning child to custody of parent; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 18 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.622 & 722.638)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Michigan SB 420 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children: protection", "Family law: child custody", "Children: parental rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88ef0807-d906-4ff5-96ad-724f3c88f7b8"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0420"
source_hash: "5c9171aa61e38e1802cea977e44578b6123f5eed4a0d6903c55f204b4ab9958a"
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 420 (2017-2018) — Children; protection; considerations for returning child to custody of parent; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 18 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.622 & 722.638).

## 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/2017-SEBH-0420.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0420.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0059.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2017-SCB-0420.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0420.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 468 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL # 98 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 84 Yeas 103 Nays 5 — **103–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 25 — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PHILLIP PAVLOV `introduction`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) CONCURRED IN
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH AMENDMENT(S)
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 468 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** received on 11/30/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 not adopted
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** substitute H-2 adopted
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 84 Yeas 103 Nays 5 `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-2 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 98 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 3/1/2018 @ 2:05 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 3/13/2018 @ 11:52 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 3/14/2018 @ 1:06 PM
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0059'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88ef0807-d906-4ff5-96ad-724f3c88f7b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).