---
type: "Bill"
title: "Businesses; partnerships; liability for obligations of limited liability partnerships; clarify. Amends sec. 46 of 1917 PA 72 (MCL 449.46)."
description: "Businesses; partnerships; liability for obligations of limited liability partnerships; clarify. Amends sec. 46 of 1917 PA 72 (MCL 449.46)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Michigan SB 841 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses: partnerships", "Businesses: other", "Torts: liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f034a3-fdfc-4c52-8b44-34a5a253d612"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0841"
source_hash: "49622a9d809dcfd7016f7c0ebdd79ca84b83e72f137af2581e9b73eacda97ce6"
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 841 (2017-2018) — Businesses; partnerships; liability for obligations of limited liability partnerships; clarify. Amends sec. 46 of 1917 PA 72 (MCL 449.46).

## 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-0841.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0841.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0131.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0841.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 132 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 228 Yeas 107 Nays 1 — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 8 — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Hildenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hune — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Emmons — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Knollenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Green — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Kowall — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Colbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JACK BRANDENBURG `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 132 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received on 03/07/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 228 Yeas 107 Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 4/25/2018 @ 12:12 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 5/2/2018 @ 8:52 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 5/3/2018 @ 11:38 AM
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0131'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f034a3-fdfc-4c52-8b44-34a5a253d612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).