---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; protection; access to electronic central registry; allow tribal entity or tribal social services representative to have access. Amends sec. 7 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.627)."
description: "Children; protection; access to electronic central registry; allow tribal entity or tribal social services representative to have access. Amends sec. 7 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.627)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Michigan SB 616 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children: protection", "Tribal law: generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69db6ea7-1131-43f3-885c-9fc6586d6a9f"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0616"
source_hash: "11dbb076eb10096f60cd8c2139bdd45296f97b61ec4a4120fc57506b8dd22c61"
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 616 (2017-2018) — Children; protection; access to electronic central registry; allow tribal entity or tribal social services representative to have access. Amends sec. 7 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.627).

## 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-0616.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0616.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0056.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0616.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 472 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 50 Yeas 105 Nays 3 — **105–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 33 — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Emmons — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nofs — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JUDITH EMMONS `introduction`
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 472 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 Families, Children, and Seniors `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 50 Yeas 105 Nays 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 2/22/2018 @ 2:19 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 3/6/2018 @ 11:26 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 3/6/2018 @ 3:56 PM
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0056'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69db6ea7-1131-43f3-885c-9fc6586d6a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).