---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits under a retirement system established by a county board of commissioners; make subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act. Amends secs. 12a, 12d & 12e of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0686'17"
description: "Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits under a retirement system established by a county board of commissioners; make subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act. Amends secs. 12a, 12d & 12e of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0686'17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Michigan SB 691 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement: county employees", "Retirement: health benefits", "Retirement: defined benefit", "Counties: boards and commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f5fb944-3b7b-48f5-b7af-9d1aa18457c0"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0691"
source_hash: "7205a3f4785287e445a44074333b415b68bd52f1251ec5660861002497e759f2"
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 691 (2017-2018) — Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits under a retirement system established by a county board of commissioners; make subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act. Amends secs. 12a, 12d & 12e of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0686'17

## 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-0691.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0691.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0204.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0691.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 494 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 465 Yeas 106 Nays 3 — **106–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 29 — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Hildenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAVID HILDENBRAND `introduction`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MICHIGAN COMPETITIVENESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 494 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** received on 12/07/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 465 Yeas 106 Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2017 @ 9:38 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/19/2017 @ 7:46 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/20/2017 @ 2:48 PM
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 204'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f5fb944-3b7b-48f5-b7af-9d1aa18457c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).