---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations: zero budget; department of agriculture and rural development; provide for fiscal year 2019-2020. Creates appropriation act."
description: "Appropriations: zero budget; department of agriculture and rural development; provide for fiscal year 2019-2020. Creates appropriation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 4229"
citation: "Michigan HB 4229 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations: zero budget", "Appropriations: agriculture and rural development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471b7428-20d9-455a-97eb-82dbc097c795"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-4229"
source_hash: "0f311fb5eaaa18a9668b1b09b792135bde08692cbb726c0b944ff5cbefc6f48d"
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 HB 4229 (2019-2020) — Appropriations: zero budget; department of agriculture and rural development; provide for fiscal year 2019-2020. Creates appropriation act.

## 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBH-4229.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBS-4229.htm)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconferencereport/House/htm/2019-HB-4229-CR-1.htm)
4. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/House/htm/2019-HCB-4229.htm)
5. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2019-HIB-4229.htm)
6. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2019-PA-0065.htm)

## Votes

- conference report adopted Roll Call # 230 Yeas 69 Nays 39 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **69–39** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 142 YEAS 22 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- roll call Roll Call # 135 Yeas 0 Nays 109 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **0–109** (fail) · lower
- SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 229 YEAS 22 NAYS 16 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- passed Roll Call # 112 Yeas 58 Nays 49 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **58–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg VanWoerkom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Greg VanWoerkom `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/26/2019
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-3) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-3) adopted
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed Roll Call # 112 Yeas 58 Nays 49 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 142 YEAS 22 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate with substitute (S-1)
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate substitute (S-1) nonconcurred in
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** roll call Roll Call # 135 Yeas 0 Nays 109 Excused 0 Not Voting 1
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** House conferees named 06/19/2019: Reps. Greg VanWoerkom Ann Bollin Sheryl Y Kennedy
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** SENATE NAMED CONFEREES 06/20/2019: SENS. ROGER VICTORY, JIM STAMAS, SEAN MCCANN
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** referred to conference committee 06/20/2019
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** conference report received
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** conference report adopted Roll Call # 230 Yeas 69 Nays 39 Excused 0 Not Voting 2
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** given immediate effect
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** retransmitted
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** CONFERENCE REPORT RECEIVED IN SENATE
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 229 YEAS 22 NAYS 16 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** conference report adopted by Senate with immediate effect
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2019-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 09/27/2019 11:27 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor with line item(s) vetoed 09/29/2019 03:28 PM `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 09/30/2019 07:36 PM
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 65'19
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** postponed for the day
- **2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** disapproved line item(s) re-referred to Committee on Appropriations

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471b7428-20d9-455a-97eb-82dbc097c795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).