---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20"
description: "Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 5444"
citation: "Michigan HB 5444 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children: services", "Children: foster care", "State agencies (existing): health and human services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe43db6-8de7-42df-8498-1a9cbd84a077"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5444"
source_hash: "d932be286e67541998f46edb85c683020da24c3e8991bae4c97d5a474589a5f0"
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 5444 (2019-2020) — Children: services; kinship caregiver navigator program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5443'20

## 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/2020-HEBH-5444.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2020-HEBS-5444.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/House/htm/2020-HCB-5444.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2020-HIB-5444.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0178.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 145 Yeas 99 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **99–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abdullah Hammoud — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Garza — cosponsor (person)
- Bronna Kahle — cosponsor (person)
- Cara Clemente — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Daire Rendon — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lasinski — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Wozniak — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Liberati — cosponsor (person)
- Hank Vaupel — cosponsor (person)
- Jack O'Malley — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ellison — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haadsma — cosponsor (person)
- John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Brixie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Calley — cosponsor (person)
- Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Kyra Harris Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- LaTanya Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Pohutsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Manoogian — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
- Nate Shannon — cosponsor (person)
- Padma Kuppa — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Wittenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sheryl Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Tenisha Yancey — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Sabo — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Sneller — cosponsor (person)
- William Sowerby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Frank Liberati `introduction`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/05/2020
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 145 Yeas 99 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND VETERANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 09/24/2020 12:50 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 10/08/2020 10:52 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 10/08/2020 12:12 PM
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 178'20 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe43db6-8de7-42df-8498-1a9cbd84a077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).