---
type: "Bill"
title: "Villages: employees and officers; filling of council vacancies; modify, and modify procedure for compelling attendance of absent council members. Amends sec. 10, ch. II & sec. 5, ch. V of 1895 PA 3 (MCL 62.10 et seq.)."
description: "Villages: employees and officers; filling of council vacancies; modify, and modify procedure for compelling attendance of absent council members. Amends sec. 10, ch. II & sec. 5, ch. V of 1895 PA 3 (MCL 62.10 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "Michigan SB 712 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Villages: employees and officers", "Villages: general law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa1149b-0c5f-48e0-be34-1d107aa2d229"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0712"
source_hash: "ef7de4ce51fc873b867bd0fad3b8da982f9480ff4dba4c2c6cc56355a98f433e"
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 712 (2019-2020) — Villages: employees and officers; filling of council vacancies; modify, and modify procedure for compelling attendance of absent council members. Amends sec. 10, ch. II & sec. 5, ch. V of 1895 PA 3 (MCL 62.10 et seq.).

## 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/Senate/htm/2020-SEBH-0712.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2020-SEBS-0712.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0081.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2020-SCB-0712.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2020-SIB-0712.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 176 Yeas 92 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 89 YEAS 28 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **28–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon Bumstead — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JON C. BUMSTEAD `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) AND AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) AS AMENDED CONCURRED IN
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) AS AMENDED
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 89 YEAS 28 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received on 02/27/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-1) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 176 Yeas 92 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 `passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 119 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/19/2020 01:02 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 04/02/2020 09:00 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 04/02/2020 10:12 AM
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0081'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa1149b-0c5f-48e0-be34-1d107aa2d229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).