---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: reorganization; reorganization of the seventy-ninth district court and number of judgeships; modify. Amends sec. 8144 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8144)."
description: "Courts: reorganization; reorganization of the seventy-ninth district court and number of judgeships; modify. Amends sec. 8144 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8144)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 754"
citation: "Michigan SB 754 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: reorganization", "Courts: district court", "Courts: judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc671708-4c8d-4365-a975-9150442ea28d"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0754"
source_hash: "1091858b7b2830330eea151803f7c68267cd6b5e16fa67358caf7c6394cfa782"
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 754 (2019-2020) — Courts: reorganization; reorganization of the seventy-ninth district court and number of judgeships; modify. Amends sec. 8144 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8144).

## 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-0754.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2020-SEBS-0754.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0082.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2020-SIB-0754.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 107 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 177 Yeas 92 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL `introduction`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 107 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/12/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `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** 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 # 177 Yeas 92 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 `passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/19/2020 01:04 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 04/02/2020 09:02 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 04/02/2020 10:14 AM
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0082'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc671708-4c8d-4365-a975-9150442ea28d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).