---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: industrial hemp; regulations for growing industrial hemp; create. Creates new act."
description: "Agriculture: industrial hemp; regulations for growing industrial hemp; create. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 850"
citation: "Michigan SB 850 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: industrial hemp", "State agencies (existing): agriculture and rural development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547f19b6-190d-4e60-9168-c74ca956e395"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0850"
source_hash: "04fe65d786570a809424e8d9502e78de8185be5d86a082b3e889a7fb5a0c5d46"
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 850 (2019-2020) — Agriculture: industrial hemp; regulations for growing industrial hemp; create. Creates new 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/Senate/htm/2020-SEBH-0850.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2020-SEBS-0850.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0137.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2020-SIB-0850.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 279 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 220 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Lauwers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAN LAUWERS `introduction`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5) `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-5) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-5)
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 220 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/18/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 279 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 06/30/2020 11:09 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/08/2020 10:28 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/08/2020 12:24 PM
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0137'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/547f19b6-190d-4e60-9168-c74ca956e395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).