---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education: financial aid; tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and Michigan fire fighters killed in the line of duty; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1242 & 390.1243)."
description: "Higher education: financial aid; tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and Michigan fire fighters killed in the line of duty; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1242 & 390.1243)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 4247"
citation: "Michigan HB 4247 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher education: financial aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Koleszar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd98597-596a-42cc-b674-e7519ae41b4e"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-4247"
source_hash: "b969b60dae6ed472204acc55511eefba0fd4d6183432b6edc1f638558670d519"
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 4247 (2021-2022) — Higher education: financial aid; tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and Michigan fire fighters killed in the line of duty; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1242 & 390.1243).

## 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/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBH-4247.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBS-4247.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/House/htm/2021-HCB-4247.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/htm/2021-HIB-4247.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2021-PA-0127.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 455 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 15 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Koleszar — primary (person)
- Angela Witwer — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Slagh — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Wozniak — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Yaroch — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bellino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Breen — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Mueller — cosponsor (person)
- Nate Shannon — cosponsor (person)
- Padma Kuppa — cosponsor (person)
- Ranjeev Puri — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Bezotte — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Steckloff — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Marino — cosponsor (person)
- TC Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Sabo — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Brann — cosponsor (person)
- Tyrone Carter — cosponsor (person)
- William Sowerby — cosponsor (person)
- Yousef Rabhi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Matt Koleszar `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/16/2021
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 15 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 455 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2021-12-02T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 12/06/2021 09:37 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 12/16/2021 05:31 PM `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 12/17/2021 04:22 PM
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 127'21 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fd98597-596a-42cc-b674-e7519ae41b4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).