---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526)."
description: "Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 4656"
citation: "Michigan HB 4656 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: circuit court", "Courts: judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Cambensy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7ce00c-c5af-4268-a16b-fda90f813588"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-4656"
source_hash: "70ad600dcfa3c7f0d3a5055a5f38dc42726f437d3724174785af34025bf0962c"
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 4656 (2021-2022) — Courts: circuit court; twenty-fifth circuit court; restore judgeship. Amends sec. 526 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.526).

## 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-4656.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/House/htm/2021-HEBS-4656.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/House/htm/2021-HCB-4656.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/htm/2021-HIB-4656.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2021-PA-0074.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 333 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 326 Yeas 104 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **104–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Cambensy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Sara Cambensy `introduction`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 04/15/2021
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted and amended
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 326 Yeas 104 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 333 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with full title
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 07/21/2021 03:18 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 07/29/2021 09:42 AM `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 07/29/2021 11:16 AM
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 74'21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d7ce00c-c5af-4268-a16b-fda90f813588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).