---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children: adoption; placement with and preference to child's relative; modify. Amends sec. 4a of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954a)."
description: "Children: adoption; placement with and preference to child's relative; modify. Amends sec. 4a of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954a)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 1166"
citation: "Michigan SB 1166 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children: adoption", "Children: foster care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis VanderWall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35d189af-1984-41a6-9b80-367b77a64fce"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-1166"
source_hash: "422015c46a969216aee90b2fefa6bbb7962b1e6371998b891a5d7739a9cc7124"
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 1166 (2021-2022) — Children: adoption; placement with and preference to child's relative; modify. Amends sec. 4a of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954a).

## 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/Senate/htm/2022-SEBH-1166.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2022-SEBS-1166.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0211.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2022-SIB-1166.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 443 Yeas 104 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **104–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 426 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curtis VanderWall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL `introduction`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 426 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** received on 09/21/2022 `introduction`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 443 Yeas 104 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/05/2022 11:00 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/07/2022 04:00 PM `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/07/2022 05:20 PM
- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0211'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35d189af-1984-41a6-9b80-367b77a64fce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).