---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: judges; number of judges in Kent County district court; increase. Amends sec. 8130 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8130)."
description: "Courts: judges; number of judges in Kent County district court; increase. Amends sec. 8130 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8130)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 4920"
citation: "Michigan HB 4920 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-07-18"
last_action: "2023-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92cc2a45-07be-44be-986d-ff1d3f2fe48d"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4920"
source_hash: "c1f6695c3371373fb02b39d7ab46d6776cebf7ba0819e878240003bdb23b54cb"
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 4920 (2023-2024) — Courts: judges; number of judges in Kent County district court; increase. Amends sec. 8130 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8130).

## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBH-4920.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBS-4920.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/House/pdf/2023-HCB-4920.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/pdf/2023-HIB-4920.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0311.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 691 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 354 Yeas 106 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **106–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-18** introduced by Representative John Fitzgerald `introduction`
- **2023-07-18** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-07-18** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-19** bill electronically reproduced 07/18/2023
- **2023-09-13** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** referred to second reading
- **2023-10-12** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-12** placed on third reading
- **2023-10-12** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-10-12** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-10-12** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 354 Yeas 106 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2023-10-12** transmitted
- **2023-10-17** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-02** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-07** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-11-08** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 691 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-08** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2023-11-08** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2023-11-08** full title agreed to
- **2023-11-08** bill ordered enrolled
- **2023-12-31** presented to the Governor 12/06/2023 02:26 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-31** approved by the Governor 12/13/2023 05:00 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-31** filed with Secretary of State 12/14/2023 10:08 AM
- **2023-12-31** assigned PA 311'23 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92cc2a45-07be-44be-986d-ff1d3f2fe48d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).