---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services: food assistance; asset test for food assistance program eligibility; eliminate. Amends sec. 10d of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10d)."
description: "Human services: food assistance; asset test for food assistance program eligibility; eliminate. Amends sec. 10d of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10d)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Michigan SB 35 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human services: food assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Irwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b365210-6db7-44d1-b9a4-b442abe6ef8f"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0035"
source_hash: "02c95fce536bbeab9ff3220aef09e3348549ac6594a092df4918f44d25b47279"
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 35 (2023-2024) — Human services: food assistance; asset test for food assistance program eligibility; eliminate. Amends sec. 10d of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10d).

## 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/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0035.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0035.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0053.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0035.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 51 YEAS 25 NAYS 13 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 172 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **56–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Irwin — primary (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
- John Damoose — cosponsor (person)
- Mallory McMorrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Cavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sean McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia A. Santana — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Klinefelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JEFF IRWIN `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2023-03-01** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-03-09** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-09** PASSED ROLL CALL # 51 YEAS 25 NAYS 13 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** received on 03/09/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** referred to Committee on Economic Development and Small Business `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16** referred to second reading
- **2023-06-14** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14** placed on third reading
- **2023-06-20** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 172 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2023-06-20** inserted full title
- **2023-06-20** returned to Senate
- **2023-06-27** IMMEDIATE EFFECT DEFEATED
- **2023-06-27** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-06-27** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-07-18** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/06/2023 01:48 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-18** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/11/2023 12:26 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-18** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/12/2023 09:58 AM
- **2023-07-18** ASSIGNED PA 0053'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b365210-6db7-44d1-b9a4-b442abe6ef8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).