---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: election officials; electronically submitting precinct election inspector applications; allow. Amends sec. 677 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.677)."
description: "Elections: election officials; electronically submitting precinct election inspector applications; allow. Amends sec. 677 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.677)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "Michigan SB 385 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: election officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erika Geiss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-13"
last_action: "2023-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8946338-e7a3-4167-ab5c-0cd90c7b3c41"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0385"
source_hash: "b4762c234f6168fd570de7a0694b1fc51ecdf1add3c4954a4cc250c55ea69762"
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 385 (2023-2024) — Elections: election officials; electronically submitting precinct election inspector applications; allow. Amends sec. 677 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.677).

## 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-0385.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0385.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0251.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0385.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 453 Yeas 93 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **93–17** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 448 YEAS 29 NAYS 7 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **29–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Erika Geiss — primary (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ERIKA GEISS `introduction`
- **2023-06-13** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-06** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-09-07** PASSED ROLL CALL # 448 YEAS 29 NAYS 7 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-09-07** received on 09/07/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-09-07** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-09-07** referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-26** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-26** referred to second reading
- **2023-10-31** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-31** placed on third reading
- **2023-11-01** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-01** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 453 Yeas 93 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-01** inserted full title
- **2023-11-01** returned to Senate
- **2023-11-02** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-11-02** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-12-29** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/21/2023 10:20 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-29** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/30/2023 12:16 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-29** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/01/2023 11:02 AM
- **2023-12-29** ASSIGNED PA 0251'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8946338-e7a3-4167-ab5c-0cd90c7b3c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).