---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights: general discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; include as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. Amends title & secs. 102, 103, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 301, 302, 302a, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505 & 506 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.)."
description: "Civil rights: general discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; include as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. Amends title & secs. 102, 103, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 301, 302, 302a, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505 & 506 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Michigan SB 4 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil rights: general discrimination", "Civil rights: sex discrimination and harassment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Moss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b382bdd-94bd-4b71-a09c-2a4e9f1eced4"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0004"
source_hash: "1a29d2d3b125558d27172d5b97e67348326a9da4ec2d1266beb71cd016be3e2f"
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 4 (2023-2024) — Civil rights: general discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; include as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. Amends title & secs. 102, 103, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 301, 302, 302a, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505 & 506 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.).

## 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-0004.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0004.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0006.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0004.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 32 YEAS 23 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 18 Yeas 64 Nays 45 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **64–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Moss — primary (person)
- Darrin Camilleri — cosponsor (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet — 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)
- Winnie Brinks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JEREMY MOSS `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2023-02-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-03-01** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-01** PASSED ROLL CALL # 32 YEAS 23 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** received on 03/01/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** referred to second reading
- **2023-03-08** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** placed on third reading
- **2023-03-08** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-03-08** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 18 Yeas 64 Nays 45 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** inserted full title
- **2023-03-08** returned to Senate
- **2023-03-09** IMMEDIATE EFFECT DEFEATED
- **2023-03-09** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-03-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-14** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/14/2023 11:19 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 03/16/2023 04:13 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 03/16/2023 04:40 PM
- **2023-03-21** ASSIGNED PA 0006'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b382bdd-94bd-4b71-a09c-2a4e9f1eced4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).