---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by uniformed services voters; amend start date. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a)."
description: "Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by uniformed services voters; amend start date. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "Michigan SB 470 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: absent voters", "Elections: election officials", "Elections: voters", "Military affairs: other", "State agencies (existing): state"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Wojno"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-07"
last_action: "2023-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35262fc5-6efd-42e6-aacf-a363879540c2"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0470"
source_hash: "9b657f317a4946e589318eb6daf46fbcc17124f9c2ebaa8a2a8045aff8ceee11"
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 470 (2023-2024) — Elections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by uniformed services voters; amend start date. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a).

## 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-0470.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0470.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0193.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0470.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 475 YEAS 21 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 363 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **56–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Wojno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-07** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PAUL WOJNO `introduction`
- **2023-09-07** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-14** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-26** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-09-27** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2023-09-27** PASSED ROLL CALL # 475 YEAS 21 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-09-27** received on 09/27/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-09-27** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-09-27** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-11** notice given to discharge committee
- **2023-10-12** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2023-10-12** placed on 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 # 363 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2023-10-12** inserted full title
- **2023-10-12** returned to Senate
- **2023-10-19** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-10-19** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-10-31** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/27/2023 02:24 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-08** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/07/2023 01:24 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-08** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/07/2023 02:32 PM
- **2023-11-08** ASSIGNED PA 0193'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35262fc5-6efd-42e6-aacf-a363879540c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).