---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: teachers and administrators; requirements for a teacher to successfully complete a probationary period: modify. Amends sec. 3b of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.83b)."
description: "Education: teachers and administrators; requirements for a teacher to successfully complete a probationary period: modify. Amends sec. 3b of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.83b)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 744"
citation: "Michigan SB 744 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: teachers and administrators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristen McDonald Rivet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67173a7d-0c12-4d95-84ff-5ac2451bcf4d"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0744"
source_hash: "4525c9d81f1c882d7da7fa1c8efb9b718beb8b10fa2b8dc408ed4889a45babdd"
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 744 (2023-2024) — Education: teachers and administrators; requirements for a teacher to successfully complete a probationary period: modify. Amends sec. 3b of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.83b).

## 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/2024-SEBH-0744.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0744.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0134.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0744.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 66 YEAS 20 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **20–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristen McDonald Rivet — primary (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KRISTEN MCDONALD RIVET `introduction`
- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2024-03-19** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-03-19** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2024-03-19** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-03-19** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-03-19** PASSED ROLL CALL # 66 YEAS 20 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-19** received on 03/19/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-03-19** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-14** referred to second reading
- **2024-05-21** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** placed on third reading
- **2024-05-22** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 139 Yeas 56 Nays 47 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 `passage`
- **2024-05-22** returned to Senate
- **2024-06-05** POSTPONED FOR THE DAY
- **2024-09-26** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-10-08** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/07/2024 11:28 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/08/2024 10:44 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/08/2024 01:12 PM
- **2024-10-09** ASSIGNED PA 0134'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67173a7d-0c12-4d95-84ff-5ac2451bcf4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).