---
type: "Bill"
title: "State finance: budgets; legislatively directed spending items; create a request and monitoring process for. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 364. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4420'25"
description: "State finance: budgets; legislatively directed spending items; create a request and monitoring process for. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 364. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4420'25"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "Michigan SB 596 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature: other", "State agencies (existing): technology", "management", "and budget", "State finance: budgets"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Anthony"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-10-02"
last_action: "2025-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b0299c-3d34-48c9-94f5-a0fc5ada31f9"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0596"
source_hash: "885d1670a1e1a3cc13ff7d30d4b5cb811167e78eae21ec42713f8870a79a7452"
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 596 (2025-2026) — State finance: budgets; legislatively directed spending items; create a request and monitoring process for. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 364. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4420'25

## 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/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0596.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0596.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billconcurred/House/pdf/2025-HCB-0596.pdf)
4. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2025-PA-0033.pdf)
5. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2025-SCB-0596.pdf)
6. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0596.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-0G2134.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-00B74.pdf)
9. **Substitute (S-1) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-0B736.pdf)
10. **Substitute (S-2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-00C77.pdf)
11. **Substitute (S-2) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-00D48.pdf)
12. **Substitute (S-2) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2025-SCVBS-0596-0D289.pdf)

## Votes

- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 301 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 1 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 276 YEAS 31 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #285 Yeas 99 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 — **99–4** (pass) · lower
- roll call Roll Call #316 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 9 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sarah Anthony — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-02** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SARAH ANTHONY `introduction`
- **2025-10-02** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-15** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) 10/14/2025 `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-15** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2025-10-15** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-21** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2025-10-21** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2025-10-21** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2025-10-21** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2025-10-21** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2025-10-21** PASSED ROLL CALL # 276 YEAS 31 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2025-10-21** received on 10/21/2025 `introduction`
- **2025-10-21** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2025-10-21** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-30** rule suspended
- **2025-10-30** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2025-10-30** placed on second reading
- **2025-10-30** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-30** amended
- **2025-10-30** placed on third reading
- **2025-10-30** placed on immediate passage
- **2025-10-30** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2025-10-30** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #285 Yeas 99 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 `passage`
- **2025-10-30** inserted full title
- **2025-10-30** returned to Senate
- **2025-11-05** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH AMENDMENT(S) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2025-11-05** LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES
- **2025-11-13** AMENDMENT(S) ADOPTED `amendment-passage`
- **2025-12-02** HOUSE AMENDMENT(S) TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED
- **2025-11-13** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 301 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 1
- **2025-11-13** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2025-11-13** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2025-11-13** re-returned from Senate with amendment(s) to House amendment(s) with immediate effect
- **2025-11-13** laid over one day under the rules
- **2025-11-13** rule suspended
- **2025-11-13** Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) concurred in
- **2025-11-13** roll call Roll Call #316 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 9
- **2025-11-13** re-returned to Senate
- **2025-11-13** ORDERED ENROLLED OUT OF SESSION
- **2025-12-02** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/17/2025 2:24 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-02** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/18/2025 1:32 PM `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-02** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/18/2025 2:02 PM
- **2025-12-02** ASSIGNED PA 0033'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b0299c-3d34-48c9-94f5-a0fc5ada31f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).