---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles; juvenile justice services; qualifications for direct care worker of a juvenile court-operated residential care facility; modify. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14d."
description: "Juveniles; juvenile justice services; qualifications for direct care worker of a juvenile court-operated residential care facility; modify. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14d."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 4218"
citation: "Michigan HB 4218 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: juvenile justice services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d6d8d1f-1bfa-44c1-9d94-ae348275e7b5"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4218"
source_hash: "9d15fe29a25b45143f9144082debded2440a3e2373eb8caf779b58d3cab52241"
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 HB 4218 (2017-2018) — Juveniles; juvenile justice services; qualifications for direct care worker of a juvenile court-operated residential care facility; modify. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14d.

## 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](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBH-4218.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBS-4218.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/House/htm/2017-HCB-4218.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/House/htm/2017-HIB-4218.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0012.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 27 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 356 Yeas 107 Nays 1 — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 58 — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Leutheuser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Eric Leutheuser `introduction`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 02/15/2017
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 356 Yeas 107 Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 27 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 1/29/2018 @ 12:11 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 2/6/2018 @ 10:08 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 2/6/2018 @ 1:02 PM
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 12'18 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d6d8d1f-1bfa-44c1-9d94-ae348275e7b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).