---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement; records; maintain record for separation of employment; require, and establish that agency is immune from civil liability. Creates new act."
description: "Law enforcement; records; maintain record for separation of employment; require, and establish that agency is immune from civil liability. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "Michigan SB 223 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement: records", "Law enforcement: local police", "Law enforcement: state police", "Torts: liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2cd95c1-da4c-4a84-8809-ca5dc80d5be2"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0223"
source_hash: "f2c3ae92b3ca7bc57f57e9482728e05423e9309389e808e4f1ede15f22552b6a"
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 223 (2017-2018) — Law enforcement; records; maintain record for separation of employment; require, and establish that agency is immune from civil liability. Creates new act.

## 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/Senate/htm/2017-SEBH-0223.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0223.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0128.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0223.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 82 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 287 Yeas 105 Nays 2 — **105–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 24 — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nofs — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Schuitmaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RICK JONES `introduction`
- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 82 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/23/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 287 Yeas 105 Nays 2 `passage`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/13/2017 @ 9:50 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/17/2017 @ 12:19 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/17/2017 @ 2:16 PM
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0128'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2cd95c1-da4c-4a84-8809-ca5dc80d5be2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).