---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: judges; circuit court judgeships to Allegan County and Kalamazoo County respectively; restore. Amends secs. 510 & 549 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.510 & 600.549)."
description: "Courts: judges; circuit court judgeships to Allegan County and Kalamazoo County respectively; restore. Amends secs. 510 & 549 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.510 & 600.549)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 1047"
citation: "Michigan SB 1047 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: circuit court", "Courts: judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean McCann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05d29f7d-16c3-4f13-8d10-7b30cc701b0d"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-1047"
source_hash: "37641ffa0b05e1889451ebe9b86882991a58287f3daf84f914d65d2b5f1d00a2"
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 1047 (2021-2022) — Courts: judges; circuit court judgeships to Allegan County and Kalamazoo County respectively; restore. Amends secs. 510 & 549 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.510 & 600.549).

## 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2022-SEBH-1047.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2022-SEBS-1047.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0277.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2022-SIB-1047.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 457 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sean McCann — primary (person)
- Aric Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SEAN MCCANN `introduction`
- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 457 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** received on 09/28/2022 `introduction`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2022-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** passed Roll Call # 508 Yeas 96 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 12 `passage`
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2022-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/28/2022 02:38 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/29/2022 01:08 PM `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/29/2022 01:46 PM
- **2022-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0277'22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05d29f7d-16c3-4f13-8d10-7b30cc701b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).