---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: court of appeals; jurisdiction of the court of appeals; expand to include state bar admissions. Amends secs. 910 & 913 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.910 & 600.913)."
description: "Courts: court of appeals; jurisdiction of the court of appeals; expand to include state bar admissions. Amends secs. 910 & 913 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.910 & 600.913)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 5204"
citation: "Michigan HB 5204 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: court of appeals", "Courts: employees", "Courts: jurisdiction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Breen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-24"
last_action: "2024-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60dc05fd-e6fd-4c24-9f17-89eba234648e"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-5204"
source_hash: "bdb87cc617b90cc9231b6726f9a59390810c427d99b2ea71613d9404d654add5"
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 5204 (2023-2024) — Courts: court of appeals; jurisdiction of the court of appeals; expand to include state bar admissions. Amends secs. 910 & 913 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.910 & 600.913).

## 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/House/pdf/2023-HEBH-5204.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBS-5204.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/House/pdf/2023-HCB-5204.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/pdf/2023-HIB-5204.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0217.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 319 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 500 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly Breen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-24** introduced by Representative Kelly Breen `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-10-24** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-25** bill electronically reproduced 10/24/2023
- **2024-02-07** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** referred to second reading
- **2024-09-25** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-09-25** placed on third reading
- **2024-09-25** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-09-25** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-09-25** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 319 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-09-25** transmitted
- **2024-10-02** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2024-10-02** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-24** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-24** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-10** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-10** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2024-12-11** PASSED ROLL CALL # 500 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-12-11** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2024-12-11** RETURNED TO HOUSE
- **2024-12-12** returned from Senate without amendment with full title
- **2024-12-12** full title agreed to
- **2024-12-12** bill ordered enrolled
- **2024-12-31** presented to the Governor 01/08/2025 02:10 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-31** approved by the Governor 01/17/2025 01:22 PM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-31** filed with Secretary of State 01/17/2025 03:12 PM
- **2024-12-31** assigned PA 217'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60dc05fd-e6fd-4c24-9f17-89eba234648e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).