---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law: marriage and divorce; right for emancipated minor to marry; revoke. Amends secs. 4 & 4e of 1968 PA 293 (MCL 722.4 & 722.4e)."
description: "Family law: marriage and divorce; right for emancipated minor to marry; revoke. Amends secs. 4 & 4e of 1968 PA 293 (MCL 722.4 & 722.4e)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Michigan SB 213 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law: marriage and divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemary Bayer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb375eae-5861-4e6a-8bdc-f369751be4f3"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0213"
source_hash: "9f33f5888dfef494caee86859f107a6576947206da6a51864a2c2b369c793a3c"
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 213 (2023-2024) — Family law: marriage and divorce; right for emancipated minor to marry; revoke. Amends secs. 4 & 4e of 1968 PA 293 (MCL 722.4 & 722.4e).

## 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/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0213.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0213.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0073.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0213.pdf)
5. **Substitute (S-2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0213-00B74.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-2) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0213-0B735.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-2) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0213-00C76.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-2) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0213-00D47.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 373 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 251 Yeas 103 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **103–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosemary Bayer — primary (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Mallory McMorrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mark E. Huizenga — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth A. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Sean McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia A. Santana — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Klinefelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROSEMARY BAYER `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2023-06-22** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2023-06-22** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-06-22** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2023-06-22** PASSED ROLL CALL # 373 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-06-22** received on 06/22/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-06-22** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** referred to Committee on Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** notice given to discharge committee
- **2023-06-28** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2023-06-28** placed on second reading
- **2023-06-28** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** placed on third reading
- **2023-06-28** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-06-28** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 251 Yeas 103 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2023-06-28** returned to Senate
- **2023-06-28** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2023-06-28** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-07-18** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/06/2023 02:44 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-18** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/11/2023 01:08 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-18** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/12/2023 10:38 AM
- **2023-07-18** ASSIGNED PA 0073'23 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb375eae-5861-4e6a-8bdc-f369751be4f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).