---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: home health care; home help caregiver program; provide for. Creates new act."
description: "Health: home health care; home help caregiver program; provide for. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "Michigan SB 790 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health: home health care", "Labor: collective bargaining"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Hertel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-14"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/070e0876-3f06-40ca-8691-fa49760859a0"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0790"
source_hash: "e50fdaf333bf403195789a3e5e09679af66a7f41e9d807e949e0c3d46a23bbc4"
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 790 (2023-2024) — Health: home health care; home help caregiver program; provide for. 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBH-0790.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0790.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0144.pdf)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2024-SCB-0790.pdf)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0790.pdf)
6. **Substitute (H-1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0790-0N2916.pdf)
7. **Substitute (H-1) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0790-0O3319.pdf)
8. **Substitute (H-2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0790-0O3320.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 302 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **56–53** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 328 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 351 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **20–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Hertel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-14** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN HERTEL `introduction`
- **2024-09-25** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2024-06-26** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2024-06-26** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2024-06-26** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-06-26** PASSED ROLL CALL # 328 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-06-26** received on 06/26/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-06-26** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-06-26** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-25** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-25** referred to second reading
- **2024-09-25** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-09-25** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2024-09-25** substitute (H-2) adopted
- **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 # 302 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-09-25** title amended
- **2024-09-25** returned to Senate
- **2024-09-25** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-2) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2024-09-25** HOUSE AMENDED TITLE
- **2024-09-25** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2024-09-25** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-09-25** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 351 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2024-09-25** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2024-09-25** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-10-08** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/07/2024 10:56 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/08/2024 11:06 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/08/2024 01:32 PM
- **2024-10-09** ASSIGNED PA 0144'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/070e0876-3f06-40ca-8691-fa49760859a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).