republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-4186.md

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Bill	Animals; animal shelters; certain definition of animal; revise. Amends secs. 1 & 8b of 1969 PA 287 (MCL 287.331 & 287.338b).	Animals; animal shelters; certain definition of animal; revise. Amends secs. 1 & 8b of 1969 PA 287 (MCL 287.331 & 287.338b).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 4186	Michigan HB 4186 (2017-2018)	bill	Animals: animal shelters Animals: pet shops Animals: other	enacted		5	24	2	2017-02-09T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a8b3d7de-0a58-4937-8c5b-877e236d6ec8	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4186	d913a20e0657e75617a7c5c3eb35eb82e0b813a0e48604f4bb824e5fdf341aee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4186 (2017-2018) — Animals; animal shelters; certain definition of animal; revise. Amends secs. 1 & 8b of 1969 PA 287 (MCL 287.331 & 287.338b).

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
2. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. House Concurred Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. House Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 307 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 7 Yeas 100 Nays 8 — 100–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• 64 — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Elder — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Michael McCready — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Julie Alexander introduction
• 2017-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Agriculture referral-committee
• 2017-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 02/09/2017
• 2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 7 Yeas 100 Nays 8 passage
• 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2017-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE referral-committee
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 307 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect
• 2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled 06/22/2017
• 2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 6/29/2017 @ 2:42 PM executive-receipt
• 2017-08-16T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 7/12/2017 @ 10:47 AM executive-signature
• 2017-08-16T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 7/12/2017 @ 1:04 PM
• 2017-08-16T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 84'17 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8b3d7de-0a58-4937-8c5b-877e236d6ec8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).