republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-5131.md

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Bill	Elections; candidates; reference to elected office of county auditor in the election law; remove. Amends sec. 697 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.697). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5052'17, HB 5072'17, HB 5084'17, HB 5114'17	Elections; candidates; reference to elected office of county auditor in the election law; remove. Amends sec. 697 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.697). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5052'17, HB 5072'17, HB 5084'17, HB 5114'17	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 5131	Michigan HB 5131 (2017-2018)	bill	Elections: candidates Elections: other Counties: employees and officers	enacted		5	26	2	2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00	2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/20116a51-56e5-406f-b313-f00d31239b3c	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-5131	487291390e9c6ba0951847810c24e014b0a1cf9e3aa80f228fadf40d980a4c05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5131 (2017-2018) — Elections; candidates; reference to elected office of county auditor in the election law; remove. Amends sec. 697 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.697). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5052'17, HB 5072'17, HB 5084'17, HB 5114'17

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 # 67 Yeas 108 Nays 1 — 108–1 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 428 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• 16 — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Kosowski — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Marino — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Robert Kosowski introduction
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 10/17/2017
• 2018-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2018-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2018-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2018-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 67 Yeas 108 Nays 1 passage
• 2018-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND GOVERNMENT REFORM referral-committee
• 2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 428 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 6/19/2018 @ 2:36 PM executive-receipt
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 6/25/2018 @ 4:40 PM executive-signature
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 6/26/2018 @ 2:02 PM
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 226'18 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20116a51-56e5-406f-b313-f00d31239b3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).