republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-5216.md

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Bill	Civil procedure; other; report of prisoner actions dismissed as frivolous; eliminate. Repeals sec. 5529 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5529).	Civil procedure; other; report of prisoner actions dismissed as frivolous; eliminate. Repeals sec. 5529 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5529).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 5216	Michigan HB 5216 (2017-2018)	bill	Civil procedure: other Civil procedure: civil actions Corrections: prisoners	enacted		5	27	2	2017-11-02T04:00:00+00:00	2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/68d6b752-21a9-46e7-9212-4b17531877f6	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-5216	f59e5e9d3d9ce426373bb07a9bcdf72b2d9b31b0088cca86066fd4c1b477785c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5216 (2017-2018) — Civil procedure; other; report of prisoner actions dismissed as frivolous; eliminate. Repeals sec. 5529 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5529).

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 # 488 Yeas 110 Nays 0 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 94 YEAS 34 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0 — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• 39 — cosponsor (person)
• Klint Kesto — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Klint Kesto introduction
• 2017-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2017-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Law and Justice referral-committee
• 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 11/02/2017
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 placed on immediate passage
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 488 Yeas 110 Nays 0 passage
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2018-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 94 YEAS 34 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 2/26/2018 @ 1:16 PM executive-receipt
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 3/6/2018 @ 11:30 AM executive-signature
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 3/6/2018 @ 3:52 PM
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 54'18 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68d6b752-21a9-46e7-9212-4b17531877f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).