republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-5438.md

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Bill	Crimes; human trafficking; definition of coercion; expand to include controlling or facilitating access to controlled substances. Amends sec. 462a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.462a).	Crimes; human trafficking; definition of coercion; expand to include controlling or facilitating access to controlled substances. Amends sec. 462a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.462a).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 5438	Michigan HB 5438 (2017-2018)	bill	Crimes: human trafficking Crimes: definitions Controlled substances: use	enacted		5	26	2	2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00	2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/23e51cd3-dd02-48b1-b87a-ddd3ea723480	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-HB-5438	9ef4ea12cdcf3c48cd6afc3629a4cabbfbb9c4da5c928eb5b06b4ee88ba4fb32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5438 (2017-2018) — Crimes; human trafficking; definition of coercion; expand to include controlling or facilitating access to controlled substances. Amends sec. 462a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.462a).

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 # 187 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 125 Yeas 108 Nays 1 — 108–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• 19 — cosponsor (person)
• Bronna Kahle — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Canfield — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Glenn — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Marino — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Cochran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Laura Cox introduction
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Law and Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 01/24/2018
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2018-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2018-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 125 Yeas 108 Nays 1 passage
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 187 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 4/18/2018 @ 12:50 PM executive-receipt
• 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 4/25/2018 @ 5:38 PM executive-signature
• 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 4/26/2018 @ 11:18 AM
• 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 119'18 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23e51cd3-dd02-48b1-b87a-ddd3ea723480. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).