republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-5645.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure; witnesses; support dog when witness testifies; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 2163a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2163a).	Criminal procedure; witnesses; support dog when witness testifies; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 2163a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2163a).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 5645	Michigan HB 5645 (2017-2018)	bill	Criminal procedure: witnesses Animals: dogs Children: other	enacted		5	26	2	2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00	2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/366df905-01be-467d-85f9-8c2f79767b3b	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-HB-5645	2806fb9c6c25884955926c35ced722ea10d54105d7b64098309a8a3fe8f88c4c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5645 (2017-2018) — Criminal procedure; witnesses; support dog when witness testifies; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 2163a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2163a).

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 # 284 Yeas 107 Nays 1 — 107–1 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 459 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• 71 — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Tom Barrett introduction
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 02/27/2018
• 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 284 Yeas 107 Nays 1 passage
• 2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY 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
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 459 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 6/25/2018 @ 3:16 PM executive-receipt
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 6/28/2018 @ 6:58 AM executive-signature
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 6/29/2018 @ 11:08 AM
• 2018-08-15T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 282'18 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/366df905-01be-467d-85f9-8c2f79767b3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).