republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/sb-812.md

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Bill	Elections; voting equipment; certain obsolete provisions; remove, and modify voting machine references to electronic voting system. Amends sec. 794b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.794b); adds secs. 37a, 37b & 765a & repeals secs. 769a - 793 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.769a - 168.793).	Elections; voting equipment; certain obsolete provisions; remove, and modify voting machine references to electronic voting system. Amends sec. 794b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.794b); adds secs. 37a, 37b & 765a & repeals secs. 769a - 793 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.769a - 168.793).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	SB 812	Michigan SB 812 (2017-2018)	bill	Elections: voting equipment Elections: election officials	enacted		5	30	3	2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00	2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/02ae7e72-4f31-4f5b-9289-91ef7dc45bcd	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0812	34a3bedb48ea93447bdf95a8307282ad272feb3daa32c83dc7b5c7de81ab9324	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan SB 812 (2017-2018) — Elections; voting equipment; certain obsolete provisions; remove, and modify voting machine references to electronic voting system. Amends sec. 794b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.794b); adds secs. 37a, 37b & 765a & repeals secs. 769a - 793 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.769a - 168.793).

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. Public Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Concurred Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ROLL CALL # 200 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSED ROLL CALL # 137 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 223 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• 14 — cosponsor (person)
• David Robertson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAVID ROBERTSON introduction
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND GOVERNMENT REFORM referral-committee
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 committee-passage
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 referral-committee
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 committee-passage
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 SUBSTITUTE S-2 CONCURRED IN
• 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 PASSED ROLL CALL # 137 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received on 03/08/2018 introduction
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Elections and Ethics referral-committee
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 committee-passage
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 substitute H-1 adopted and amended
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 223 Yeas 108 Nays 0 passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 inserted full title
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Senate
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-1 CONCURRED IN
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 ROLL CALL # 200 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 FULL TITLE AGREED TO
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 4/25/2018 @ 12:06 PM executive-receipt
• 2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 5/2/2018 @ 8:46 PM executive-signature
• 2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 5/3/2018 @ 11:22 AM
• 2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 ASSIGNED PA 0123'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02ae7e72-4f31-4f5b-9289-91ef7dc45bcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).