republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2019-2020/hb-5044.md

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Bill	Children; foster care; citation to mental health code definition; revise. Amends sec. 4c of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954c). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5043'19	Children; foster care; citation to mental health code definition; revise. Amends sec. 4c of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954c). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5043'19	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2019-2020	HB 5044	Michigan HB 5044 (2019-2020)	bill	Children: foster care Mental health: other Mental health: recipient rights	enacted		5	27	2	2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00	2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5dca1e72-b6e9-4343-b49b-0f1d24176a92	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5044	1a01ac3a473508aaf5729e7ae9031de4f5bd89855547b30e9c3065c5b9a15736	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5044 (2019-2020) — Children; foster care; citation to mental health code definition; revise. Amends sec. 4c of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954c). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5043'19

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 # 73 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 316 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hank Vaupel — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Yaroch — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• LaTanya Garrett — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Whiteford — cosponsor (person)
• Tommy Brann — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative LaTanya Garrett introduction
• 2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Health Policy referral-committee
• 2019-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 10/08/2019
• 2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 316 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 passage
• 2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 73 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 02/25/2020 11:46 AM executive-receipt
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 03/03/2020 12:59 PM executive-signature
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 03/03/2020 04:24 PM
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 56'20 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dca1e72-b6e9-4343-b49b-0f1d24176a92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).