republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2019-2020/hb-6294.md

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Bill	Probate: other; electronically signing and witnessing certain documents; allow under certain conditions, and allow required visitations to take place electronically. Amends secs. 2502, 3206, 5501 & 5506 of 1998 PA M386 (MCL 700.2502 et seq.) & adds secs. 1202 & 5108a.	Probate: other; electronically signing and witnessing certain documents; allow under certain conditions, and allow required visitations to take place electronically. Amends secs. 2502, 3206, 5501 & 5506 of 1998 PA M386 (MCL 700.2502 et seq.) & adds secs. 1202 & 5108a.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2019-2020	HB 6294	Michigan HB 6294 (2019-2020)	bill	Probate: other	enacted		5	26	2	2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00	2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/311d1971-9d3b-4cd7-98f6-dba86049cf06	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-6294	8e6b97477451dee777ae9c7bb6a4281a5ce4e6062da569c5f129a0bc996a2f50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 6294 (2019-2020) — Probate: other; electronically signing and witnessing certain documents; allow under certain conditions, and allow required visitations to take place electronically. Amends secs. 2502, 3206, 5501 & 5506 of 1998 PA M386 (MCL 700.2502 et seq.) & adds secs. 1202 & 5108a.

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 # 413 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 472 Yeas 102 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 6 — 102–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sarah Lightner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Sarah Lightner introduction
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Government Operations referral-committee
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 10/08/2020
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) committee-passage
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 substitute (H-1) adopted and amended
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 placed on immediate passage
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 472 Yeas 102 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 6 passage
• 2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 413 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2020-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled 10/21/2020
• 2020-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 10/26/2020 03:16 PM executive-receipt
• 2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 11/05/2020 10:02 AM executive-signature
• 2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 11/05/2020 11:14 AM
• 2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 246'20 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/311d1971-9d3b-4cd7-98f6-dba86049cf06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).