republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2021-2022/hb-4705.md

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Bill	Civil rights: open meetings; sound recordings of public meetings of state public bodies; require. Amends 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.261 - 15.275) by adding sec. 9a.	Civil rights: open meetings; sound recordings of public meetings of state public bodies; require. Amends 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.261 - 15.275) by adding sec. 9a.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2021-2022	HB 4705	Michigan HB 4705 (2021-2022)	bill	Civil rights: open meetings	enacted	Luke Meerman	5	26	2	2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00	2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/230a8f99-ced5-4741-9f69-1e6f74217364	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-4705	24db4352307e6e6be29f61de6349323da1f4aa40e32570cab61675b3b21d5de6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4705 (2021-2022) — Civil rights: open meetings; sound recordings of public meetings of state public bodies; require. Amends 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.261 - 15.275) by adding sec. 9a.

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 ROLL CALL # 114 YEAS 33 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 33–5 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 535 Yeas 91 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 — 91–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luke Meerman — primary (person)
• Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Yaroch — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Luke Meerman introduction
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Oversight referral-committee
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 04/22/2021
• 2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) committee-passage
• 2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 substitute (H-1) adopted
• 2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 535 Yeas 91 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 passage
• 2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED ROLL CALL # 114 YEAS 33 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with full title
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 04/19/2022 09:10 AM executive-receipt
• 2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 05/02/2022 09:03 AM executive-signature
• 2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 05/02/2022 01:12 PM
• 2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 63'22

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/230a8f99-ced5-4741-9f69-1e6f74217364. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).