republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2019-2020/hb-4444.md

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Bill	Civil rights: public records; publication by electronic means; allow. Amends sec. 11 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.241).	Civil rights: public records; publication by electronic means; allow. Amends sec. 11 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.241).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2019-2020	HB 4444	Michigan HB 4444 (2019-2020)	bill	Civil rights: public records Communications: other	enacted		5	27	2	2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9be2a68a-4d77-4419-a46c-d1f3f970ae7f	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-4444	1af36e2dec821ded7555ce8a39942c314e596985ed09dfb1fc65637f8e07eab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4444 (2019-2020) — Civil rights: public records; publication by electronic means; allow. Amends sec. 11 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.241).

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 # 98 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 54 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Brandt Iden — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bellino — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Steven Johnson introduction
• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Oversight referral-committee
• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 04/11/2019
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 98 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT referral-committee
• 2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 54 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 02/21/2020 01:18 PM executive-receipt
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 03/03/2020 12:19 PM executive-signature
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 03/03/2020 03:46 PM
• 2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 37'20 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9be2a68a-4d77-4419-a46c-d1f3f970ae7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).