republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2021-2022/hb-4778.md

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Bill	State financing and management: other; state agencies using messaging apps that allow deletion of messages to avoid FOIA: prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 270.	State financing and management: other; state agencies using messaging apps that allow deletion of messages to avoid FOIA: prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 270.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2021-2022	HB 4778	Michigan HB 4778 (2021-2022)	bill	Civil rights: public records Communications: telecommunications State financing and management: other	enacted	Steven Johnson	5	30	3	2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00	2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bf4357cb-2f43-4239-bfdb-8559c3b4aa68	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-HB-4778	31f36deefd3f4fe5ee57156f38844b56305bd0a54ea15cb5ec6ada8ac39c13b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4778 (2021-2022) — State financing and management: other; state agencies using messaging apps that allow deletion of messages to avoid FOIA: prohibit. Amends 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1101 - 18.1594) by adding sec. 270.

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

• roll call Roll Call # 538 Yeas 104 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 420 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 363 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steven Johnson — primary (person)
• Abraham Aiyash — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Beeler — cosponsor (person)
• Ben Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Bradley Slagh — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Yaroch — cosponsor (person)
• Luke Meerman — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Bezotte — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Steven Johnson introduction
• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Communications and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 05/04/2021
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) committee-passage
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 substitute (H-1) adopted
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 363 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 passage
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT referral-committee
• 2021-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) committee-passage
• 2021-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) referral-committee
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) committee-passage
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
• 2021-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 420 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2021-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2021-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate with substitute (S-1) with immediate effect and full title
• 2021-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 laid over one day under the rules
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Senate substitute (S-1) concurred in
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 roll call Roll Call # 538 Yeas 104 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 5
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 11/10/2021 02:44 PM executive-receipt
• 2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 11/22/2021 10:59 AM executive-signature
• 2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 11/22/2021 12:56 PM
• 2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 114'21 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf4357cb-2f43-4239-bfdb-8559c3b4aa68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).