republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2021-2022/sb-654.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: reorganization; reorganization of fifty-first and twenty-seventh circuit court, and seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth district courts; provide for. Amends secs. 528, 549c, 550a, 8143, 8144 & 8176 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.528 et seq.)."
description: "Courts: reorganization; reorganization of fifty-first and twenty-seventh circuit court, and seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth district courts; provide for. Amends secs. 528, 549c, 550a, 8143, 8144 & 8176 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.528 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "Michigan SB 654 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: circuit court", "Courts: district court", "Courts: reorganization"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Bumstead"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b48a189-3ac7-4cfa-b8c0-4de7e5520036"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0654"
source_hash: "495e3e6733dc644ce2423397ddc4f574b50c71c10493d947f7a1e519945899ae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 654 (2021-2022) — Courts: reorganization; reorganization of fifty-first and twenty-seventh circuit court, and seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth district courts; provide for. Amends secs. 528, 549c, 550a, 8143, 8144 & 8176 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.528 et seq.).

## 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](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0654.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0654.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0007.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2021-SCB-0654.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0654.htm)

## Votes

- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 15 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 19 Yeas 102 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 441 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon Bumstead — primary (person)
- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JON C. BUMSTEAD `introduction`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 441 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** received on 11/10/2021 `introduction`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 19 Yeas 102 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 15 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 02/07/2022 01:32 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 02/09/2022 02:40 PM `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 02/09/2022 03:34 PM
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0007'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b48a189-3ac7-4cfa-b8c0-4de7e5520036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).