republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2023-2024/hb-4129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: offenses; intimidating an election official or preventing an election official from performing the election official's duties; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 931b."
description: "Elections: offenses; intimidating an election official or preventing an election official from performing the election official's duties; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 931b."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 4129"
citation: "Michigan HB 4129 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: election officials", "Elections: offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kara Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fddc562-1bc2-40b4-a57a-22b5c586ad28"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4129"
source_hash: "30aaedc94b79d5b870260febec5c1e8bf2fe52fc2aeccf2579c2f97ccb580644"
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 HB 4129 (2023-2024) — Elections: offenses; intimidating an election official or preventing an election official from performing the election official's duties; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 931b.

## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBH-4129.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBS-4129.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/House/pdf/2023-HCB-4129.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/pdf/2023-HIB-4129.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0253.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 726 YEAS 21 NAYS 16 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 442 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **56–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kara Hope — primary (person)
- Abraham Aiyash — cosponsor (person)
- Amos O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Coffia — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Glanville — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Rheingans — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Donavan McKinney — cosponsor (person)
- Dylan Wegela — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Byrnes — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime Churches — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hoskins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Jasper Martus — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Conlin — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haadsma — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie Wilson Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Brixie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Breen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McFall — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie Price — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Arbit — cosponsor (person)
- Penelope Tsernoglou — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Steckloff — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Tullio Liberati — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** introduced by Representative Kara Hope `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** bill electronically reproduced 02/22/2023
- **2023-09-19** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-19** referred to second reading
- **2023-10-31** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-31** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2023-10-31** placed on third reading
- **2023-11-01** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-01** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 442 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-01** transmitted
- **2023-11-02** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2023-11-02** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-09** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-09** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-09** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2023-11-09** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-09** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-11-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-11-09** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2023-11-09** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2023-11-09** PASSED ROLL CALL # 726 YEAS 21 NAYS 16 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-09** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2023-11-09** RETURNED TO HOUSE
- **2023-11-09** returned from Senate without amendment with full title
- **2023-11-09** full title agreed to
- **2023-11-09** bill ordered enrolled
- **2023-12-31** presented to the Governor 11/21/2023 10:06 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-31** approved by the Governor 11/30/2023 12:20 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-31** filed with Secretary of State 12/01/2023 11:06 AM
- **2023-12-31** assigned PA 253'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fddc562-1bc2-40b4-a57a-22b5c586ad28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).