republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2023-2024/hb-5551.md

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Bill	Elections: canvassing; eligibility requirements for members of the board of state canvassers and boards of county canvassers; modify. Amends secs. 22c & 24b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.22c & 168.24b).	Elections: canvassing; eligibility requirements for members of the board of state canvassers and boards of county canvassers; modify. Amends secs. 22c & 24b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.22c & 168.24b).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2023-2024	HB 5551	Michigan HB 5551 (2023-2024)	bill	Elections: canvassing Elections: election officials	enacted	Noah Arbit	5	32	2	2024-03-06	2024-12-31	openstates	ocd-bill/fdcd5376-7e7b-46e2-8a2d-b1d9e94b5be2	https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-HB-5551	07570f82b46fcda7acababee19a64958451a35b2dd6b21bcce6f10ea0c594581	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 5551 (2023-2024) — Elections: canvassing; eligibility requirements for members of the board of state canvassers and boards of county canvassers; modify. Amends secs. 22c & 24b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.22c & 168.24b).

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 # 326 Yeas 56 Nays 50 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — 56–49 (pass) · lower
• PASSED ROLL CALL # 728 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 20–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Noah Arbit — primary (person)
• Alabas Farhat — cosponsor (person)
• Amos O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy Coffia — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Glanville — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie Rheingans — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Neeley — cosponsor (person)
• Denise Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Dylan Wegela — cosponsor (person)
• Emily Dievendorf — cosponsor (person)
• Erin Byrnes — cosponsor (person)
• Felicia Brabec — cosponsor (person)
• Helena Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hoskins — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Jasper Martus — cosponsor (person)
• Jenn Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Conlin — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmie Wilson Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Joey Andrews — cosponsor (person)
• Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly Breen — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• Kristian Grant — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Pohutsky — cosponsor (person)
• Mike McFall — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie Price — cosponsor (person)
• Penelope Tsernoglou — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Skaggs — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Weiss — cosponsor (person)
• Samantha Steckloff — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon MacDonell — cosponsor (person)
• Tyrone Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Veronica Paiz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-06 introduced by Representative Noah Arbit introduction
• 2024-03-06 read a first time reading-1
• 2024-03-06 referred to Committee on Elections referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 bill electronically reproduced 03/06/2024
• 2024-03-12 bill electronically reproduced 03/06/2024
• 2024-03-19 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2024-03-19 referred to second reading
• 2024-06-20 read a second time reading-2
• 2024-06-20 substitute (H-3) adopted
• 2024-06-20 placed on third reading
• 2024-09-25 read a third time reading-3
• 2024-09-25 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 326 Yeas 56 Nays 50 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 passage
• 2024-09-25 transmitted
• 2024-10-02 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT passage
• 2024-10-02 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS referral-committee
• 2024-12-20 DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
• 2024-12-20 PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
• 2024-12-20 RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
• 2024-12-20 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2024-12-20 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2024-12-20 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2024-12-20 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
• 2024-12-20 PASSED ROLL CALL # 728 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2024-12-20 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2024-12-20 RETURNED TO HOUSE
• 2024-12-31 returned from Senate without amendment with full title
• 2024-09-25 full title agreed to
• 2024-12-31 bill ordered enrolled 12/23/2024
• 2024-12-31 presented to the Governor 01/08/2025 12:00 PM executive-receipt
• 2024-12-31 approved by the Governor 01/17/2025 01:42 PM executive-signature
• 2024-12-31 filed with Secretary of State 01/17/2025 03:32 PM
• 2024-12-31 assigned PA 227'24

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdcd5376-7e7b-46e2-8a2d-b1d9e94b5be2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).