republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2025-2026/hb-4047.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Civil procedure: civil actions; cause of action for media that falsely depicts an individual engaging in sexual conduct; provide for. Creates new act.	Civil procedure: civil actions; cause of action for media that falsely depicts an individual engaging in sexual conduct; provide for. Creates new act.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2025-2026	HB 4047	Michigan HB 4047 (2025-2026)	bill	Civil procedure: civil actions Civil procedure: remedies Crimes: obscenity	enacted	Matt Bierlein	13	33	3	2025-01-30	2025-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/db635516-b529-408d-9005-a07d4fd25b43	https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4047	ac05c1121c54c6bdfd1b08f4bba07b0631062ba403bf3ed3b5a226940a0f672f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4047 (2025-2026) — Civil procedure: civil actions; cause of action for media that falsely depicts an individual engaging in sexual conduct; provide for. Creates new act.

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
6. Substitute (H-2) (committee substitute) — source
7. Substitute (H-2) - 2 (committee substitute) — source
8. Substitute (H-3) (committee substitute) — source
9. Substitute (S-3) (committee substitute) — source
10. Substitute (S-3) - 2 (committee substitute) — source
11. Substitute (S-3) - 3 (committee substitute) — source
12. Substitute (S-3) - 4 (committee substitute) — source
13. Substitute (S-3) - 5 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 209 YEAS 32 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #69 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — 104–1 (pass) · lower
• roll call Roll Call #174 Yeas 97 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 8 — 97–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matt Bierlein — primary (person)
• Amos O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
• Brenda Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Cavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie Rheingans — cosponsor (person)
• Denise Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Donavan McKinney — cosponsor (person)
• Emily Dievendorf — cosponsor (person)
• Erin Byrnes — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Helena Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hoskins — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Jasper Martus — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Conlin — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmie Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Joey Andrews — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly Breen — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Pohutsky — cosponsor (person)
• Mai Xiong — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Koleszar — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Longjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan Foreman — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie Price — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Outman — cosponsor (person)
• Penelope Tsernoglou — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Herzberg — cosponsor (person)
• Reggie Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon MacDonell — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Young — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Wooden — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Veronica Paiz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 introduced by Representative Rep. Matt Bierlein introduction
• 2025-01-30 read a first time reading-1
• 2025-01-30 referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 bill electronically reproduced 01/30/2025
• 2025-04-16 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2) committee-passage
• 2025-04-16 referred to second reading
• 2025-04-23 read a second time reading-2
• 2025-04-23 substitute (H-2) adopted
• 2025-04-23 substitute (H-3) adopted
• 2025-04-23 placed on third reading
• 2025-04-24 read a third time reading-3
• 2025-04-24 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #69 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 passage
• 2025-04-24 transmitted
• 2025-04-29 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT passage
• 2025-04-29 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY referral-committee
• 2025-08-13 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) 8/12/2025 committee-passage
• 2025-08-13 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) referral-committee
• 2025-08-13 RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
• 2025-08-13 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) committee-passage
• 2025-08-13 SUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
• 2025-08-13 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
• 2025-08-13 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2025-08-13 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
• 2025-08-13 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 209 YEAS 32 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2025-08-13 returned from Senate with substitute (S-3) with immediate effect
• 2025-08-13 laid over one day under the rules
• 2025-08-19 Senate substitute (S-3) concurred in
• 2025-08-19 roll call Roll Call #174 Yeas 97 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 8
• 2025-08-19 bill ordered enrolled
• 2025-08-21 presented to the Governor 08/21/2025 09:30 AM executive-receipt
• 2025-08-26 approved by the Governor 08/26/2025 01:16 PM executive-signature
• 2025-08-26 filed with Secretary of State 08/26/2025 01:37 PM
• 2025-08-26 assigned PA 11'25 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db635516-b529-408d-9005-a07d4fd25b43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).