MI HB 4397
in committeeCourts: judges; personal information and physical safety protections for judges, their families, and household members; enhance. Creates new act.
Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) · lower
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Quick answers
Did MI HB 4397 pass?
Not yet. MI HB 4397 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-12-02): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
What is MI HB 4397 about?
MI HB 4397 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) titled “Courts: judges; personal information and physical safety protections for judges, their families, and household members; enhance. Creates new act.”.
Who sponsors MI HB 4397?
Sarah Lightner is the primary sponsor of MI HB 4397.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-29
- Latest action
- 2025-12-02 — REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Sarah Lightnerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-12-02
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
referral-committee
2025-12-02
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
2025-11-13
transmitted
2025-11-13
title amended
2025-11-13
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #304 Yeas 84 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 9
passage
2025-11-13
substitute (H-8) adopted
2025-11-13
substitute (H-7) adopted
2025-11-13
read a third time
reading-3
2025-11-04
placed on third reading
2025-11-04
substitute (H-6) adopted
2025-11-04
read a second time
reading-2
2025-10-29
referred to second reading
2025-10-29
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-6)
committee-passage
2025-04-30
bill electronically reproduced 04/29/2025
2025-04-29
referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-04-29
read a first time
reading-1
2025-04-29
introduced by Representative Rep. Sarah Lightner
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #304 Yeas 84 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 9
2025-11-13 · pass · 84-17
Member-level votes (101)
- Alexander: yes
- Glanville: yes
- Miller: yes
- Schuette: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Green, P.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Scott: yes
- Aragona: yes
- Hall: yes
- Mueller: yes
- Slagh: yes
- Arbit: yes
- Harris: yes
- Myers-Phillips: yes
- Smit: yes
- BeGole: yes
- Herzberg: yes
- Neeley: yes
- Snyder: yes
- Beson: yes
- Hoadley: yes
- Neyer: yes
- St. Germaine: yes
- Bierlein: yes
- Hoskins: yes
- O’Neal: yes
- Steckloff: yes
- Bohnak: yes
- Jenkins-Arno: yes
- Outman: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bollin: yes
- Johnsen: yes
- Paquette: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Borton: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Pavlov: yes
- Tisdel: yes
- Breen: yes
- Koleszar: yes
- Pohutsky: yes
- Tsernoglou: yes
- Bruck: yes
- Kunse: yes
- Posthumus: yes
- VanderWall: yes
- Carter, T.: yes
- Liberati: yes
- Prestin: yes
- VanWoerkom: yes
- Cavitt: yes
- Lightner: yes
- Price: yes
- Weiss: yes
- DeBoer: yes
- Linting: yes
- Puri: yes
- Wendzel: yes
- DeBoyer: yes
- MacDonell: yes
- Rigas: yes
- Witwer: yes
- Dievendorf: yes
- Markkanen: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Woolford: yes
- Fairbairn: yes
- Martin: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wortz: yes
- Farhat: yes
- Martus: yes
- Roth: yes
- Wozniak: yes
- Fitzgerald: yes
- Meerman: yes
- Schmaltz: yes
- Xiong: yes
- Frisbie: yes
- Mentzer: yes
- Schriver: yes
- Young: yes
- Brixie: no
- Foreman: no
- Maddock: no
- Skaggs: no
- Byrnes: no
- Fox: no
- McKinney: no
- Steele: no
- Carra: no
- Greene, J.: no
- Paiz: no
- Wegela: no
- Coffia: no
- Longjohn: no
- Rheingans: no
- Wilson: no
- DeSana: no
Related bills
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