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MI HB 4397

in committee

Courts: 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
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sarah Lightnerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-12-02

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-12-02

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  3. 2025-11-13

    transmitted

  4. 2025-11-13

    title amended

  5. 2025-11-13

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #304 Yeas 84 Nays 17 Excused 0 Not Voting 9

    passage

  6. 2025-11-13

    substitute (H-8) adopted

  7. 2025-11-13

    substitute (H-7) adopted

  8. 2025-11-13

    read a third time

    reading-3

  9. 2025-11-04

    placed on third reading

  10. 2025-11-04

    substitute (H-6) adopted

  11. 2025-11-04

    read a second time

    reading-2

  12. 2025-10-29

    referred to second reading

  13. 2025-10-29

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-6)

    committee-passage

  14. 2025-04-30

    bill electronically reproduced 04/29/2025

  15. 2025-04-29

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-04-29

    read a first time

    reading-1

  17. 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

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