Bill Commons

MI SB 18

enacted

Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8g. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4750'25

Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did MI SB 18 pass?

Yes. MI SB 18 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-29): ASSIGNED PA 0052'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

What is MI SB 18 about?

MI SB 18 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (103rd Legislature) titled “Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8g. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4750'25”.

Who sponsors MI SB 18?

Jeff Irwin is the primary sponsor of MI SB 18.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2026-07-29 — ASSIGNED PA 0052'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jeff Irwinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-29

    ASSIGNED PA 0052'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-07-29

    FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/23/2026 11:38 AM

  3. 2026-07-29

    APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/21/2026 12:52 PM

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-07-15

    PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 7/14/2026 10:32 AM

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-07-03

    ORDERED ENROLLED

  6. 2026-07-03

    GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  7. 2026-07-03

    TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO

  8. 2026-07-03

    ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 214 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

  9. 2026-07-03

    HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN

  10. 2026-07-03

    RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

  11. 2026-07-03

    HOUSE AMENDED TITLE

  12. 2026-07-03

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  13. 2026-07-03

    returned to Senate

  14. 2026-07-03

    title amended

  15. 2026-07-03

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #307 Yeas 107 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

    passage

  16. 2026-07-03

    read a third time

    reading-3

  17. 2026-07-03

    placed on immediate passage

  18. 2026-07-03

    placed on third reading

  19. 2026-07-03

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  20. 2026-07-03

    read a second time

    reading-2

  21. 2026-07-02

    placed on second reading

  22. 2026-07-02

    motion to discharge committee approved

  23. 2026-07-02

    rule suspended

  24. 2025-04-17

    referred to Committee on Families and Veterans

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-04-17

    read a first time

    reading-1

  26. 2025-04-17

    received on 04/17/2025

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-17

    PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0

    passage

  28. 2025-04-16

    PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING

  29. 2025-04-16

    REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)

    committee-passage

  30. 2025-03-20

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-03-20

    REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 3/18/2025

    committee-passage

  32. 2025-01-22

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-01-22

    INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JEFF IRWIN

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0

    2025-04-17 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (37)
    • Albert: yes
    • Cherry: yes
    • Klinefelt: yes
    • Polehanki: yes
    • Anthony: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Lauwers: yes
    • Runestad: yes
    • Bayer: yes
    • Damoose: yes
    • Lindsey: yes
    • Santana: yes
    • Bellino: yes
    • Geiss: yes
    • McBroom: yes
    • Shink: yes
    • Brinks: yes
    • Hauck: yes
    • McCann: yes
    • Singh: yes
    • Bumstead: yes
    • Hertel: yes
    • McMorrow: yes
    • Theis: yes
    • Camilleri: yes
    • Hoitenga: yes
    • Moss: yes
    • Victory: yes
    • Cavanagh: yes
    • Huizenga: yes
    • Nesbitt: yes
    • Webber: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Outman: yes
    • Wojno: yes
    • Johnson: other

  • ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 214 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

    2026-07-03 · pass · 4-2

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Lauwers: no
    • Santana: no

  • passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #307 Yeas 107 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

    2026-07-03 · pass · 104-1

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Foreman: yes
    • Martus: yes
    • Schriver: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Fox: yes
    • McFall: yes
    • Schuette: yes
    • Aragona: yes
    • Frisbie: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Arbit: yes
    • Glanville: yes
    • Meerman: yes
    • Skaggs: yes
    • BeGole: yes
    • Grant: yes
    • Mentzer: yes
    • Slagh: yes
    • Beson: yes
    • Green, P.: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Bierlein: yes
    • Greene, J.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • St. Germaine: yes
    • Bohnak: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Mueller: yes
    • Steckloff: yes
    • Bollin: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Myers-Phillips: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Borton: yes
    • Herzberg: yes
    • Neeley: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Breen: yes
    • Hoadley: yes
    • Neyer: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Brixie: yes
    • Hope: yes
    • O’Neal: yes
    • Tisdel: yes
    • Bruck: yes
    • Hoskins: yes
    • Outman: yes
    • Tsernoglou: yes
    • Byrnes: yes
    • Jenkins-Arno: yes
    • Paiz: yes
    • VanderWall: yes
    • Carter, B.: yes
    • Johnsen: yes
    • Paquette: yes
    • VanWoerkom: yes
    • Carter, T.: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Pavlov: yes
    • Wegela: yes
    • Cavitt: yes
    • Koleszar: yes
    • Pohutsky: yes
    • Weiss: yes
    • Coffia: yes
    • Kuhn: yes
    • Posthumus: yes
    • Wendzel: yes
    • Conlin: yes
    • Kunse: yes
    • Prestin: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Liberati: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Witwer: yes
    • DeBoyer: yes
    • Lightner: yes
    • Puri: yes
    • Wooden: yes
    • DeSana: yes
    • Linting: yes
    • Rheingans: yes
    • Woolford: yes
    • Dievendorf: yes
    • Longjohn: yes
    • Rigas: yes
    • Wortz: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • MacDonell: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Wozniak: yes
    • Fairbairn: yes
    • Maddock: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Xiong: yes
    • Farhat Fitzgerald: yes
    • Markkanen Martin: yes
    • Roth Schmaltz: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Carra: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0018

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-28T13:11:01.191444Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MI&identifier=SB 18. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.