Public Act 353 of 2006

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• Introduced by Sen. Irma Clark-Coleman (D) on April 26, 2005, to limit the ability of a grandparent to petition for visitation when a stepparent has adopted a child. This would be allowed only in cases where the son or daughter of the grandparents (and parent of the child in question) is diseased. It would establish that the adoption of a child by a stepparent would not terminate the right of a parent of a deceased parent of the child to petition for grandparenting time. See Public Act 542 of 2004, and Senate Bill 386.
  • Referred to the Senate Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs Committee on April 26, 2005.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 1, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 6, 2006. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 6, 2006.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on June 7, 2006, to limit the ability of a grandparent to petition for visitation when a stepparent has adopted a child. This would be allowed only in cases where the son or daughter of the grandparents (and parent of the child in question) is diseased. It would establish that the adoption of a child by a stepparent would not terminate the right of a parent of a deceased parent of the child to petition for grandparenting time. See Public Act 542 of 2004, and House Bill 5602.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on June 7, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on June 7, 2006.
    • Reported in the House on June 14, 2006, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 102 to 0 in the House on September 6, 2006, to limit the ability of a grandparent to petition for visitation when a stepparent has adopted a child. This would be allowed only in cases where the son or daughter of the grandparents (and parent of the child in question) is diseased. It would establish that the adoption of a child by a stepparent would not terminate the right of a parent of a deceased parent of the child to petition for grandparenting time. See Public Act 542 of 2004, and House Bill 5602.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 15, 2006.