Public Act 137 of 2008

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• Introduced by Sen. Tony Stamas (R) on April 25, 2007, to break up the eighty-seventh judicial district into three separate districts, one each for Otsego, Kalkaska and Crawford Counties.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 25, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on July 18, 2007, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed in the Senate (27 to 7) on July 25, 2007. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on July 25, 2007.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on April 16, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on April 23, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on April 23, 2008.
• Passed in the House (103 to 2) on April 23, 2008, to break up the eighty-seventh judicial district into three separate districts, one each for Otsego, Kalkaska and Crawford Counties. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on April 23, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (28 to 7) on April 29, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on April 29, 2008, to give the bill immediate effect. The motion failed in the Senate (21 to 14) on April 29, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on May 21, 2008.