2023 House Bill 4147 / Public Act 35

Civil procedure: service of process; service of process for extreme risk protection order actions; provide for, and waive court fees.

An act to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 1908, 2529, and 2559 (MCL 600.1908, 600.2529, and 600.2559), section 2529 as amended by 2014 PA 532 and section 2559 as amended by 2018 PA 261.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 28, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Julie Brixie (D-73) and 44 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Kelly Breen (D-21), Christine Morse (D-40), Phil Skaggs (D-80), Julie Rogers (D-41), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Carol Glanville (D-84), Noah Arbit (D-20), Stephanie Young (D-16), Rachel Hood (D-81), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Natalie Price (D-5), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Jasper Martus (D-69), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Kara Hope (D-74), Jason Morgan (D-23), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Lori Stone (D-13), Regina Weiss (D-6), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Helena Scott (D-7), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Kristian Grant (D-82), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Brenda Carter (D-53), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Will Snyder (D-87), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Mike McFall (D-8), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Karen Whitsett (D-4) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

April 12, 2023

Reported without amendment

April 13, 2023

Passed in the House 56 to 51 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

April 19, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported with amendment

1.

Amend page 9, line 12, by striking out all of enacting section 1 and inserting:

“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 83 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.”.

Amendment concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Received in the House

April 19, 2023

April 26, 2023

Amendment concurred in 56 to 52 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

May 22, 2023