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Read. Follow. Verify.Michigan Renames State Child Abuse Prevention Board and Updates Grant and Membership Rules
Last action · July 29, 2026: ASSIGNED PA 0060'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECTSponsor: Kevin Hertel
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What This Bill Does
Senate Bill 418 renames the state child abuse and neglect prevention board to the Children Trust Michigan Board, moves its placement within the Department of Health and Human Services, and updates board membership, grant disbursement preferences, and criteria.
The measure alters how state child abuse prevention funds are distributed, who sits on the oversight board, and which organizations qualify for local grants.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Children Trust Michigan Board
The board undergoes a name change, relocates to a different department, and receives updated administrative and fundraising powers.
Local Councils and Prevention Partners
These entities are subject to updated grant criteria, board composition requirements, and matching fund obligations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
34 actions- Jul 29, 2026SenateASSIGNED PA 0060'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Jul 29, 2026SenateFILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/23/2026 11:54 AM
- Jul 29, 2026SenateEnrolledAPPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/21/2026 1:16 PM
- Jul 15, 2026SenateEnrolledPRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 7/14/2026 10:56 AM
- Jul 3, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Jul 3, 2026SenateFULL TITLE AGREED TO
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- Jul 3, 2026SenateGIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Jul 3, 2026SenateROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 218 YEAS 34 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0
- Jul 3, 2026SenateHOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- Jul 3, 2026SenateRULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- Jul 3, 2026SenateHOUSE AMENDED TITLE
- Jul 3, 2026SenateFloorPASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Jul 3, 2026Housereturned to Senate
- Jul 3, 2026Houseinserted full title
- Jul 3, 2026HouseFloorpassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #300 Yeas 99 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 2
- Jul 3, 2026HouseFloorread a third time
- Jul 2, 2026Houseplaced on third reading
- Jul 2, 2026HouseFloorsubstitute (H-1) adopted
- Jul 2, 2026HouseFloorread a second time
- Jul 2, 2026Houseplaced on second reading
- Jul 2, 2026Housemotion to discharge committee approved
- Jul 2, 2026Houserule suspended
- Sep 26, 2025HouseCommitteereferred to Committee on Government Operations
- Sep 26, 2025HouseIntroducedread a first time
- Sep 25, 2025Housereceived on 09/25/2025
- Sep 25, 2025SenateFloorPASSED ROLL CALL # 234 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- Sep 25, 2025SenateFloorSUBSTITUTE (S-2) ADOPTED
- Sep 22, 2025SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- Sep 22, 2025SenateSUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- Sep 22, 2025SenateREPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- Sep 11, 2025SenateCommitteeREFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
- Sep 11, 2025SenateCommitteeREPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 9/10/2025
- Jun 12, 2025SenateCommitteeREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
- Jun 12, 2025SenateIntroducedINTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN HERTEL
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Administrative Realignment
The agency oversight is shifted from the Department of Management and Budget to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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