2023 House Bill 4633 / Public Act 291

Juveniles: other; factors in designating or waiving certain juvenile cases; require the court to consider, and place certain limits on consent calendar plans.

An act to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to certain aspects of the family division of circuit court, to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the family division of circuit court and its judges and other officers, to the change of name of adults and children, and to the adoption of adults and children; to prescribe certain jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the family division of circuit court and its judges and other officers; to prescribe the manner and time within which certain actions and proceedings may be brought in the family division of the circuit court; to prescribe pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in certain actions and proceedings in the family division of circuit court; to provide for appeals from certain actions in the family division of circuit court; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, agencies, and officers; to provide for certain immunity from liability; and to provide remedies and penalties,” by amending sections 2d, 2f, and 4 of chapter XIIA (MCL 712A.2d, 712A.2f, and 712A.4), section 2d as amended by 2020 PA 389, section 2f as added by 2016 PA 185, and section 4 as amended by 1996 PA 409.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4633 amends Chapter XIIA of the Probate Code (known as the juvenile code) to revise the factors considered by the court for traditional waivers and designations and to require that the period of a consent calendar case plan not exceed six months.

Introduced in the House

May 23, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kelly Breen (D-21) and 32 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Kara Hope (D-74), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Julie Rogers (D-41), Christine Morse (D-40), Reggie Miller (D-31), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Stephanie Young (D-16), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Rachel Hood (D-81), Kristian Grant (D-82), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Natalie Price (D-5), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Julie Brixie (D-73), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Jason Morgan (D-23), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Brenda Carter (D-53), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Noah Arbit (D-20), Carol Glanville (D-84), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Helena Scott (D-7), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Phil Skaggs (D-80) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

Sept. 26, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

Oct. 12, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-3 offered by Rep. Kara Hope (D-74)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Oct. 17, 2023

Passed in the House 58 to 52 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 18, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 31, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 8, 2023

Passed in the Senate 25 to 10 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 13, 2023