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MI · HB5120FLOOR · 47 COSPONSORS

Civil procedure: service of process; cost for service of process for personal protection orders; eliminate. Amends secs. 2559 & 2950 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2559 & 600.2950). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5121'25, HB 6033'26

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This bill updates the fees for serving legal papers in Michigan, such as summonses, subpoenas, and eviction orders, generally increasing them. It also clarifies that courts and law enforcement cannot charge petitioners for serving documents related to personal protection orders, but law enforcement can collect a $50 fee from a specific fund for these services. The bill also amends the types of actions that can be restrained by a personal protection order, including certain actions related to animals.

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Votes
Sponsorship · 48 Sponsors
Democrat44Republican4Independent0Other0
  • D · PrimeHelena Scott
  • R · CoSarah Lightner
  • D · CoJulie Rogers
  • D · CoSamantha Steckloff
  • D · CoKimberly Edwards
  • D · CoDenise Mentzer
  • D · CoRegina Weiss
  • D · CoWill Snyder
  • D · CoStephen Wooden
  • D · CoJimmie Wilson
  • D · CoJason Hoskins
  • D · CoKelly Breen
  • D · CoCarol Glanville
  • D · CoJulie Brixie
  • D · CoLaurie Pohutsky
  • R · CoJaime Greene
  • D · CoMatt Koleszar
  • D · CoMorgan Foreman
  • D · CoAngela Witwer
  • D · CoJennifer Conlin
  • D · CoNoah Arbit
  • D · CoPenelope Tsernoglou
  • D · CoMai Xiong
  • D · CoErin Byrnes
  • D · CoMatt Longjohn
  • D · CoBetsy Coffia
  • D · CoMike McFall
  • D · CoSharon MacDonell
  • D · CoEmily Dievendorf
  • D · CoJason Morgan
  • D · CoNatalie Price
  • D · CoKristian Grant
  • D · CoVeronica Paiz
  • R · CoPhil Green
  • D · CoJoseph Tate
  • D · CoTyrone Carter
  • D · CoReggie Miller
  • D · CoTullio Liberati
  • D · CoCarrie Rheingans
  • D · CoPeter Herzberg
  • D · CoCynthia Neeley
  • D · CoDonavan McKinney
  • D · CoKara Hope
  • D · CoJasper Martus
  • D · CoJohn Fitzgerald
  • D · CoPhil Skaggs
  • R · CoBradley Slagh
  • D · CoAlabas Farhat
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