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Senate actions: resolutions and dozens of bills introduced, referred and passed on final reading
Summary
The Michigan Senate adopted two resolutions and passed numerous bills on final reading across policy areas, including insurance, public health, social welfare, and criminal procedure. Several bills were introduced and referred to committees earlier in the session.
The Michigan Senate concluded a floor session that included introductions and referrals of bills, unanimous and divided final-passage votes on multiple measures, and the adoption of two resolutions.
Resolutions: The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 28, designating April 2025 as Community College Month, and Senate Resolution 26, designating April 18, 2025 as Lineman Appreciation Day; both were adopted by voice vote with sponsor remarks ordered printed in the journal.
Introductions and referrals: Early in the session senators introduced a number of bills and referred them to standing committees. Examples (first reading and referral recorded on the floor): - SB212, SB213, SB214 (Michigan Strategic Fund/appropriations referrals), SB215 (Michigan Consumer Protection Act to Veterans & Emergency Services), SB216 (Michigan Vehicle Code to Transportation & Infrastructure), SB217, SB218 (Civil Procedure, Probate referrals to Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety), SB219–SB223 (mental health code amendments to Health Policy), and SB223–SB225 (animal dealer licensing and penal code and firearms-related amendments, referred as noted). These introductions and committee referrals were announced on the floor; no floor debate on those introductions is recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Final-passage votes: The Senate took final passage votes on a number of bills across calendars. The secretarial announcements recorded the following final-passage tallies (selected items from the floor transcript): - SB129 (Open Meetings Act): passed 20-16, 1 excused (see separate article). - SB93 (food law): passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB18 (foster care and adoption services act): passed 36-0, 1 excused (see separate article). - SB29 (public health code maternal provisions): passed 22-14, 1 excused (see separate article for package details). - SB30: passed 22-14, 1 excused. - SB31: passed 22-14, 1 excused. - SB32: passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB33: passed 19-17, 1 excused. - SB34: passed 22-14, 1 excused. - SB36: passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB37: passed 27-9, 1 excused. - SB38: passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB39: passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB135: passed 36-0, 1 excused. - SB136: passed 36-0, 1 excused.
Where the transcript records only aggregate tallies, roll-call names were not read into the excerpt; the secretary announced the numeric outcomes that determined passage for each bill.
Procedure notes: Several bills were reported by the Committee of the Whole to the third-reading calendar (for example, SB107 and SB144) before being returned for later consideration. Where senators requested their remarks be printed in the journal, the chair ordered them so.
For complete bill texts, committee reports, and fiscal notes, consult the Senate bill files and committee records; the floor transcript summarizes action and records the secretarial tallies but does not include full statutory language or fiscal analyses for most items.
