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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Occupations: individual licensing and registration; license for refrigeration facility for storage of a dead human body and certificate of registration for a removal service for a dead human body; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding art. 18A."
+description: "Occupations: individual licensing and registration; license for refrigeration facility for storage of a dead human body and certificate of registration for a removal service for a dead human body; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding art. 18A."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
+legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 544"
+citation: "Michigan SB 544 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health: death", "Occupations: individual licensing and registration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Veronica Klinefelt"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-10-03"
+last_action: "2024-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67441fa-ac8a-4abc-b19f-7ee109240ddf"
+source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0544"
+source_hash: "daa6e2becb7f0642cc73911a34b608fcdadcdc403dea54b66bc6c7c1305493f1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
+---
+
+# Michigan SB 544 (2023-2024) — Occupations: individual licensing and registration; license for refrigeration facility for storage of a dead human body and certificate of registration for a removal service for a dead human body; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding art. 18A.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0544.pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0544.pdf)
+3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0107.pdf)
+4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0544.pdf)
+5. **Substitute (S-3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0544-00B74.pdf)
+6. **Substitute (S-3) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0544-0B735.pdf)
+7. **Substitute (S-3) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0544-00C76.pdf)
+8. **Substitute (S-3) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0544-00D47.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 26 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **26–12** (pass) · upper
+- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 244 Yeas 76 Nays 33 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **76–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Veronica Klinefelt — primary (person)
+- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-10-03** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR VERONICA KLINEFELT `introduction`
+- **2023-10-03** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-05** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** SUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
+- **2024-03-12** PASSED ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 26 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
+- **2024-03-12** received on 03/12/2024 `introduction`
+- **2024-03-12** read a first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-12** referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-21** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-21** referred to second reading
+- **2024-06-26** read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-06-26** placed on third reading
+- **2024-06-26** placed on immediate passage
+- **2024-06-26** read a third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-26** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 244 Yeas 76 Nays 33 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
+- **2024-06-26** inserted full title
+- **2024-06-26** returned to Senate
+- **2024-06-26** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
+- **2024-06-26** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2024-07-30** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/15/2024 02:36 PM `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/23/2024 10:22 AM `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/23/2024 12:22 PM
+- **2024-07-30** ASSIGNED PA 0107'24
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67441fa-ac8a-4abc-b19f-7ee109240ddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).
+