---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles; abandoned; recovery procedures for abandoned vehicles; modify. Amends secs. 252a, 252f & 252g of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.252a et seq.)."
description: "Vehicles; abandoned; recovery procedures for abandoned vehicles; modify. Amends secs. 252a, 252f & 252g of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.252a et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 5181"
citation: "Michigan HB 5181 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: abandoned", "State agencies (existing): state"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e480279-0548-4029-ab7e-11b8b2e72da8"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-5181"
source_hash: "f08da9a2ce5c01a8c7f92a5baede42a3502043b4f87965a437bb11dc3a279b89"
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 HB 5181 (2017-2018) — Vehicles; abandoned; recovery procedures for abandoned vehicles; modify. Amends secs. 252a, 252f & 252g of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.252a et seq.).

## 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](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBH-5181.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBS-5181.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/House/htm/2017-HCB-5181.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/House/htm/2017-HIB-5181.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0347.htm)

## Votes

- Roll Call # 586 Yeas 102 Nays 4 — **102–4** (pass) · lower
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 251 Yeas 109 Nays 0 — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 578 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 30 — cosponsor (person)
- Diana Farrington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Diana Farrington `introduction`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 10/25/2017
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-3 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-3 adopted and amended
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 251 Yeas 109 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-2 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 578 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate with substitute S-2 with immediate effect and full title
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Senate substitute S-2 concurred in
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Roll Call # 586 Yeas 102 Nays 4
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 10/5/2018 @ 11:12 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 10/16/2018 @ 9:02 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 10/16/2018 @ 1:44 PM
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 347'18 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e480279-0548-4029-ab7e-11b8b2e72da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).