---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax: delinquent taxes; provisions for reducing redemption amounts; modify. Amends secs. 78g, 78k & 78q of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.78g et seq.)."
description: "Property tax: delinquent taxes; provisions for reducing redemption amounts; modify. Amends secs. 78g, 78k & 78q of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.78g et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 5124"
citation: "Michigan HB 5124 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax: delinquent taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410c76c4-0b53-40e3-922c-950a142f1505"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5124"
source_hash: "dcc2bffbf3b2b7acce49c6bddfb604776dcdf0330f726371ed4b2e775114b2d3"
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 5124 (2019-2020) — Property tax: delinquent taxes; provisions for reducing redemption amounts; modify. Amends secs. 78g, 78k & 78q of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.78g 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBH-5124.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBS-5124.htm)
3. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2019-HIB-5124.htm)
4. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0033.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 349 Yeas 106 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- roll call Roll Call # 55 Yeas 105 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angela Witwer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Elder — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- David LaGrand — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lasinski — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Jewell Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ellison — cosponsor (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Brixie — cosponsor (person)
- Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Kyra Harris Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Love — cosponsor (person)
- Padma Kuppa — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Wittenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Cambensy — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon Neeley — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Gay-Dagnogo — cosponsor (person)
- Tenisha Yancey — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Sabo — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Sneller — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell Byrd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Wendell Byrd `introduction`
- **2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 10/22/2019
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-2) `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-3) `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-3) adopted
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 349 Yeas 106 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 50 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDED
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate with substitute (S-1) with immediate effect and title amendment
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate substitute (S-1) concurred in
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** roll call Roll Call # 55 Yeas 105 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 2
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** title amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 02/21/2020 01:22 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 03/02/2020 08:01 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 03/02/2020 01:12 PM
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 33'20 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/410c76c4-0b53-40e3-922c-950a142f1505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).