---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupations: vehicles, dealers and repair facilities; definition of heavy-duty truck in the vehicle repair act; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302)."
description: "Occupations: vehicles, dealers and repair facilities; definition of heavy-duty truck in the vehicle repair act; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 5194"
citation: "Michigan HB 5194 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations: vehicles", "dealers and repair facilities", "Vehicles: trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799bbbdd-0d8a-4be5-8380-4c4e69e6ab92"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5194"
source_hash: "ae7bea28057c8e2d55336fd8f90a5200c2ee6e177b92d5ae6bdc61a5a6f905f3"
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 5194 (2019-2020) — Occupations: vehicles, dealers and repair facilities; definition of heavy-duty truck in the vehicle repair act; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302).

## 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-5194.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBS-5194.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/House/htm/2019-HCB-5194.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2019-HIB-5194.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0227.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 381 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 77 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beau LaFave — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Eisen — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Markkanen — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Gregory Markkanen `introduction`
- **2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 11/06/2019
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-1) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 77 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 381 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 10/05/2020 03:36 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 10/16/2020 08:16 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 10/16/2020 05:30 PM
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 227'20 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/799bbbdd-0d8a-4be5-8380-4c4e69e6ab92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).