---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: registration plates; blue star family registration plates; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e)."
description: "Vehicles: registration plates; blue star family registration plates; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Michigan SB 118 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: registration plates", "State agencies (existing): state"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e42b647-5297-401a-9230-6fdd0633c073"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0118"
source_hash: "8dc4179b294c627305524bc3fc59558f8288047fb5e2d084d2a8a93110a860e3"
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 118 (2019-2020) — Vehicles: registration plates; blue star family registration plates; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e).

## 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/Senate/htm/2019-SEBH-0118.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0118.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0051.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2019-SCB-0118.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0118.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 69 Yeas 106 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **106–2** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 74 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 169 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam Hollier — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Runestad — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly LaSata — cosponsor (person)
- Michael MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Outman — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Victory — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN DALEY `introduction`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS AND VETERANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 169 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** received on 08/28/2019 `introduction`
- **2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-2) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+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-2) 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 # 69 Yeas 106 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 74 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 02/24/2020 01:31 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 03/03/2020 12:49 PM `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 03/03/2020 04:14 PM
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0051'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e42b647-5297-401a-9230-6fdd0633c073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).