---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: water utilities; water shutoff protection act; enact. Creates new act."
description: "Public utilities: water utilities; water shutoff protection act; enact. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Michigan SB 241 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: water utilities", "Public utilities: consumer services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/868a0bf3-c010-4b75-90f1-f5d24b2d640f"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0241"
source_hash: "a8d4c61fbdacb216d97718adcf0a50833193c428c59d572eb124e82e1e853f2b"
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 241 (2019-2020) — Public utilities: water utilities; water shutoff protection act; enact. Creates new act.

## 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-0241.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0241.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0252.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0241.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 549 YEAS 30 NAYS 8 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 612 Yeas 96 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — **96–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betty Jean Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG `introduction`
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 549 YEAS 30 NAYS 8 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** received on 12/11/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2020-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2020-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 612 Yeas 96 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 `passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/21/2020 12:52 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/22/2020 04:34 PM `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/22/2020 05:42 PM
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0252'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/868a0bf3-c010-4b75-90f1-f5d24b2d640f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).