---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5580'20, HB 5576'20"
description: "Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5580'20, HB 5576'20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "Michigan SB 268 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher education: financial aid", "Higher education: community colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b71067-c2e7-4953-832a-3708ea0c408a"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0268"
source_hash: "4a3910a16fa0f1c8b5768a4008cc1d8a1184cd5e96670f6ea97bf0f14dd5fc9f"
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 268 (2019-2020) — Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5580'20, HB 5576'20

## 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-0268.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0268.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0084.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2019-SCB-0268.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0268.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 180 Yeas 81 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 117 YEAS 35 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 109 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEN HORN `introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-4) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4)
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 109 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/12/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 180 Yeas 81 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 17 `passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 117 YEAS 35 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/19/2020 01:08 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 04/02/2020 09:06 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 04/02/2020 10:18 AM
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0084'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3b71067-c2e7-4953-832a-3708ea0c408a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).