---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: other; trucks used for towing and recovery operations; assess fees under the motor carrier act. Amends secs. 2 & 8, art. IV of 1933 PA 254 (MCL 478.2 & 478.8)."
description: "Transportation: other; trucks used for towing and recovery operations; assess fees under the motor carrier act. Amends secs. 2 & 8, art. IV of 1933 PA 254 (MCL 478.2 & 478.8)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Michigan SB 309 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: other", "Vehicles: wreckers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47aa3572-efb1-4338-8f2f-2f64521e1d6f"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0309"
source_hash: "5a1c72533f5453e828c54fc8dcec1bd359172669c3789ab7028168dd424b670f"
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 309 (2019-2020) — Transportation: other; trucks used for towing and recovery operations; assess fees under the motor carrier act. Amends secs. 2 & 8, art. IV of 1933 PA 254 (MCL 478.2 & 478.8).

## 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-0309.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0309.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0005.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0309.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 191 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 3 Yeas 105 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **105–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DALE ZORN `introduction`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 191 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** received on 09/04/2019 `introduction`
- **2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 3 Yeas 105 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 01/14/2020 10:30 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 01/24/2020 10:39 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 01/27/2020 03:02 PM
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0005'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47aa3572-efb1-4338-8f2f-2f64521e1d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).