---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liquor: licenses; bond requirement for licenses; eliminate. Amends secs. 207, 501, 536, 701, 703, 801, 803, 903, 1025 & 1027 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1207 et seq.)."
description: "Liquor: licenses; bond requirement for licenses; eliminate. Amends secs. 207, 501, 536, 701, 703, 801, 803, 903, 1025 & 1027 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1207 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Michigan SB 320 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liquor: licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8de6aa-872a-4610-85f1-f1162da5e7c0"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0320"
source_hash: "15e3b8d5a3a204c37954fb77457e613bf0eca4cfa6b6f7fcf34d262ecac48680"
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 320 (2019-2020) — Liquor: licenses; bond requirement for licenses; eliminate. Amends secs. 207, 501, 536, 701, 703, 801, 803, 903, 1025 & 1027 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1207 et seq.).

## 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-0320.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0320.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2019-PA-0131.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0320.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 328 Yeas 103 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **103–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 190 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- John Bizon — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly LaSata — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Lucido — cosponsor (person)
- Peter MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PETER MACGREGOR `introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 190 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 Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 328 Yeas 103 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/20/2019 11:03 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/21/2019 10:47 AM `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/21/2019 04:18 PM
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0131'19 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8de6aa-872a-4610-85f1-f1162da5e7c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).