---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aeronautics: airports; prohibition of weapons in a sterile area of an airport; clarify, and provide penalties. Amends sec. 80f of 1945 PA 327 (MCL 259.80f)."
description: "Aeronautics: airports; prohibition of weapons in a sterile area of an airport; clarify, and provide penalties. Amends sec. 80f of 1945 PA 327 (MCL 259.80f)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Michigan SB 22 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics: airports", "Crimes: concealed weapons", "Crimes: penalties", "Weapons: concealed", "Weapons: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Damoose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f30c69-e024-4d5a-b905-8cd67bbbb9ef"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0022"
source_hash: "05440bba1aa930f1ea4b80702d19762fbcff9edcc059a33334427d65fb76d910"
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 22 (2023-2024) — Aeronautics: airports; prohibition of weapons in a sterile area of an airport; clarify, and provide penalties. Amends sec. 80f of 1945 PA 327 (MCL 259.80f).

## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0022.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0022.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0219.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0022.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 324 YEAS 34 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 518 Yeas 91 Nays 18 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **91–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Damoose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN N. DAMOOSE `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ROLL CALL # 324 YEAS 34 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-06-07** received on 06/07/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-06-07** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** referred to Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03** referred to second reading
- **2023-11-08** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-08** placed on third reading
- **2023-11-08** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-11-08** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-08** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 518 Yeas 91 Nays 18 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2023-11-08** inserted full title
- **2023-11-08** returned to Senate
- **2023-11-09** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-11-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-12-29** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/21/2023 10:36 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-29** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/22/2023 11:34 AM `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-29** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/22/2023 01:40 PM
- **2023-12-29** ASSIGNED PA 0219'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f30c69-e024-4d5a-b905-8cd67bbbb9ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).