---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: carriers; motor bus transportation act; modify the display of identification requirements. Amends sec. 15 of 1982 PA 432 (MCL 474.115)."
description: "Transportation: carriers; motor bus transportation act; modify the display of identification requirements. Amends sec. 15 of 1982 PA 432 (MCL 474.115)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Michigan SB 251 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agencies (existing): transportation", "Transportation: carriers", "Vehicles: buses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erika Geiss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dcd24ab-fb8c-4aa6-bdf6-8d76cd2776e5"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0251"
source_hash: "e8e3ba6bca5e985b2615539098d29348e32fb1b80e70bd0a5a2b7fd4f1cafed0"
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 251 (2023-2024) — Transportation: carriers; motor bus transportation act; modify the display of identification requirements. Amends sec. 15 of 1982 PA 432 (MCL 474.115).

## 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-0251.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0251.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0070.pdf)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2023-SCB-0251.pdf)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0251.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 162 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 251 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 325 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Erika Geiss — primary (person)
- Edward W. McBroom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ERIKA GEISS `introduction`
- **2023-04-11** 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 # 325 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 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`
- **2023-09-26** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-26** referred to second reading
- **2024-06-11** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-06-11** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2024-06-11** placed on third reading
- **2024-06-12** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 162 Yeas 110 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2024-06-12** inserted full title
- **2024-06-12** returned to Senate
- **2024-06-18** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2024-06-18** LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES
- **2024-06-20** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-06-20** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 251 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2024-06-20** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2023-06-20** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2024-06-20** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-06-27** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 06/26/2024 03:04 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/08/2024 09:32 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/08/2024 01:08 PM
- **2024-07-30** ASSIGNED PA 0070'24 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dcd24ab-fb8c-4aa6-bdf6-8d76cd2776e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).