---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: products; certain fees for farm produce insurance authority board; revise. Amends sec. 7 of 2003 PA 198 (MCL 285.317)."
description: "Agriculture: products; certain fees for farm produce insurance authority board; revise. Amends sec. 7 of 2003 PA 198 (MCL 285.317)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Michigan SB 508 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: products", "Occupations: agriculture", "Trade: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Hertel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-19"
last_action: "2023-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca930457-37f3-4b3e-98c5-01b368094d7e"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0508"
source_hash: "a67759174e90e9ca7882ab208673875033a1cebebbb3f7d714f59b55dc904c6a"
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 508 (2023-2024) — Agriculture: products; certain fees for farm produce insurance authority board; revise. Amends sec. 7 of 2003 PA 198 (MCL 285.317).

## 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-0508.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0508.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0196.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0508.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 468 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 378 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **56–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Hertel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-19** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN HERTEL `introduction`
- **2023-09-19** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-09-19** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-26** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-09-27** PASSED ROLL CALL # 468 YEAS 20 NAYS 18 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-09-27** received on 09/27/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-09-27** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-09-27** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-11** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-11** referred to second reading
- **2023-10-17** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17** placed on third reading
- **2023-10-18** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-10-18** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 378 Yeas 56 Nays 54 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2023-10-18** inserted full title
- **2023-10-18** returned to Senate
- **2023-10-19** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2023-10-19** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-10-31** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/27/2023 02:30 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-08** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/07/2023 01:30 PM `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-08** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/07/2023 02:38 PM
- **2023-11-08** ASSIGNED PA 0196'23 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca930457-37f3-4b3e-98c5-01b368094d7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).