---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance: committees; prohibition on certain candidate committee expenditures and disbursements; create exception. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 44a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0613'23, SB 0616'23, SB 0614'23"
description: "Campaign finance: committees; prohibition on certain candidate committee expenditures and disbursements; create exception. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 44a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0613'23, SB 0616'23, SB 0614'23"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Michigan SB 615 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign finance: committees", "Campaign finance: contributions and expenditures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark E. Huizenga"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-24"
last_action: "2023-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b1b9e76-17e6-4c1a-a3f8-039a49fa9d55"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0615"
source_hash: "f5ecbc004791639837412cd89dc05bd783201f398943e0a30cb3df4f3ebaf18a"
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 615 (2023-2024) — Campaign finance: committees; prohibition on certain candidate committee expenditures and disbursements; create exception. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 44a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0613'23, SB 0616'23, SB 0614'23

## 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-0615.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0615.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0283.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0615.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 554 Yeas 61 Nays 47 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **61–47** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 635 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark E. Huizenga — primary (person)
- Aric Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Edward W. McBroom — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Cavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Sean McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Winnie Brinks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-24** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARK HUIZENGA `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-01** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-01** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-01** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-01** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-11-01** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-11-01** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2023-11-01** PASSED ROLL CALL # 635 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-01** received on 11/01/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-11-01** rule suspended
- **2023-11-01** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-11-01** placed on second reading
- **2023-11-09** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-09** placed on third reading
- **2023-11-09** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-11-09** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-09** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 554 Yeas 61 Nays 47 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2023-11-09** inserted full title
- **2023-11-09** returned to Senate
- **2023-11-09** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2023-11-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-12-29** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/06/2023 09:42 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-29** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/07/2023 10:20 AM `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-29** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/08/2023 10:28 AM
- **2023-12-29** ASSIGNED PA 0283'23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b1b9e76-17e6-4c1a-a3f8-039a49fa9d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).