---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services: services or financial assistance; low-income energy assistance fund; modify. Amends sec. 9t of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.9t)."
description: "Human services: services or financial assistance; low-income energy assistance fund; modify. Amends sec. 9t of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.9t)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 881"
citation: "Michigan SB 881 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: other", "Human services: services or financial assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Outman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-22"
last_action: "2024-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f30dd5-e852-4d5d-9468-f22edc233c5e"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0881"
source_hash: "69a2ebebd8116fc26e0bde624fa130095c0b947bf22aeff60c5c8873b5283e80"
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 881 (2023-2024) — Human services: services or financial assistance; low-income energy assistance fund; modify. Amends sec. 9t of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.9t).

## 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/2024-SEBH-0881.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0881.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0168.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0881.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 386 Yeas 58 Nays 49 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **58–49** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 316 YEAS 28 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **28–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Outman — primary (person)
- Sam Singh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RICK OUTMAN `introduction`
- **2024-05-22** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2024-06-26** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2024-06-26** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2024-06-26** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-06-26** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-06-26** PASSED ROLL CALL # 316 YEAS 28 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-06-26** received on 06/26/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-06-26** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-06-26** referred to Committee on Energy, Communications, and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-13** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-13** referred to second reading
- **2024-12-10** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-12-10** placed on third reading
- **2024-12-10** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-12-10** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-12-10** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 386 Yeas 58 Nays 49 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
- **2024-12-10** returned to Senate
- **2024-12-11** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-12-18** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/13/2024 11:58 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-20** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/17/2024 12:40 PM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-20** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/17/2024 01:08 PM
- **2024-12-20** ASSIGNED PA 0168'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27f30dd5-e852-4d5d-9468-f22edc233c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).