---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: other; authority of the director of department of insurance and financial services to regulate holding companies; expand. Amends sec. 1301 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.1301) & adds sec. 1359."
description: "Insurance: other; authority of the director of department of insurance and financial services to regulate holding companies; expand. Amends sec. 1301 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.1301) & adds sec. 1359."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 5242"
citation: "Michigan HB 5242 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: other", "State agencies (existing): insurance and financial services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/091af0b0-9afb-4046-ac5f-545ed4e10d81"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-HB-5242"
source_hash: "9b5449c6f20eed307974d0e7d9e60da1ff415d90bb0a91e92620c90139f1997d"
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 HB 5242 (2019-2020) — Insurance: other; authority of the director of department of insurance and financial services to regulate holding companies; expand. Amends sec. 1301 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.1301) & adds sec. 1359.

## 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](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBH-5242.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/House/htm/2019-HEBS-5242.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/House/htm/2019-HCB-5242.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/htm/2019-HIB-5242.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0016.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 13 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 334 Yeas 103 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **103–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Paquette — cosponsor (person)
- Daire Rendon — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Wittenberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Robert Wittenberg `introduction`
- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 11/20/2019
- **2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 334 Yeas 103 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
- **2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE AND BANKING `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 13 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 01/17/2020 02:56 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 01/27/2020 01:53 PM `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 01/27/2020 03:24 PM
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 16'20 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/091af0b0-9afb-4046-ac5f-545ed4e10d81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).