---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual income tax: returns; taxpayer protection act; provide for. Amends 1941 PA 122 (MCL 205.1 - 205.31) by adding sec. 4a."
description: "Individual income tax: returns; taxpayer protection act; provide for. Amends 1941 PA 122 (MCL 205.1 - 205.31) by adding sec. 4a."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Michigan SB 269 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Individual income tax: returns", "Individual income tax: forms", "State agencies (existing): treasury"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7f478f-a8dc-4fef-a8e2-0c7f19575bca"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0269"
source_hash: "a6650b04dd2acd09d7d39447065633d777f855b28ebc8e1ae8d75b3b0eabd535"
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 269 (2019-2020) — Individual income tax: returns; taxpayer protection act; provide for. Amends 1941 PA 122 (MCL 205.1 - 205.31) by adding sec. 4a.

## 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/Senate/htm/2019-SEBH-0269.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0269.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0077.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2019-SCB-0269.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0269.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 216 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 159 Yeas 104 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **104–3** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 110 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam Hollier — cosponsor (person)
- Betty Jean Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Lucido — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ERIKA GEISS `introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 216 YEAS 36 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** received on 09/19/2019 `introduction`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Tax Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-4) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-4) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-4) adopted
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 159 Yeas 104 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-4) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 110 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/19/2020 12:54 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 04/02/2020 08:52 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 04/02/2020 10:04 AM
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0077'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7f478f-a8dc-4fef-a8e2-0c7f19575bca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).