---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupations: licensing fees; refrigeration facility and removal service for a dead human body; establish license, registration, and application fees. Amends 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2201 - 338.2277) by adding sec. 43a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0544'23"
description: "Occupations: licensing fees; refrigeration facility and removal service for a dead human body; establish license, registration, and application fees. Amends 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2201 - 338.2277) by adding sec. 43a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0544'23"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Michigan SB 545 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations: licensing fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Veronica Klinefelt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-03"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655ae0e3-e950-443e-8cb4-08d172f6482c"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0545"
source_hash: "a5330fa690c2f2021cacda9df095aaff4404254397fd5a942ca7803f28f7cd5f"
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 545 (2023-2024) — Occupations: licensing fees; refrigeration facility and removal service for a dead human body; establish license, registration, and application fees. Amends 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2201 - 338.2277) by adding sec. 43a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0544'23

## 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-0545.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0545.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0108.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0545.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 51 YEAS 26 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 245 Yeas 73 Nays 36 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **73–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Veronica Klinefelt — primary (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-03** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR VERONICA KLINEFELT `introduction`
- **2023-10-03** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2024-03-12** PASSED ROLL CALL # 51 YEAS 26 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** received on 03/12/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-03-12** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-21** referred to second reading
- **2024-06-26** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** placed on third reading
- **2024-06-26** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-06-26** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 245 Yeas 73 Nays 36 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-06-26** inserted full title
- **2024-06-26** returned to Senate
- **2024-06-26** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2024-06-26** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-07-30** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/15/2024 02:38 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/23/2024 10:24 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/23/2024 12:24 PM
- **2024-07-30** ASSIGNED PA 0108'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/655ae0e3-e950-443e-8cb4-08d172f6482c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).