---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communications: telecommunications; conversion for telephone corporations to domestic limited liability company; provide for. Amends 1883 PA 129 (MCL 484.1 - 484.10) by adding sec. 7."
description: "Communications: telecommunications; conversion for telephone corporations to domestic limited liability company; provide for. Amends 1883 PA 129 (MCL 484.1 - 484.10) by adding sec. 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Michigan SB 982 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses: limited liability companies", "Communications: telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Singh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-08-15"
last_action: "2024-12-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c91c5cf-e485-4d21-bfd8-117d8ca532cf"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0982"
source_hash: "f36184fde1f9f544d6b50cfb8289ab54424bdd0ff06f580e7ea7673386a42616"
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 982 (2023-2024) — Communications: telecommunications; conversion for telephone corporations to domestic limited liability company; provide for. Amends 1883 PA 129 (MCL 484.1 - 484.10) by adding sec. 7.

## 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-0982.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0982.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0174.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0982.pdf)
5. **Substitute (S-1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0982-00B74.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-1) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0982-0B735.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-1) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0982-00C76.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-1) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0982-00D47.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 370 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — **104–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 399 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Singh — primary (person)
- Dan Lauwers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-15** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SAM SINGH `introduction`
- **2024-08-15** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-24** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-24** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-30** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-30** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-10-30** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2024-10-30** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-10-30** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-10-30** PASSED ROLL CALL # 399 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-11-07** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-11-07** received on 10/30/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-11-07** referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-12** per Rule 41 referred to Committee on Government Operations
- **2024-11-13** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-13** referred to second reading
- **2024-12-04** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-12-04** placed on third reading
- **2024-12-04** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-12-04** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-12-04** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 370 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 `passage`
- **2024-12-04** returned to Senate
- **2024-12-10** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2024-12-10** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-12-18** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/13/2024 11:44 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2024 10:02 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2024 11:10 AM
- **2024-12-30** ASSIGNED PA 0174'24 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c91c5cf-e485-4d21-bfd8-117d8ca532cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).