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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 216: Traffic control: accidents; penalties for moving violation causing physical injury or death to a vulnerable roadway user; enhance. Amends secs. 303, 320a, 601c & 653a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.303 et seq.); adds secs. 79g & 79h & repeals sec. 653b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.653b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0217'25

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 216 is a bill introduced in the Michigan Senate on April 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Traffic control: accidents; penalties for moving violation causing physical injury or death to a vulnerable roadway user; enhance. Amends secs. 303, 320a, 601c & 653a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.303 et seq.); adds secs. 79g & 79h & repeals sec. 653b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.653b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0217'25. Primary sponsor: Sean McCann (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 24, 2025): referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sean McCannPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Veronica KlinefeltCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Sue ShinkCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Paul WojnoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. referred to Committee on Judiciary
  2. read a first time
  3. received on 06/24/2025
  4. PASSED ROLL CALL # 167 YEAS 31 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
  5. PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
  6. SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
  7. REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
  8. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
  9. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) 6/5/2025
  10. REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
  11. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  12. INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SEAN MCCANN

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source