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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 217: Traffic control: accidents; penalties for moving violation causing physical injury or death to a vulnerable roadway user; enhance. Amends sec. 12e, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.12e). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0216'25

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 217 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 sec. 12e, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.12e). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0216'25. Primary sponsor: Thomas Albert (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 23, 2026): referred to second reading.

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 5 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Thomas AlbertPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Rosemary BayerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Veronica KlinefeltCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Sean McCannCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
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 second reading
  2. reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)
  3. referred to Committee on Judiciary
  4. read a first time
  5. received on 06/24/2025
  6. PASSED ROLL CALL # 168 YEAS 30 NAYS 6 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
  7. PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
  8. REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
  9. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
  10. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 6/5/2025
  11. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
  12. INTRODUCED BY SENATOR THOMAS ALBERT

Sources

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