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HB5109 • 2026

Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update. Amends secs. 233, 234, 239 & 240 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.233 et seq.).

Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update. Amends secs. 233, 234, 239 & 240 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.233 et seq.).

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Sponsor
Pat Outman (District 91)
Last action
2026-07-03
Official status
transmitted
Effective date
Not listed

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Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update. Amends secs. 233, 234, 239 & 240 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.233 et seq.).

Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update.

What This Bill Does

  • Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update.
  • Amends secs.
  • 233, 234, 239 & 240 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.233 et seq.).

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Amendments

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H-1

8

substitute (H-1) adopted

Plain English: substitute (H-1) adopted 8

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    read a third time

  2. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #317 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

  3. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    title amended

  4. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    transmitted

  5. 2026-07-02 HJ 55 Pg. 0

    read a second time

  6. 2026-07-02 HJ 55 Pg. 0

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  7. 2026-07-02 HJ 55 Pg. 0

    placed on third reading

  8. 2025-11-04 HJ 106 Pg. 1758

    reported with recommendation without amendment

  9. 2025-11-04 HJ 106 Pg. 1758

    referred to second reading

  10. 2025-10-23 HJ 102 Pg. 1686

    bill electronically reproduced 10/22/2025

  11. 2025-10-22 HJ 101 Pg. 1678

    introduced by Representative Rep. Pat Outman

  12. 2025-10-22 HJ 101 Pg. 1678

    read a first time

  13. 2025-10-22 HJ 101 Pg. 1678

    referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Official Summary Text

Vehicles: title; reference to electronic transfer of title or interest in vehicle; update. Amends secs. 233, 234, 239 & 240 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.233 et seq.).

Current Bill Text

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HB-5109, As Passed House, July 3, 2026

SCI H03971'25 (H-1)_HB5109_APH_1 c4520g

SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5109
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 810b (MCL 257.810b), as amended by 2009 PA 99.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 810b. (1) The transportation administration collection 1
fund is created within the state treasury. 2
(2) The Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), the 3
state treasurer may receive money from the collections authorized 4
under this act for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall 5
direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit 6
to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. 7
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall 8
not lapse into the Michigan transportation fund. 9
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SCI H03971'25 (H-1)_HB5109_APH_1 c4520g
(4) Except as provided in subsection (6), upon on 1
appropriation, the department of state shall expend money from the 2
fund that is credited to the fund from revenue collected under 3
sections 801 to 810 only to pay the necessary collection expenses 4
incurred by the department of state in the administration and 5
enforcement of sections 801 to 810. 6
(5) The department of treasury shall expend money in the fund, 7
upon appropriation, only to defray the costs of collecting motor 8
fuel taxes. 9
(6) The department of state shall expend money as appropriated 10
from the fund that is credited to the fund on or after October 1, 11
2005 under each of the following sections of law to pay either the 12
necessary collection of expenses incurred by the department of 13
state in the administration and enforcement of sections 801 to 810 14
or other necessary expenses: 15
(a) Sections 208b and 232. 16
(b) Section 7 of 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.297. 17
(c) Sections 80130, 80315, 81114, and 82156 of the natural 18
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 19
324.80130, 324.80315, 324.81114, and 324.82156. 20
(7) The department of state shall, by January 1 of each year, 21
file a report with the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the 22
house of representatives providing an itemized list of deposits 23
into and expenditures from the fund for the preceding fiscal year. 24
(8) The state transportation department shall review all funds 25
received by the state transportation department from funding 26
sources provided for under this act to determine whether those 27
funds can be used to leverage additional federal funds. 28
(9) Beginning the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and 29
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SCI H03971'25 (H-1)_HB5109_APH_1 c4520g
through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2029, the amount under 1
subsection (2) must be reduced annually by $1,700,000.00, and that 2
$1,700,000.00 must be deposited in the general fund. 3