Bill Text: MI SB0421 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Chaptered

Michigan Senate Bill 421

Bill Title: Children: child abuse or child neglect; reference to the state child abuse and neglect prevention board; update in the vehicle code. Amends sec. 811j of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811j). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4805'25, HB 4808'25, SB 0418'25

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2026-07-29 - Assigned Pa 0061'26 With Immediate Effect [SB0421 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2025-SB0421-Chaptered.html

Act No. 61

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 23, 2026

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Senators Cherry and Hertel

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 421

AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled �An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,� by amending section 811j (MCL 257.811j), as amended by 2006 PA 562.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 811j. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate recognizing children�s trust must be of a design as determined by the secretary of state after consultation with the children trust Michigan board created in section 3 of the child abuse and neglect prevention act, 1982 PA 250, MCL 722.603.

(2) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing children�s trust collected under sections 811f and 811g must be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the children�s trust fund created under section 1 of 1982 PA 249, MCL 21.171, for the support and benefit of the children of this state.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 418.

(b) House Bill No. 4805.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.