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MichiganSB 00252025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Occupations: vehicles, dealers, and repair facilities; owner of a motor vehicle repair facility to operate an additional facility under the same registration; allow. Amends secs. 2, 9, 10b, 13b, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 30, 32, 32a, 33 & 40 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302 et seq.) & adds sec. 30a. Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0059'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable

Signed by Governor

Occupations: vehicles, dealers, and repair facilities

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

8 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 4 mixed.

Repair shop fees follow revenue tiers

Beginning July 1, 2026, repair shops pay nonrefundable registration fees based on annual repair revenue, including related parts and goods. Fees are $100 below $50,000 in revenue and $200 from $50,000 to $100,000. They are $300 from $100,001 to $200,000, $400 from $200,001 to $300,000, and $500 above $300,000. A shop renewing after expiration pays a late renewal fee of 1.5 times its normal fee for each year expired.

Repair customers get clearer rights notices

Beginning February 1, 2026, repair shops must tell customers about their right to get replaced parts back. Exceptions cover oversized or heavy parts and parts returned to manufacturers or distributors for warranty work or exchanges. Customers can inspect parts that cannot be returned. Notice must appear on the repair document or a clearly readable sign with letters at least 1 inch high. Places where customers first sign repair orders count as entrances when shops place required consumer-information and complaint signs.

Larger repair shops get longer renewals

Beginning July 1, 2026, repair shops with gross revenue over $300,000 can choose renewals longer than one year. The longest renewal term is four years. Owners must apply and pay the annual registration fee multiplied by the number of years selected. The longer term does not reduce the annual fee.

Repair shops face inspections and discipline

Owners must keep auxiliary repair sites open to inspection and store their required business and repair records at the main registered shop. Unresolved parts-retention, recordkeeping, or inspection-obstruction violations can lead to denial or loss of auxiliary-site approval. The state can also discipline covered people or facilities for Michigan Vehicle Code violations under sections 233a(6), 254, or 257(1)–(3). Substantially matching out-of-state convictions also qualify. Administrative action requires notice and a chance for a hearing.

Higher mechanic exam fees fund testing

Beginning July 1, 2026, each mechanic certification exam costs $18 instead of $6, and the fee is nonrefundable. The Department of State puts $12 from each fee into a dedicated exam fund. Spending requires an appropriation and is limited to developing, updating, or administering certification exams. For automobile, light-truck, and heavy-truck certifications, repair categories come from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence or another state-approved mechanic organization.

Repair applicants face checks and exemptions

Repair shop applications must include ownership, business history, repair documents, and information about auxiliary sites sharing the registration. Applicants applying on or after February 1, 2026, must provide their business location and written local municipal or zoning verification. Ownership-history disclosures cover owners with at least 25%, up from 10%, and specified people associated with those owners. The state can request revenue proof unless gross revenue exceeds $300,000. Every facility applicant receives a name-based background check; checks for mechanics seeking new certification are optional.

Repair shops can add nearby work sites

Beginning February 1, 2026, registered repair shops can get approval for one auxiliary site within a 3-mile radius. Owners must apply and provide written proof that the site meets local municipal and zoning rules. The site must match the main shop’s hours, vehicle types, and repair services. Customer drop-off, pickup, payment, invoices, and documents must go through the main shop, which must direct or approve repairs. The site shares the main shop’s registration number, pays no separate registration fee, and is exempt from separate certificate, sign, and specified customer-document requirements. Mechanics do not need to display their certificates there.

Repair shops get revised reporting rules

Repair shops changing their name or address without changing owners must notify the state at least 30 days beforehand. Address changes also require written local verification that the business location and any applicable auxiliary site meet municipal and zoning rules. Corporate owners must report stock sales or transfers of at least 25% within 30 days afterward. That threshold rises from 10%, so smaller transfers no longer trigger this notice.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 174 • No: 3

Senate vote • 12/18/2025

ROLL CALL:

Yes: 35 • No: 0 • Other: 2

House vote • 12/16/2025

passed; given immediate effect

Yes: 102 • No: 3 • Other: 5

Senate vote • 3/18/2025

PASSED

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. ASSIGNED PA 0059'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    12/23/2025Senate

  2. FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2025 12:10 PM

    12/23/2025Senate

  3. APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2025 10:40 AM

    12/23/2025Senate

  4. PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2025 2:32 PM

    12/23/2025Senate

  5. ORDERED ENROLLED

    12/18/2025Senate

  6. TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO

    12/18/2025Senate

  7. GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    12/18/2025Senate

  8. ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 367 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

    12/18/2025Senate

  9. HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN

    12/18/2025Senate

  10. RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

    12/18/2025Senate

  11. HOUSE AMENDED TITLE

    12/18/2025Senate

  12. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

    12/18/2025House

  13. returned to Senate

    12/18/2025House

  14. motion withdrawn

    12/18/2025House

  15. postponed for the day

    12/17/2025House

  16. motion to reconsider passage

    12/17/2025House

  17. title amended

    12/16/2025House

  18. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #339 Yeas 102 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 5

    12/16/2025House

  19. read a third time

    12/16/2025House

  20. placed on immediate passage

    12/16/2025House

  21. placed on third reading

    12/16/2025House

  22. substitute (H-1) adopted

    12/16/2025House

  23. read a second time

    12/16/2025House

  24. referred to second reading

    12/11/2025House

  25. reported with recommendation without amendment

    12/11/2025House

Bill Text

  • Public Act

    12/23/2025

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  • As Passed by the Senate

    12/18/2025

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  • Senate Concurred

    12/18/2025

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  • As Passed by the House

    12/16/2025

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  • Introduced

    1/23/2025

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