# Michigan SB 0293: Animals: care and treatment; forfeiture of seized animals and restitution for the animals' care; amend. Amends sec. 50 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.50).Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Michigan SB 0293, Animals: care and treatment; forfeiture of seized animals and restitution for the animals' care; amend. Amends sec. 50 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.50).Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dayna Polehanki (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-29 (ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Michigan SB 0293
- State: Michigan
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Animals: care and treatment; forfeiture of seized animals and restitution for the animals' care; amend. Amends sec. 50 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.50).Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Last action: 2026-07-29, ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Sponsor: Dayna Polehanki (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Animals: care and treatment, Animals: domestic, Animals: dogs, Crimes: animals
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (113 yes, 28 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Animal owners face case-cost payments: mixed, medium. Effective immediately, courts may order people convicted of violating animal-care rules to repay costs related to the animal victim. These include investigation, prosecution, seizure, care, housing, veterinary treatment, and disposition. Owners or possessors are responsible unless the court finds t…
- Seized animals: owner hearings and costs: mixed, medium. Effective immediately, agencies generally cannot return seized animal victims while an animal-care criminal case is pending, with statutory exceptions. Agencies must consider all the circumstances before seizing a service animal. Known owners must receive notice within 72 hours; authorized alternat…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dayna Polehanki (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Erika Geiss (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul Wojno (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rosemary Bayer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stephanie Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sue Shink (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-03 | House | passed; given immediate effect | pass | 84 | 24 | 2 |
| 2025-09-18 | Senate | PASSED | pass | 29 | 4 | 4 |

## Actions (27)

- 2026-07-29: ASSIGNED PA 0087'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT (Senate)
- 2026-07-29: FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/27/2026 12:14 PM (Senate)
- 2026-07-29: APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/21/2026 1:08 PM (Senate)
- 2026-07-15: PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 7/14/2026 10:48 AM (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: FULL TITLE AGREED TO (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: returned to Senate (House)
- 2026-07-03: inserted full title (House)
- 2026-07-03: passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #292 Yeas 84 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 (House)
- 2026-07-03: read a third time (House)
- 2026-07-02: placed on third reading (House)
- 2026-07-02: read a second time (House)
- 2026-07-02: placed on second reading (House)
- 2026-07-02: motion to discharge committee approved (House)
- 2026-07-02: rule suspended (House)
- 2025-09-18: referred to Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-09-18: read a first time (House)
- 2025-09-18: received on 09/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-09-18: PASSED ROLL CALL # 229 YEAS 29 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0 (Senate)
- 2025-09-17: PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-09-17: REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) (Senate)
- 2025-09-16: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Senate)
- 2025-09-16: REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 9/11/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: SENATE CO-SPONSOR(S) NAMED: PAUL WOJNO (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAYNA POLEHANKI (Senate)

## Bill text

- Public Act, 2026-07-27: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0087.pdf)
- As Passed by the House, 2026-07-03: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0293.pdf)
- As Passed by the Senate, 2025-09-18: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0293.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0293.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Public Act (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0087.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0293.pdf)
- [As Passed by the Senate (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0293.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0293.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-SB0293-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).