# Michigan SB 0373: Housing: landlord and tenants; limitations on fees charged to tenants; provide for. Amends sec. 3 of 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.633). Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Michigan SB 0373, Housing: landlord and tenants; limitations on fees charged to tenants; provide for. Amends sec. 3 of 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.633). Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mary Cavanagh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-09-22 (ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Michigan SB 0373
- State: Michigan
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Housing: landlord and tenants; limitations on fees charged to tenants; provide for. Amends sec. 3 of 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.633). Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-06-10
- Last action: 2026-09-22, ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Sponsor: Mary Cavanagh (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: Housing: landlord and tenants
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (123 yes, 17 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Renters get a fee-free rent payment option: benefit, low. Michigan rental agreements cannot add fees to every allowed way of paying rent. If an agreement offers multiple payment methods, at least one must have no extra charge. Lease terms that violate this rule are void. The law took effect immediately upon enactment.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mary Cavanagh (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Erika Geiss (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rosemary Bayer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stephanie Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Veronica Klinefelt (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-25 | House | passed; given immediate effect | pass | 99 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-07-03 | Senate | PASSED | pass | 24 | 12 | 2 |

## Actions (28)

- 2026-09-22: ASSIGNED PA 0103'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT (Senate)
- 2026-09-22: FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 9/21/2026 11:32 AM (Senate)
- 2026-09-22: APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 9/21/2026 9:32 AM (Senate)
- 2026-09-22: PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 9/15/2026 1:26 PM (Senate)
- 2026-09-09: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate)
- 2026-09-09: FULL TITLE AGREED TO (Senate)
- 2026-09-09: GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT (Senate)
- 2026-08-25: returned to Senate (House)
- 2026-08-25: inserted full title (House)
- 2026-08-25: passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #345 Yeas 99 Nays 5 Excused 0 Not Voting 6 (House)
- 2026-08-25: read a third time (House)
- 2026-08-25: placed on immediate passage (House)
- 2026-08-25: placed on third reading (House)
- 2026-08-25: read a second time (House)
- 2026-08-25: placed on second reading (House)
- 2026-08-25: motion to discharge committee approved (House)
- 2026-08-25: rule suspended (House)
- 2026-07-03: referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform (House)
- 2026-07-03: read a first time (House)
- 2026-07-03: received on 07/03/2026 (House)
- 2026-07-03: PASSED ROLL CALL # 193 YEAS 24 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 (Senate)
- 2026-07-03: AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) (Senate)
- 2025-09-10: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Senate)
- 2025-09-10: REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 9/9/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARY CAVANAGH (Senate)

## Bill text

- Public Act, 2026-09-21: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0103.pdf)
- As Passed by the House, 2026-08-25: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0373.pdf)
- As Passed by the Senate, 2026-07-03: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0373.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-06-10: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0373.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Public Act (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0103.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0373.pdf)
- [As Passed by the Senate (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0373.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0373.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-SB0373-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).