All Roll Calls
Yes: 157 • No: 17
MichiganSB 05422025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Military affairs: other; tuition assistance for Michigan National Guard members; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2014 PA 259 (MCL 32.433 & 32.434). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0540'25, HB 4962'25Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0038'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Sponsored By: Veronica Klinefelt (Democratic)
Became Law
Military affairs: otherHigher education: financial aid
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Tuition help for Guard members and family
The state now runs a tuition assistance program for Michigan National Guard members. You can use it for job training, certificates, and your first associate, bachelor’s, or master’s degree. You may apply before you enroll, or get reimbursed after you pay in the same academic year. The adjutant general sets one yearly amount that applies to all eligible people and approves awards only if money is available in the fund (and for reimbursements, in the member benefits fund). Payments can go to you or to your school, and only happen if the legislature appropriates money. The adjutant general may let a spouse or a dependent, stepchild, or adopted child use your benefit; children must finish high school or be 18+, and must use it before turning 26.
Rules to keep your tuition aid
If you get tuition help, you must show attendance and a semester GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. If you do not complete the course you got help for, you must repay the fund in the amount and way the adjutant general sets. You do not have to repay if you could not finish because of state or federal deployment and the adjutant general agrees.
Guard tuition fund rules and cap
The state creates a dedicated tuition assistance fund for this program. The treasurer can accept deposits, invest them, and credit earnings; the military department handles audits. The fund cannot hold more than $15 million; any extra at year-end goes to the state’s general fund. At the end of FY 2025 (September 30, 2025), any unspent, unencumbered money in the tuition fund moves to the Michigan National Guard member benefits fund.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Veronica Klinefelt
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 12/2/2025
ROLL CALL:
Yes: 34 • No: 3
House vote • 11/13/2025
passed; given immediate effect
Yes: 97 • No: 4 • Other: 9
Senate vote • 9/25/2025
PASSED
Yes: 26 • No: 10 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
ASSIGNED PA 0038'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
12/10/2025SenateFILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/9/2025 3:00 PM
12/10/2025SenateAPPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/9/2025 2:14 PM
12/10/2025SenatePRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/4/2025 10:08 AM
12/9/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
12/2/2025SenateFULL TITLE AGREED TO
12/2/2025SenateGIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
12/2/2025SenateROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 305 YEAS 34 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
12/2/2025SenateHOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-2) CONCURRED IN
12/2/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
12/2/2025SenatePASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-2) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
12/2/2025Housereturned to Senate
11/13/2025Houseinserted full title
11/13/2025Housepassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #314 Yeas 97 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 9
11/13/2025Houseread a third time
11/13/2025Houseplaced on immediate passage
11/13/2025Houseplaced on third reading
11/13/2025Housesubstitute (H-2) adopted
11/13/2025Houseread a second time
11/13/2025Housereferred to second reading
11/12/2025Housereported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)
11/12/2025Housereferred to Committee on Appropriations
9/26/2025Houseread a first time
9/26/2025Housereceived on 09/25/2025
9/25/2025HousePASSED ROLL CALL # 243 YEAS 26 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
9/25/2025Senate
Bill Text
Public Act
12/9/2025
As Passed by the Senate
12/2/2025
Senate Concurred
12/2/2025
As Passed by the House
11/13/2025
Introduced
9/11/2025
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