2017 Senate Bill 625 / 2018 Public Act 49

Expand driver responsibility fee work-outs

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 5, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Ken Horn (R-32)

To require the Secretary of State department to work with existing government job training programs to enable individuals who owe “driver responsibility fees” to work them off by doing 10 hours of community service or workforce training, as proposed by Senate Bill 624.

Referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness

Oct. 12, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Oct. 19, 2017

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Oct. 19, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness

Jan. 31, 2018

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Feb. 14, 2018

Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)

To revise a law that authorized enrollment in job training programs as a way to work-off delinquent “driver responsibility fees” (“bad driver taxes”) that wer levied for various violations, so as to reflect the repeal and forgiveness of those fees in House Bill 5040 and related bills.

Received in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2018

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

March 1, 2018