2023 House Bill 4084 / Public Act 211

Property tax: state essential services assessment; filing process; modify.

An act to amend 2014 PA 92, entitled “An act to levy a specific tax on certain personal property; to provide for the administration, collection, and distribution of the specific tax; to provide for an exemption from that specific tax; to impose certain duties on persons and certain state departments; to impose penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 211.1051 to 211.1061) by adding section 7a.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4084 would amend the State Essential Services Assessment Act to provide a process, for the 2021 tax year only, through which an owner of personal property that would have qualified for an exemption from property taxes and an assessment under the act, but did not qualify because the applicable paperwork was not properly filed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, could obtain an exemption and assessment retroactively. Note that the bill would apply only to personal property that would otherwise have been eligible for the exemption for the first time in the 2021 tax year (the relevant paperwork is filed in the year the property becomes eligible).

Introduced in the House

Feb. 14, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Nate Shannon (D-58)

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

April 19, 2023

Reported without amendment

May 3, 2023

Passed in the House 94 to 14 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

May 4, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection

June 7, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 8, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 28, 2023

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

In the House

June 28, 2023

Returned to the Senate

Received in the Senate

June 28, 2023

Nov. 8, 2023

Motion to reconsider immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Motion to give immediate effect

The motion did not prevail by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Nov. 22, 2023