2024 House Bill 5460 / Public Act 94

Consumer protection: retail installment sales; payments under motor vehicle installment sale contracts; modify.

An act to amend 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, entitled “An act defining and regulating certain installment sales of motor vehicles; prescribing the conditions under which such sales may be made and regulating the financing thereof; regulating and licensing persons engaged in the business of making or financing such sales; prescribing the form, contents and effect of instruments used in connection with such sales and the financing thereof; prescribing certain rights and obligations of buyers, sellers, persons financing such sales and others; limiting charges in connection with such instruments and fixing maximum interest rates for delinquencies, extensions and loans; regulating insurance in connection with such sales; regulating repossessions, redemptions, resales and deficiency judgments and the rights of parties with respect thereto; authorizing extensions, loans and forbearances related to such sales; authorizing investigations and examinations of persons engaged in the business of making or financing such sales; transferring certain powers and duties with respect to finance companies to the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau; and prescribing penalties,” by amending sections 2, 12, 13, 22, and 31 (MCL 492.102, 492.112, 492.113, 492.122, and 492.131), section 2 as amended by 2013 PA 16, section 12 as amended by 1994 PA 2, section 13 as amended by 2009 PA 231, and section 31 as amended by 1995 PA 166.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The legislation amends existing laws to regulate installment sales of motor vehicles, detailing contract requirements, permissible charges, and buyer protections, and takes effect on July 23, 2024.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 21, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Alabas Farhat (D-3) and six co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Graham Filler (R-93), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Jim Haadsma (D-44), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Tyrone Carter (D-1) and Rachel Hood (D-81)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

May 14, 2024

Reported with substitute H-3

May 22, 2024

Substitute H-3 concurred in by voice vote

May 23, 2024

Passed in the House 80 to 27 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

May 30, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

June 5, 2024

Discharged from committee

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

June 20, 2024

Reported without amendment

June 25, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

June 26, 2024

Passed in the Senate 36 to 2 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 23, 2024