SB 354 Michigan Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Consumer protection: solicitations; provisions relating to the regulation of home solicitations and telephone solicitations; remove telephone solicitations. Amends title & secs. 1 & 3 of 1971 PA 227 (MCL 445.111 & 445.113) & repeals secs. 1a - 1e of 1971 PA 227 (MCL 445.111a - 445.111e). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0351'25

SB 354 amends Michigan's 1971 Home Solicitation Sales Act by removing telephone solicitation regulations that were previously part of the law. It repeals sections MCL 445.111a through 445.111e (which governed telephone solicitations) and updates the title and key sections (MCL 445.111 and 445.113) to reflect this change. This bill directly affects businesses that make phone solicitations by eliminating specific regulatory requirements they previously had to follow. The key mechanism is the repeal of the telephone solicitation provisions, streamlining the law to focus only on home solicitation rules. The bill does not create new requirements but removes existing telephone solicitation rules from the statute.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 4, 2025 Last action Feb 3, 2026
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What changed between versions

Senate Introduced Bill As Passed by the Senate · 5 edits · Jan 29, 2026
MODERATE
The bill was amended to update the effective date and clarify the legal citations for the act. It also reorganized the definitions section to add new terms related to telephone solicitation and do-not-call lists, while retaining the core rules for home solicitation sales and cancellation rights.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding home solicitation sales and telephone solicitation rules remains substantively the same, but the definitions were expanded to include modern communication methods and regulatory bodies.
TIMELINE

The introduction date was updated from June 4, 2025, to reflect the bill's progression through the Senate, and the effective date clause was added to link this bill's implementation to another pending bill (SB 351).

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'ADAD' (automatic dialing devices), 'do-not-call list', 'existing customer', 'residential telephone subscriber', 'telephone solicitation', 'telephone solicitor', and 'vendor' to regulate phone marketing.

The definition of 'Commission' was updated to refer to the 'public service commission' rather than the 'Michigan public service commission', and the list of holidays in the 'Business day' definition was adjusted.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were established for telephone solicitations, including exemptions for existing customers and specific rules for calls requesting face-to-face meetings.

TECHNICAL

The text was reorganized to fix formatting errors, correct section numbering, and resolve inconsistencies in the definition of 'goods or services' and the ordering of definitions.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed
Total votes 38
Jan 29, 2026
D Democratic19
19 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Introduced
received on 01/29/2026
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 12 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 12/3/2025
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SARAH ANTHONY
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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