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HB 5160

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRODUCER LICENSING ACT

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Stephen Casey and 1 co-sponsor

HB 5160 allows one personalized license plate for eligible vehicles, with specified issuance/renewal fees, a 60-day free temporary plate, and funding allocations for litter cleanup

06/13/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce
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Bill Summary · HB 5160

Summary — HB 5160 (House Bill No. 5160)

Title: Vehicles: registration plates; eligibility for personalized registration plate; modify.
Introduced: March 14, 2025; electronically reproduced October 29, 2025.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Alexander. Companion: SB 639. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Purpose / Intent

HB 5160 amends MCL 257.803b (Michigan Vehicle Code) to specify fees, deposit destinations, issuance rules, eligibility, and administrative procedures for personalized vehicle registration plates. It clarifies fee handling and reuse/duplication rules and authorizes temporary permits while personalized plates are pending.

Key provisions

  • Authorized vehicles: Secretary of State may issue one personalized plate for passenger motor vehicles, pick-up trucks, motorcycles, vans, motor homes, hearses, buses, trailer coaches, or trailers in place of a standard plate. Plates must not duplicate existing registration plates.
  • Application and service fees (original issuance):
    • $8.00 for the first month and $2.00 per month for each additional month of the registration period (in addition to regular registration fee).
    • Optional second duplicate plate: additional $5.00.
    • Original and duplicate service fees are deposited into the Transportation Administration Collection Fund through October 1, 2027.
  • Renewal fee:
    • $15.00 (in addition to the regular registration fee).
    • Renewal service fee is credited to the Michigan Transportation Fund and allocated per section 10 of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.660). The portion allocated to the State Trunk Line Fund (MCL 247.661) is to be used by MDOT for litter pickup and cleanup on state roads and rights-of-way.
  • Expiration and tabs:
    • Expiration per section 226. Secretary of State may issue month/year tabs; upon renewal new tab(s) issued for rear plate.
    • Secretary shall not issue an exact duplicate of an expired plate on renewal unless the plate is illegible and the owner pays the original personalized plate service and registration fees.
  • Sequence reuse: A personalized alphanumeric sequence may not be reassigned to another person in a subsequent year unless the original plateholder fails to reapply before expiration.
  • Ineligible plates: The Secretary of State may not issue a personalized sequence to plates issued under the following statutory provisions:
    • Section 216(1)(d), 217a, 224, 226, 226a, 226b, 244, 245, 801(1)(c),(d),(f),(g),(h),(k),(l),(o),(q), 801e, 801g, 801h, 802, 803, 803g, 803p, 803q, 811g, or section 2 of 1960 PA 2 (MCL 257.972).
  • Eligibility for specialty plates: Subject to the ineligibility list above, applicants for plates under sections 217d, 803a, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o may request personalized sequences.
  • Temporary permit: The Secretary of State may issue a free temporary permit (valid up to 60 days) to applicants who applied for a personalized plate but whose registration might expire before the personalized plate is received.

Who is affected

  • Vehicle owners seeking personalized registration plates for eligible vehicle classes.
  • Applicants for certain specialty plates (may be eligible for personalization, subject to exclusion list).
  • State funds: short-term deposit of original/duplicate fees to Transportation Administration Collection Fund (through 10/1/2027); renewal fees flow to Michigan Transportation Fund and support litter cleanup via State Trunk Line Fund allocation.
  • Secretary of State administration (implementation of tabs, temporary permits, fee collection and allocation).

Procedural status

  • Filed March 14, 2025; introduced/first read October 29, 2025; referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Companion bill SB 639 pending in the Senate.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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