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MI SB0133

MI SB0133
Insurance: producers; continuing education credit carryover system for insurance producers who belong to a professional insurance association; provide for. Amends sec. 1204c of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.1204c).


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Introduced
03/06/2025
In Committee
10/29/2025
Crossed Over
10/29/2025
Passed
07/29/2026
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
07/29/2026

Introduced Session

103rd Legislature

Bill Summary

AN ACT to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws relating to the insurance and surety business; to regulate the incorporation or formation of domestic insurance and surety companies and associations and the admission of foreign and alien companies and associations; to provide their rights, powers, and immunities and to prescribe the conditions on which companies and associations organized, existing, or authorized under this act may exercise their powers; to provide the rights, powers, and immunities and to prescribe the conditions on which other persons, firms, corporations, associations, risk retention groups, and purchasing groups engaged in an insurance or surety business may exercise their powers; to provide for the imposition of a privilege fee on domestic insurance companies and associations and the state accident fund; to provide for the imposition of a tax on the business of foreign and alien companies and associations; to provide for the imposition of a tax on risk retention groups and purchasing groups; to provide for the imposition of a tax on the business of surplus line agents; to provide for the imposition of regulatory fees on certain insurers; to provide for assessment fees on certain health maintenance organizations; to modify tort liability arising out of certain accidents; to provide for limited actions with respect to that modified tort liability and to prescribe certain procedures for maintaining those actions; to require security for losses arising out of certain accidents; to provide for the continued availability and affordability of automobile insurance and homeowners insurance in this state and to facilitate the purchase of that insurance by all residents of this state at fair and reasonable rates; to provide for certain reporting with respect to insurance and with respect to certain claims against uninsured or self-insured persons; to prescribe duties for certain state departments and officers with respect to that reporting; to provide for certain assessments; to establish and continue certain state insurance funds; to modify and clarify the status, rights, powers, duties, and operations of the nonprofit malpractice insurance fund; to provide for the departmental supervision and regulation of the insurance and surety business within this state; to provide for regulation over worker’s compensation self-insurers; to provide for the conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation of unsound or insolvent insurers; to provide for the protection of policyholders, claimants, and creditors of unsound or insolvent insurers; to provide for associations of insurers to protect policyholders and claimants in the event of insurer insolvencies; to prescribe educational requirements for insurance agents and solicitors; to provide for the regulation of multiple employer welfare arrangements; to create an automobile theft prevention authority to reduce the number of automobile thefts in this state; to prescribe the powers and duties of the automobile theft prevention authority; to provide certain powers and duties upon certain officials, departments, and authorities of this state; to provide for an appropriation; to repeal acts and parts of acts; and to provide penalties for the violation of this act,” by amending section 1204c (MCL 500.1204c), as amended by 2017 PA 67.

AI Summary

This bill modifies the continuing education requirements for insurance producers, who are individuals licensed to sell insurance. Specifically, it introduces a system for carrying over excess continuing education credits to the next licensing period, allowing up to 12 hours to be applied to the subsequent two-year cycle, with the exception that ethics credits cannot be carried over and duplicate courses are not eligible. Furthermore, starting after December 31, 2025, insurance producers or their agencies who are active members of professional insurance associations may receive up to 4 hours of continuing education credit for active participation in association functions, provided the association is approved by the director and meets certain criteria, such as being formed for purposes other than just providing continuing education. This bill also clarifies that any activity determined by the director can be credited as continuing education hours after December 31, 2025, and defines an "hour" as at least 50 minutes of instruction.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Assigned Pa 0078'28 With Immediate Effect (on 07/29/2026)

Bill Topics

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
  • ‐ Insurance Regulation

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0133 03/06/2025
BillText https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billenrolled/Senate/htm/2025-SNB-0133.htm 07/14/2026
Fiscal Note/Analysis - House: Summary as Enrolled https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/House/pdf/2025-HLA-0133-YV4G9C5T.pdf 07/06/2026
BillText https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2025-SEBH-0133.htm 07/03/2026
Fiscal Note/Analysis - House: Summary as Passed by the Senate https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/House/pdf/2025-HLA-0133-9LSCMG35.pdf 07/03/2026
Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: ANALYSIS AS PASSED BY THE SENATE https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0133-U.pdf 01/09/2026
BillText https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2025-SEBS-0133.htm 10/29/2025
Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: SUMMARY OF BILL REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0133-F.pdf 10/28/2025
Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE BILL IN COMMITTEE https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0133-S.pdf 10/21/2025
Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL IN COMMITTEE https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0133-G.pdf 10/13/2025
BillText https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2025-SIB-0133.htm 03/06/2025
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