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A Law, a Door, and a Hotel That Already Knew You didn’t stumble onto this page because you wanted a civics lesson. You came here because someone you love was harmed at a hotel, motel, or short-term rental — or because you run one and the new law just changed what “doing your job” looks like. Either way, the question is the same: what does Michigan Senate Bill 481 actually do, and what does it actually change? The short answer is that SB 481 puts a single piece of paper on a wall that the law already expected to be there. The longer answer is the one that matters in a courtroom, and it is the answer we built this page to give you. Michigan Senate Bill 481, sponsored by Sen. Mallory McMorrow and passed by the Michigan Senate on April 22, 2026, requires every hotel, motel, and short-term rental operating in the state to prominently display the hotline number for the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. On its face, the bill is simple: one sign, one number. It joins existing signage mandates that already apply to Michigan rest areas, airports, and adult entertainment venues. The bill now heads to…