---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways; signs; tourist-oriented directional sign; revise requirements for eligible attractions. Amends sec. 1 of 1996 PA 299 (MCL 247.401)."
description: "Highways; signs; tourist-oriented directional sign; revise requirements for eligible attractions. Amends sec. 1 of 1996 PA 299 (MCL 247.401)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Michigan SB 176 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: signs", "Recreation: other", "State agencies (existing): transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a4d103-6398-4e47-9f84-f2af6ea1b549"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0176"
source_hash: "38c100d6d30f2256d3057ff663fca2e69ba38827ed9935db5c8209c9e5d354f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 176 (2017-2018) — Highways; signs; tourist-oriented directional sign; revise requirements for eligible attractions. Amends sec. 1 of 1996 PA 299 (MCL 247.401).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBH-0176.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0176.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0045.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0176.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 75 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 122 Yeas 107 Nays 0 — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 38 — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR THOMAS CASPERSON `introduction`
- **2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 75 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/16/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 122 Yeas 107 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/6/2017 @ 12:36 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/7/2017 @ 11:17 AM `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/7/2017 @ 1:34 PM
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0045'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a4d103-6398-4e47-9f84-f2af6ea1b549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).