---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources; funding; land exchange facilitation fund; authorize to be used for natural resources management costs. Amends secs. 2134, 2135, 2154 & 51106 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.2134 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4475'17, SB 0302'17"
description: "Natural resources; funding; land exchange facilitation fund; authorize to be used for natural resources management costs. Amends secs. 2134, 2135, 2154 & 51106 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.2134 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4475'17, SB 0302'17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Michigan SB 303 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources: funding", "State agencies (existing): natural resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cd3adaf-5095-46ef-9ee5-3c6ec913fedd"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0303"
source_hash: "04425da81a3f9e9d00d68c6d5567aa965451eb47678aac996c176d000ef2100b"
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 303 (2017-2018) — Natural resources; funding; land exchange facilitation fund; authorize to be used for natural resources management costs. Amends secs. 2134, 2135, 2154 & 51106 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.2134 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4475'17, SB 0302'17

## 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-0303.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0303.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0239.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2017-SCB-0303.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0303.htm)

## Votes

- ROLL CALL # 538 YEAS 24 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 508 Yeas 67 Nays 42 — **67–42** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 409 YEAS 25 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **25–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 35 — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DARWIN BOOHER `introduction`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 409 YEAS 25 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** received on 10/19/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 508 Yeas 67 Nays 42 `passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 538 YEAS 24 NAYS 12 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/25/2018 @ 2:00 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/27/2018 @ 2:39 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/27/2018 @ 3:00 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0239'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cd3adaf-5095-46ef-9ee5-3c6ec913fedd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).