---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; students; provision to students of certain information concerning career outlook; provide for. Amends sec. 1278c of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1278c)."
description: "Education; students; provision to students of certain information concerning career outlook; provide for. Amends sec. 1278c of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1278c)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Michigan SB 343 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: students", "Education: graduation requirements", "Education: curriculum", "Education: career and technical", "Education: school districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/224d0934-f424-4c7f-b750-44eb0c5a53ce"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0343"
source_hash: "0a446de7711e6061811ea31c440f2c1bfbddd5cf1c8feb3e096162f2e417b3f7"
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 343 (2017-2018) — Education; students; provision to students of certain information concerning career outlook; provide for. Amends sec. 1278c of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1278c).

## 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-0343.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0343.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0242.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0343.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 237 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 491 Yeas 96 Nays 13 — **96–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 21 — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Colbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Bieda — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN PROOS `introduction`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-2 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 237 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/07/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Workforce and Talent Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **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 # 491 Yeas 96 Nays 13 `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** 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 @ 1:30 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/27/2018 @ 9:24 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/28/2018 @ 2:16 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0242'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/224d0934-f424-4c7f-b750-44eb0c5a53ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).