---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marihuana; facilities; background check requirements for prospective licensees; modify. Amends sec. 402 of 2016 PA 281 (MCL 333.27402)."
description: "Marihuana; facilities; background check requirements for prospective licensees; modify. Amends sec. 402 of 2016 PA 281 (MCL 333.27402)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 433"
citation: "Michigan SB 433 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marihuana: facilities", "Health: medical marihuana", "Law enforcement: background check"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ec8c88-3a1e-49cf-a5ed-5d20d732452c"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0433"
source_hash: "055037581bc391e18ef47d209386b32ec72c0e43008f4faaf281278760d3c964"
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 433 (2017-2018) — Marihuana; facilities; background check requirements for prospective licensees; modify. Amends sec. 402 of 2016 PA 281 (MCL 333.27402).

## 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-0433.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0433.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0105.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0433.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 254 Yeas 104 Nays 3 — **104–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 252 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 24 — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RICK JONES `introduction`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 252 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/14/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Law and Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 254 Yeas 104 Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 7/11/2017 @ 2:54 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/13/2017 @ 12:39 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/13/2017 @ 3:40 PM
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0105'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83ec8c88-3a1e-49cf-a5ed-5d20d732452c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).