---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways; name; portion of I-96; designate as the \"Mitchel A. Kiefer Foundation for Distracted Driver Awareness Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 23a."
description: "Highways; name; portion of I-96; designate as the \"Mitchel A. Kiefer Foundation for Distracted Driver Awareness Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 23a."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Michigan SB 480 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: name", "State agencies (existing): transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a7d3710-9eba-49fd-a694-de00e92b597d"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0480"
source_hash: "27214f0b4c6f44e7a7ee3a01891755689512846b3ff601329e85e36e31f01378"
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 480 (2017-2018) — Highways; name; portion of I-96; designate as the "Mitchel A. Kiefer Foundation for Distracted Driver Awareness Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 23a.

## 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-0480.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0480.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0237.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0480.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 473 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 496 Yeas 102 Nays 8 — **102–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 15 — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Kowall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MICHAEL KOWALL `introduction`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 473 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** received on 11/30/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 496 Yeas 102 Nays 8 `passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2017 @ 10:38 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/20/2017 @ 12:56 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/21/2017 @ 2:00 PM
- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0237'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a7d3710-9eba-49fd-a694-de00e92b597d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).