---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources; other; natural resources trust fund process for determining amounts available for expenditure; provide for. Amends secs. 1902, 1903 & 1907 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1902 et seq.)."
description: "Natural resources; other; natural resources trust fund process for determining amounts available for expenditure; provide for. Amends secs. 1902, 1903 & 1907 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1902 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 551"
citation: "Michigan SB 551 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources: other", "Natural resources: funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35327093-2cc1-4338-b540-c931a6568835"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0551"
source_hash: "6cc0026539440008d87567f1b41f50586a7a8d994537bf0265744be9ddb28bd1"
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 551 (2017-2018) — Natural resources; other; natural resources trust fund process for determining amounts available for expenditure; provide for. Amends secs. 1902, 1903 & 1907 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1902 et seq.).

## 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-0551.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0551.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0166.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2017-SCB-0551.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0551.htm)

## Votes

- Senate amendment(s) concurred in Roll Call # 280 Yeas 56 Nays 51 — **56–51** (pass) · lower
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 87 Yeas 56 Nays 53 — **56–53** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL # 277 YEAS 26 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 344 YEAS 27 NAYS 8 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **27–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 29 — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Hildenbrand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DAVID HILDENBRAND `introduction`
- **2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 344 YEAS 27 NAYS 8 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** received on 09/20/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 87 Yeas 56 Nays 53 `passage`
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** re-returned to Senate
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES
- **2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) ADOPTED `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-1 CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 277 YEAS 26 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** re-returned from Senate with amendment(s) to House substitute H-1 with immediate effect
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate amendment(s) concurred in Roll Call # 280 Yeas 56 Nays 51
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 5/22/2018 @ 3:32 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/3/2018 @ 8:25 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/4/2018 @ 10:36 AM
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 166'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35327093-2cc1-4338-b540-c931a6568835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).