---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor; job training; Going pro talent program; create. Creates new act."
description: "Labor; job training; Going pro talent program; create. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 946"
citation: "Michigan SB 946 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor: job training", "State agencies (existing): talent and economic development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/481e35a0-cabc-4042-8394-cf05d3f1070b"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0946"
source_hash: "d5faea612ed74c3ce7deaa63452be8e5dedefacb22dfb1475fc8d876020bf50a"
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 946 (2017-2018) — Labor; job training; Going pro talent program; create. Creates new act.

## 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/2018-SEBH-0946.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0946.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0260.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2018-SCB-0946.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0946.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 284 YEAS 33 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL # 545 YEAS 33 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 487 Yeas 100 Nays 9 — **100–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 32 — cosponsor (person)
- Arlan Meekhof — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman Young II — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Hildenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- David Knezek — cosponsor (person)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hune — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Knollenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Morris Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Peter MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
- Rebekah Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Bieda — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)
- Tory Rocca — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KENNETH HORN `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 284 YEAS 33 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/10/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Workforce and Talent Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-29T04:00:00+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** substitute H-1 not adopted
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** vote reconsidered
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
- **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 # 487 Yeas 100 Nays 9 `passage`
- **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 # 545 YEAS 33 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/25/2018 @ 1:44 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/27/2018 @ 10:42 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/28/2018 @ 2:52 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0260'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/481e35a0-cabc-4042-8394-cf05d3f1070b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).