---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719)."
description: "Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 4956"
citation: "Michigan HB 4956 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: equipment", "Vehicles: trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296bd7e6-ee0b-4ca9-9405-58736da729ca"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4956"
source_hash: "3745163e95024163d5badff26002fbc70281b95cfba1644346d1ca42f2ade6fa"
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 HB 4956 (2017-2018) — Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719).

## 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/House/htm/2017-HEBH-4956.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/House/htm/2017-HEBS-4956.htm)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/House/htm/2017-HCB-4956.htm)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/House/htm/2017-HIB-4956.htm)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0035.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 49 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call # 47 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 355 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 105 — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Leutheuser — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Liberati — cosponsor (person)
- John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
- Triston Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** introduced by Representative Triston Cole `introduction`
- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** bill electronically reproduced 09/14/2017
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 355 Yeas 108 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 49 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** returned from Senate with substitute S-1 with immediate effect and full title
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** laid over one day under the rules
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate substitute S-1 concurred in
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Roll Call # 47 Yeas 108 Nays 0
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** full title agreed to
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** bill ordered enrolled
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** presented to the Governor 2/9/2018 @ 11:10 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** approved by the Governor 2/20/2018 @ 12:31 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** filed with Secretary of State 2/21/2018 @ 3:02 PM
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** assigned PA 35'18 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/296bd7e6-ee0b-4ca9-9405-58736da729ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).