---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles; motorcycles; definitions of implement of husbandry, autocycle, and motorcycle; modify. Amends secs. 21, 25a & 31 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.21 et seq.)."
description: "Vehicles; motorcycles; definitions of implement of husbandry, autocycle, and motorcycle; modify. Amends secs. 21, 25a & 31 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.21 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Michigan SB 160 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: motorcycles", "Vehicles: equipment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c11f549-9af6-4a9f-a2f9-9362bb82a7c3"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0160"
source_hash: "2ffbc4bbd371e43843a563ec3bc4605a102a13bb45cbc22874365993247deecf"
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 160 (2017-2018) — Vehicles; motorcycles; definitions of implement of husbandry, autocycle, and motorcycle; modify. Amends secs. 21, 25a & 31 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.21 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-0160.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0160.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0094.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2017-SCB-0160.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0160.htm)

## Votes

- ROLL CALL # 282 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 234 Yeas 68 Nays 39 — **68–39** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 104 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 38 — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR THOMAS CASPERSON `introduction`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 104 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** received on 04/18/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-1 adopted
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **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 # 234 Yeas 68 Nays 39 `passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 282 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 7/11/2017 @ 2:32 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/13/2017 @ 12:17 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/13/2017 @ 3:18 PM
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0094'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c11f549-9af6-4a9f-a2f9-9362bb82a7c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).