---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fireworks; other; administration of Michigan fireworks safety fund; modify. Amends sec. 11 of 2011 PA 256 (MCL 28.461). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0264'17"
description: "Fireworks; other; administration of Michigan fireworks safety fund; modify. Amends sec. 11 of 2011 PA 256 (MCL 28.461). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0264'17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Michigan SB 265 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fireworks: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed2030cc-8b0b-4216-a61d-1e4a6754db75"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0265"
source_hash: "ede1fb14cc94bdb6c1e4af761673f5f472551122b888c9f32a14f61bac58c9d7"
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 265 (2017-2018) — Fireworks; other; administration of Michigan fireworks safety fund; modify. Amends sec. 11 of 2011 PA 256 (MCL 28.461). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0264'17

## 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-0265.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0265.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0145.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0265.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 178 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 303 Yeas 107 Nays 1 — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 36 — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- David Knezek — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tory Rocca — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JIM STAMAS `introduction`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 178 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/09/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 303 Yeas 107 Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/30/2017 @ 2:35 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/2/2017 @ 12:34 PM `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/2/2017 @ 1:24 PM
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0145'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed2030cc-8b0b-4216-a61d-1e4a6754db75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).