---
type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries; state; interstate library compact; create. Creates new act."
description: "Libraries; state; interstate library compact; create. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Michigan SB 278 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Libraries: state", "State: interstate compacts and agreements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e26c18-cf84-4ff5-b230-aebcae0a456e"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0278"
source_hash: "b22b551b750f60d64f268138438bfcb506d014c46291f70a178f1a17bb58a864"
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 278 (2017-2018) — Libraries; state; interstate library compact; 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/2017-SEBH-0278.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0278.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0173.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0278.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 340 Yeas 105 Nays 3 — **105–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 268 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 21 — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ian Conyers — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nofs — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)
- Tory Rocca — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Gregory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN PROOS `introduction`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 268 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/15/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+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 # 340 Yeas 105 Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 11/16/2017 @ 3:12 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 11/20/2017 @ 10:36 AM `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 11/21/2017 @ 3:40 PM
- **2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0173'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7e26c18-cf84-4ff5-b230-aebcae0a456e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).