---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual income tax; other; Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial fund act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0816'18"
description: "Individual income tax; other; Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial fund act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0816'18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Michigan SB 817 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Individual income tax: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a772df15-b415-441c-b3e7-2b5622fc1ef5"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0817"
source_hash: "c374e14ffc602af196d03fd77a7c46e9cb2f4faa4cc7c390b4535599c0268936"
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 817 (2017-2018) — Individual income tax; other; Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial fund act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0816'18

## 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-0817.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0817.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0257.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0817.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 457 Yeas 104 Nays 4 — **104–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 159 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 9 — 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)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood — cosponsor (person)
- Ian Conyers — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hune — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Emmons — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Knollenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Kowall — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nofs — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Shirkey — cosponsor (person)
- Morris Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Colbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Peter MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)
- Rebekah Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Bieda — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Schuitmaker — cosponsor (person)
- Tory Rocca — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEVEN BIEDA `introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 159 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/15/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Tax Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 457 Yeas 104 Nays 4 `passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** transmitted
- **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 @ 2:14 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/27/2018 @ 10:30 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/28/2018 @ 2:46 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0257'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a772df15-b415-441c-b3e7-2b5622fc1ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).