---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property: conveyances; restrictions on use of previously conveyed state-owned property in Grand Traverse County; revise. Creates land transfer act."
description: "Property: conveyances; restrictions on use of previously conveyed state-owned property in Grand Traverse County; revise. Creates land transfer act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "Michigan SB 595 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property: conveyances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe234a1-4493-4a36-971f-1774a38d8db4"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0595"
source_hash: "af61eaef8ca6941e1d4e6b2c8dc1372095bd6bc58026d63a0df66d14acc22d84"
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 595 (2019-2020) — Property: conveyances; restrictions on use of previously conveyed state-owned property in Grand Traverse County; revise. Creates land transfer 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBH-0595.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0595.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0159.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2019-SCB-0595.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0595.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 62 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 281 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 351 Yeas 105 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WAYNE A. SCHMIDT `introduction`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2019-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 62 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received on 02/18/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-09-02T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-02T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2020-09-02T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 351 Yeas 105 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 281 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 09/14/2020 01:04 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 09/17/2020 10:33 AM `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 09/17/2020 11:48 AM
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0159'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe234a1-4493-4a36-971f-1774a38d8db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).