---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: funds; maritime and port facility assistance fund and grant program; create. Creates new act."
description: "Transportation: funds; maritime and port facility assistance fund and grant program; create. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 744"
citation: "Michigan SB 744 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: port authorities", "Natural resources: Great Lakes", "State agencies (existing): transportation", "Transportation: funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Chang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be70962-c996-4446-9f3d-84e912b82e23"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0744"
source_hash: "082fbc907cdd57abcb9031d34e8c7389142f9acc2b18b06cb5c0fce6e8c83a0a"
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 744 (2021-2022) — Transportation: funds; maritime and port facility assistance fund and grant program; 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0744.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0744.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0159.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0744.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 313 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 368 Yeas 94 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 — **94–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Chang — primary (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG `introduction`
- **2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 313 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/15/2022 `introduction`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 368 Yeas 94 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 4 `passage`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/11/2022 01:52 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/19/2022 09:56 AM `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/19/2022 12:18 PM
- **2022-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0159'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be70962-c996-4446-9f3d-84e912b82e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).