republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-4956.md

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Bill	Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719).	Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 4956	Michigan HB 4956 (2017-2018)	bill	Vehicles: equipment Vehicles: trucks	enacted		5	30	3	2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00	2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/296bd7e6-ee0b-4ca9-9405-58736da729ca	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4956	3745163e95024163d5badff26002fbc70281b95cfba1644346d1ca42f2ade6fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4956 (2017-2018) — Vehicles; equipment; distance requirement between kingpins and axles on certain trucks; eliminate. Amends sec. 719 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.719).

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
2. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. House Concurred Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. House Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 49 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll Call # 47 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 355 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• 105 — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Leutheuser — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Liberati — cosponsor (person)
• John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
• Triston Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Triston Cole introduction
• 2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure referral-committee
• 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 09/14/2017
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+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 # 355 Yeas 108 Nays 0 passage
• 2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 committee-passage
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 committee-passage
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 49 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 INSERTED FULL TITLE
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate with substitute S-1 with immediate effect and full title
• 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 laid over one day under the rules
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Senate substitute S-1 concurred in
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Roll Call # 47 Yeas 108 Nays 0
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 full title agreed to
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 2/9/2018 @ 11:10 AM executive-receipt
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 2/20/2018 @ 12:31 PM executive-signature
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 2/21/2018 @ 3:02 PM
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 35'18 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/296bd7e6-ee0b-4ca9-9405-58736da729ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).