republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2017-2018/hb-4999.md

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Bill	Taxation; other; local unit of government implementing an excise tax on the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food; prohibit. Creates new act.	Taxation; other; local unit of government implementing an excise tax on the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food; prohibit. Creates new act.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2017-2018	HB 4999	Michigan HB 4999 (2017-2018)	bill	Taxation: other Taxation: excise taxes Food: other Local government: financing Local government: other	enacted		5	23	2	2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00	2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/49df6efc-fa79-41d0-a0f5-3693b32f04f3	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-HB-4999	967690f9243fcf7b2314dfa8db33ba476e0a8ba84b0322c99ff70fd37391565a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan HB 4999 (2017-2018) — Taxation; other; local unit of government implementing an excise tax on the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food; prohibit. 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
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 # 294 Yeas 101 Nays 7 — 101–7 (pass) · lower
• PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 386 YEAS 30 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — 30–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• 74 — cosponsor (person)
• Adam Zemke — cosponsor (person)
• Beau LaFave — cosponsor (person)
• Ben Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Griffin — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Elder — cosponsor (person)
• Bronna Kahle — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Afendoulis — cosponsor (person)
• Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
• Daire Rendon — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Lauwers — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Lasinski — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Canfield — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Leutheuser — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Liberati — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Durhal — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Glenn — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Hank Vaupel — cosponsor (person)
• Holly Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• James Lower — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Sheppard — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Wentworth — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey Noble — cosponsor (person)
• Jewell Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Tedder — cosponsor (person)
• John Chirkun — cosponsor (person)
• John Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bellino — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Calley — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly LaSata — cosponsor (person)
• LaTanya Garrett — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Inman — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Lee Chatfield — cosponsor (person)
• Leslie Love — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Webber — cosponsor (person)
• Michele Hoitenga — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Faris — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Lucido — cosponsor (person)
• Rob VerHeulen — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Kosowski — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Hauck — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Victory — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Dianda — cosponsor (person)
• Scott VanSingel — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon Neeley — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Gay-Dagnogo — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Marino — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Sabo — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Greimel — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Tommy Brann — cosponsor (person)
• Triston Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell Byrd — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 introduced by Representative Rob VerHeulen introduction
• 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Michigan Competitiveness referral-committee
• 2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 bill electronically reproduced 09/20/2017
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 amended
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 294 Yeas 101 Nays 7 passage
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 transmitted
• 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2017-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 386 YEAS 30 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2017-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect
• 2017-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 bill ordered enrolled
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 presented to the Governor 10/16/2017 @ 2:36 PM executive-receipt
• 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 approved by the Governor 10/26/2017 @ 12:03 PM executive-signature
• 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 filed with Secretary of State 10/26/2017 @ 2:22 PM
• 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 assigned PA 135'17 with immediate effect

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49df6efc-fa79-41d0-a0f5-3693b32f04f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).