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Yes: 120 • No: 21
MichiganHB 46442025-2026 Regular SessionHouse
Vehicles: other; operation of golf carts on streets and county roads in certain municipalities; allow. Amends sec. 657a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.657a). Last Action: assigned PA 73'26 with immediate effect
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Vehicles: otherTraffic control: traffic regulationState agencies (existing): state
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Small Communities Gain Golf Cart Highway Access
Effective immediately, Michigan's transportation department can approve limited golf-cart travel on state highways, but not Interstates or freeways. Eligible communities must have no more than 30,000 residents under the latest federal census and already authorize local golf-cart use. The highway must connect parts of the community that have no other connection. It must also provide access to attractions or services, connect separated parts of the same county road along discontinuous township boundaries, or provide a needed bridge or culvert across a waterway or gully. The bridge or culvert qualifies only when no other approved street or county road crosses that feature. Counties can submit joint requests for multiple communities. The department must seek comments from affected local governments and approve, partly approve, or deny requests within 60 days. State approval must come before the local government adopts its highway-use ordinance. The department can temporarily or permanently close an approved segment with at least 30 days' written notice to the local clerk explaining why. It does not have to provide another route. Elsewhere, golf carts cannot travel along state highways, but can cross directly between streets.
More Michigan Communities Can Allow Golf Carts
Effective immediately, Michigan villages, cities, and townships with fewer than 65,000 residents can approve golf carts on local streets. Population comes from the latest federal census taken every 10 years; local approval is still required. Counties can reject township approvals after a hearing finding significant environmental damage or a significant public-safety concern. Public notice and written notice to the township must come at least 45 days before that hearing. Local governments can limit approved roads and require carts and drivers to be listed, but cannot charge listing fees. Drivers must be at least 16 and have a motor vehicle driver's license. Carts cannot exceed 15 mph or use roads posted above 30 mph, except to cross them. Driving is barred from 30 minutes before sunset through 30 minutes after sunrise, and on pedestrian sidewalks. Drivers must follow traffic signals, stay near the right edge when practical, pass carefully, and never pass between traffic lines. Passing is allowed on the left on two-way streets, or in an empty lane on either side on one-way streets. Local governments can require lights, signals, reflectors, mirrors, brakes, a horn, a windshield, a manufacturer identification number, and seat belts. The law changes the optional brake and parking-brake standard from section 704 to section 705. State law does not require crash helmets, though local safety rules may include applicable low-speed-vehicle helmet requirements and required seat-belt use. These carts do not require Vehicle Code registration for Insurance Code section 3101 purposes. Police officers performing official duties are exempt from this section.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 7/3/2026
PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Yes: 33 • No: 3 • Other: 2
House vote • 6/2/2026
passed; given immediate effect
Yes: 87 • No: 18 • Other: 5
Actions Timeline
assigned PA 73'26 with immediate effect
7/29/2026Housefiled with Secretary of State 07/27/2026 11:46 PM
7/29/2026Houseapproved by the Governor 07/21/2026 03:00 PM
7/29/2026Housepresented to the Governor 07/14/2026 12:40 PM
7/14/2026Housebill ordered enrolled
7/3/2026Housefull title agreed to
7/3/2026Housereturned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
7/3/2026HouseINSERTED FULL TITLE
7/3/2026SenatePASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 198 YEAS 33 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0
7/3/2026SenatePLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
7/3/2026SenateRULES SUSPENDED
7/3/2026SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
7/3/2026SenateREPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
7/3/2026SenateRULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
7/3/2026SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
7/3/2026SenateDISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
7/3/2026SenateREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
6/4/2026SenatePASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
6/4/2026Housetransmitted
6/2/2026Housepassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #168 Yeas 87 Nays 18 Excused 0 Not Voting 5
6/2/2026Houseread a third time
6/2/2026Houseplaced on immediate passage
6/2/2026Houseplaced on third reading
6/2/2026Housesubstitute (H-1) adopted
6/2/2026Houseread a second time
6/2/2026House
Bill Text
Public Act
7/21/2026
As Passed by the Senate
7/3/2026
House Concurred
7/3/2026
As Passed by the House
6/2/2026
Introduced
6/12/2025
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