2022 Senate Bill 871 / Public Act 73

Delay state toll road study deadline

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 10, 2022

Introduced by Sen. Wayne Schmidt (R-37)

To push-back a year, to Jan. 31, 2023, the deadline in a 2020 law requiring the Department of Transportation “to contract for a study on the feasibility of charging tolls on some interstate freeways in Michigan, including revenue projections, optimal tolling rates, vehicle counts, traffic diversion and more”.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

March 3, 2022

Reported without amendment

The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.

March 10, 2022

Passed in the Senate 35 to 3 (details)

Received in the House

March 10, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Transportation

March 22, 2022

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

April 27, 2022

Passed in the House 76 to 27 (details)

To push-back a year, to Jan. 31, 2023, the deadline in a 2020 law requiring the Department of Transportation “to contract for a study on the feasibility of charging tolls on some interstate freeways in Michigan, including revenue projections, optimal tolling rates, vehicle counts, traffic diversion and more”.

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

May 5, 2022