Legislation Introduced May 20–22, 2025

Agriculture Law

SB 0327 Land use: farmland and open space; use of farmland for commercial solar facilities; prohibit.

 

Business Law

HB 4512 Businesses: other; orphaned well partnership program and fund; create for bitcoin mining.

 

Corrections

SB 0318 Corrections: other; responsibility for nonemergency medical, dental, or optometric services; modify.

 

Criminal Law

HB 4506 Criminal procedure: sentencing; guidelines for sentencing individuals aged 18 to 21 to life without parole; provide for.

HB 4507 Crimes: penalties; mandatory life imprisonment for certain crimes in the public health code; modify for certain offenders.

HB 4508 Crimes: penalties; mandatory life imprisonment for certain crimes in the penal code; modify for certain offenders.

HB 4525 Criminal procedure: other; electronic monitoring by global positioning devices of certain individuals released without bail; require. Amends sec. 6b, ch. V of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 765.6b).

 

Education Law

HB 4520 Higher education: other; program to designate certain college and university campuses as hunger-free campuses; create. Creates new act.

HB 4521 Higher education: tuition; Michigan tuition grant program; modify. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 7a of 1966 PA 313 (MCL 390.991 et seq.).

SB 0315 Education: financing; sinking funds to be used for teacher housing; allow. Amends secs. 11a, 1141, 1212 & 1351a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.11a et seq.).

SB 0320 Education: other; student opportunity scholarship accounts; create.

SB 0321 Individual income tax: credit; credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts; provide for.

 

Healthcare Law

HB 4509 Health occupations: audiologists; audiologist and speech language pathologist licensure compact; provide for.

SB 0316 Health facilities: hospitals; assessment by preadmission screening unit of individual being considered for hospitalization within certain period after notification; require. Amends secs. 409 & 972 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1409 & 330.1972).

SB 0317 Health: pharmaceuticals; program for the wholesale importation of pharmaceuticals from Canada; provide for.

 

Labor & Employment Law

HB 4514 Labor: fair employment practices; certain noncompete agreements for physicians; prohibit.

HB 4516 Employment security: claimants; disqualification from benefits; modify.

SB 0319 Labor: collective bargaining; minimum staffing levels within a bargaining unit; make a mandatory subject of bargaining for certain public employees.

SB 0326 Labor: other; community and worker economic transition office; eliminate.

 

Licensing & Regulation

HB 4510 Retirement: other; investment in cryptocurrency by certain retirement funds; allow.

HB 4511 State finance: other; limitations on holding a digital asset; prohibit.

HB 4526 Public utilities: other; challenges to utility projects; revise. Amends sec. 6 of 1980 PA 87 (MCL 213.56).

SB 0322 Energy: alternative sources; energy waste reduction and electrification standards, renewable energy goals, and MPSC certification preempting local zoning; reverse changes made by 2023 public acts 229, 235, and 233, respectively.

SB 0323 Land use: zoning and growth management; provision subjecting zoning authority to part 8 of clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act; delete.

SB 0324 Energy: alternative sources; shared savings mechanism; provide for.

SB 0325 Public utilities: public service commission; certain provisions regarding rate cases and integrated resource plans; eliminate.

 

Motor Vehicles

HB 4522 Traffic control: traffic regulation; requirement to drive in the right-hand lane of a roadway with 2 lanes for travel in 1 direction; modify. Amends sec. 634 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.634).

 

Probate

HB 4523 Probate: trusts; duties and powers of trustee; modify. Amends secs. 7105 & 7110 of 1999 PA 386 (MCL 700.7105 & 700.7110).

 

Real Property

HB 4524 Property: recording; marketable record title act; revise. Amends title & secs. 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8 of 1945 PA 200 (MCL 565.101 et seq.) & adds sec. 5a.

 

State & Local Government

HB 4504 Individual income tax: credit; state historic preservation tax credit program; modify. Amends sec. 266a of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.266a).

HB 4505 State management: funds; money in the disaster and emergency contingency fund; modify the required minimum and maximum amount of.

HB 4511 State finance: other; limitations on holding a digital asset; prohibit.

HB 4515 Human services: food assistance; recipient's digital photographic image and signature printed on the Michigan bridge card; require.

HB 4517 Law enforcement: reports; communications under the amber alert act; modify.

HB 4518 Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify.

SB 0314 Retirement: county employees; employment of retirant in a county sheriff’s office; allow without forfeiting retirement allowance. Amends sec. 12a of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a).

SB 0322 Energy: alternative sources; energy waste reduction and electrification standards, renewable energy goals, and MPSC certification preempting local zoning; reverse changes made by 2023 public acts 229, 235, and 233, respectively.

SB 0323 Land use: zoning and growth management; provision subjecting zoning authority to part 8 of clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act; delete.

 

Tax

HB 4503 Corporate income tax: credits; state historic preservation tax credit program; modify. Amends sec. 676 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.676).

HB 4504 Individual income tax: credit; state historic preservation tax credit program; modify. Amends sec. 266a of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.266a).

HB 4513 Individual income tax: deductions; deduction for income attributable to bitcoin mining under the bitcoin program; provide for.

SB 0321 Individual income tax: credit; credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts; provide for.