2015 Senate Bill 684

Declare cherry to be official state fruit

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 16, 2015

Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-18)

To establish that henceforth, as a matter of law and statute, the cherry shall be the official fruit of the state of Michigan. Several previous cherry bills specified that only the tart cherry, prunus cerasus, shall be the official fruit, and no other cherry, but this bill does not specify any particular variety.

Referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Oct. 20, 2016

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.