2023 House Bill 4998 / Public Act 190

Occupations: agriculture; time period for issuance of grain dealer's license; revise.

An act to amend 1939 PA 141, entitled “An act to regulate the storage, warehousing, buying, and selling of farm produce within this state; to provide for the licensing, regulation, and bonding of grain dealers; to provide for warehouse receipts, acknowledgment forms, and price later agreements and their use and priority; to provide for the creation of security interests; to provide for certain powers and duties of the department of agriculture and its director; to impose certain duties on insurance companies and sureties; and to provide administrative remedies and penalties for the violation of this act,” by amending section 7 (MCL 285.67), as amended by 2004 PA 274.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 14, 2023

Introduced by Reps. Denise Mentzer (D-61) and Denise Mentzer (D-61)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Sept. 19, 2023

Reported without amendment

Passed in the House 56 to 54 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Sept. 20, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Oct. 19, 2023

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Nov. 7, 2023