2023 House Bill 4561 / Public Act 183

Liquor: other; electronic rebate coupons provided directly to a retail customer; clarify conditions.

An act to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “An act to create a commission for the control of the alcoholic beverage traffic within this state, and to prescribe its powers, duties, and limitations; to provide for powers and duties for certain state departments and agencies; to impose certain taxes for certain purposes; to provide for the control of the alcoholic liquor traffic within this state and to provide for the power to establish state liquor stores; to prohibit the use of certain devices for the dispensing of alcoholic vapor; to provide for the care and treatment of alcoholics; to provide for the incorporation of farmer cooperative wineries and the granting of certain rights and privileges to those cooperatives; to provide for the licensing and taxation of activities regulated under this act and the disposition of the money received under this act; to prescribe liability for retail licensees under certain circumstances and to require security for that liability; to provide procedures, defenses, and remedies regarding violations of this act; to provide for the enforcement and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to provide for allocation of certain funds for certain purposes; to provide for the confiscation and disposition of property seized under this act; to provide referenda under certain circumstances; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 609h (MCL 436.1609h), as added by 2022 PA 225.

Introduced in the House

May 16, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Tullio Liberati (D-2) and 22 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Will Snyder (D-87), Nate Shannon (D-58), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Jim Haadsma (D-44), Kelly Breen (D-21), Mike McFall (D-8), Jason Morgan (D-23), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Bill Schuette (R-95), Jasper Martus (D-69), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Kevin Coleman (D-25), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Pat Outman (R-91), Timothy Beson (R-96), Graham Filler (R-93), John Roth (R-104), Veronica Paiz (D-11) and Nancy DeBoer (R-86)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 22, 2023

Passed in the House 100 to 9 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 27, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Oct. 5, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 10, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 17, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 19, 2023

Passed in the Senate 36 to 2 (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