2025 House Bill 4042 / 2026 Public Act 89

Food: service establishments; exemption for certain outdoor event spaces; provide for.

An act to amend 2000 PA 92, entitled “An act to codify the licensure and regulation of certain persons engaged in processing, manufacturing, production, packing, preparing, repacking, canning, preserving, freezing, fabricating, storing, selling, serving, or offering for sale food or drink for human consumption; to prescribe powers and duties of the department of agriculture and rural development; to provide for delegation of certain powers and duties to certain local units of government; to provide exemptions; to regulate the labeling, manufacture, distribution, and sale of food for protection of the consuming public and to prevent fraud and deception by prohibiting the misbranding, adulteration, manufacture, distribution, and sale of foods in violation of this act; to provide standards for food products and food establishments; to provide for immunity to certain persons under certain circumstances; to provide for enforcement of the act; to provide penalties and remedies for violation of the act; to provide for fees; to provide for promulgation of rules; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1107 (MCL 289.1107), as amended by 2016 PA 188.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends the Food Law of 2000 to update definitions and clarify the scope of food safety regulations, including exclusions for certain residential and nonprofit food operations, and specifies that rental halls without kitchens are not food service establishments.

Introduced in the House

Jan. 30, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-1) and 10 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Brian BeGole (R-71), Timothy Beson (R-96), Jaime Greene (R-65), Gina Johnsen (R-78), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), John Roth (R-104), Kara Hope (D-74), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Jennifer Conlin (D-48) and Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 26, 2025

Reported without amendment

Sept. 25, 2025

Passed in the House 99 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Sept. 29, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Nov. 6, 2025

Reported without amendment

Nov. 12, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Nov. 13, 2025

Reported without amendment

July 1, 2026

Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 27, 2026