2025 House Bill 4065 / Public Act 41

Liquor: licenses; license to serve alcohol at certain college venues; allow.

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 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2024 PA 115.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends the Michigan Liquor Control Code to allow colleges, universities, and private entities to obtain licenses for selling alcoholic beverages on campus properties, with specific conditions and restrictions, to promote development and scheduled activities.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 6, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-60) and 16 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Matt Bierlein (R-97), Tom Kunse (R-100), Ron Robinson (R-58), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Mike Harris (R-52), Thomas Kuhn (R-57), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Jaime Greene (R-65), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Mike McFall (D-14), Brian BeGole (R-71), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Tullio Liberati (D-2) and Mai Xiong (D-13)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

March 6, 2025

Reported with substitute H-1

March 18, 2025

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-1)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Motion to reconsider substitute H-2 by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-1)

The substitute failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 101 to 7 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

In the Senate

Dec. 16, 2025

Motion to discharge from committee by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 18, 2025

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute S-2 offered by Sen. Paul Wojno (D-10)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 30 to 5 (details)

Received in the House

Dec. 18, 2025

Substitute S-2 concurred in 82 to 6 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 23, 2025