2025 House Bill 4285 / Public Act 48

Education: curriculum; firearm safety instruction; provide for.

An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1163a.

AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bill No. 4285 mandates the creation of a firearm safety instruction program for grades 6-12, aligning with existing safety course requirements, and allows students to opt out without penalty.

Introduced in the House

March 25, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Curtis VanderWall (R-102) and 45 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Ken Borton (R-105), Parker Fairbairn (R-107), Brian BeGole (R-71), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Timothy Beson (R-96), Mike McFall (D-14), Donni Steele (R-54), Mark Tisdel (R-55), Thomas Kuhn (R-57), Joseph Fox (R-101), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R-34), Jennifer Wortz (R-35), David Martin (R-68), Jerry Neyer (R-92), David Prestin (R-108), Karl Bohnak (R-109), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Josh Schriver (R-66), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Mike Mueller (R-72), James DeSana (R-29), Angela Rigas (R-79), Doug Wozniak (R-59), William Bruck (R-30), Tom Kunse (R-100), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Jaime Greene (R-65), Gina Johnsen (R-78), Pat Outman (R-91), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Mike Harris (R-52), Phil Green (R-67), Stephanie Young (D-16), Jason Woolford (R-50), Greg VanWoerkom (R-88), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Julie Brixie (D-73), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Bradley Slagh (R-85), Jamie Thompson (R-28) and Rylee Linting (R-27)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism

May 21, 2025

Reported with substitute H-1

June 3, 2025

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

June 4, 2025

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

Received in the Senate

June 10, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture

Dec. 18, 2025

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 23, 2025