2025 House Bill 4401 / Public Act 47

Natural resources: hunting; pheasant hunting licensing; eliminate sunset.

An act to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 43525c (MCL 324.43525c), as amended by 2021 PA 6.

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Requires annual pheasant hunting licenses for individuals 18 and older, establishes a dedicated subaccount for license fees, and extends the program indefinitely by removing the previous repeal date.

Introduced in the House

April 29, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Jaime Greene (R-65) and eight co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Gina Johnsen (R-78), Jason Woolford (R-50), Steve Frisbie (R-44), James DeSana (R-29), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Angela Witwer (D-76), Donni Steele (R-54) and Jennifer Wortz (R-35)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism

May 21, 2025

Reported without amendment

June 4, 2025

Passed in the House 104 to 4 (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. 16, 2025

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Dec. 18, 2025

Passed in the Senate 33 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

Dec. 23, 2025