2025 House Bill 4403 / Public Act 9

Liquor: other; leasing, selling, and transferring portions of certain alternating proprietors under approval of commission; 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 sections 105 and 603 (MCL 436.1105 and 436.1603), as amended by 2022 PA 226.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Amends the Michigan Liquor Control Code to introduce new definitions and arrangements for shared production facilities among distillers and mixed spirit manufacturers, while maintaining the three-tier system and clarifying conditions for private label production and distribution.

Introduced in the House

April 29, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Pauline Wendzel (R-39) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Tim Kelly (R-93), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Jimmie Wilson (D-32) and Carol Glanville (D-84)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 12, 2025

Reported without amendment

June 26, 2025

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

July 1, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Aug. 12, 2025

Reported without amendment

Aug. 13, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 32 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Aug. 15, 2025