2025 House Bill 4486

Public utilities: natural gas utilities; local units of government imposing a ban on the use of natural gas or installation of natural gas infrastructure; prohibit.

A bill to prohibit municipalities from imposing a ban on the use of natural gas or the installation of natural gas infrastructure; to provide for the powers and duties of certain local governmental officers and entities; and to provide that certain local ordinances, resolutions, or policies are void and unenforceable.

Official record

AI Analysis – Experimental

Prohibits Michigan municipalities from banning the use or installation of natural gas infrastructure, rendering any such local ordinances void and unenforceable.

Introduced in the House

May 8, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Steve Frisbie (R-44) and 20 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Gina Johnsen (R-78), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Matt Maddock (R-51), Jennifer Wortz (R-35), Jerry Neyer (R-92), David Prestin (R-108), Brad Paquette (R-37), Jaime Greene (R-65), Ron Robinson (R-58), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Joseph Fox (R-101), Jason Woolford (R-50), David Martin (R-68), Timothy Beson (R-96), Nancy DeBoer (R-86), Brian BeGole (R-71), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Karl Bohnak (R-109) and Parker Fairbairn (R-107)

Referred to the Committee on Energy