2025 House Bill 4512

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending sections 61601, 61603, and 61604 (MCL 324.61601, 324.61603, and 324.61604), as added by 1995 PA 57, and by adding sections 61609, 61611, 61613, 61615, 61617, 61619, and 61621.

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House Bills 4512 and 4513 establish a program for Bitcoin mining using abandoned oil or gas wells in Michigan, requiring participants to manage well plugging and site restoration in exchange for temporary resource use, with oversight and funding from the orphan well fund.

Introduced in the House

May 21, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Mike McFall (D-14) and six co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Bryan Posthumus (R-90), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Tom Kunse (R-100), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Jason Woolford (R-50) and William Bruck (R-30)

Referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology