2025 House Bill 4595 / Public Act 39

Liquor: licenses; issuance of specially designated merchant license or specially designated distributor license; allow for certain locations.

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 section 533 (MCL 436.1533), as amended by 2020 PA 308.

AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bill No. 4595 amends Michigan's liquor control code to allow a grocery store on Schoolcraft College land to obtain retail and distributor liquor licenses, creating a specific exception to existing licensing quotas and requirements.

Introduced in the House

June 10, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Rylee Linting (R-27) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Kelly Breen (D-21), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Doug Wozniak (R-59) and Joseph Aragona (R-60)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Sept. 4, 2025

Reported with substitute H-1

Sept. 17, 2025

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the House 90 to 7 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Sept. 18, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Dec. 16, 2025

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 18, 2025

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 33 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 23, 2025