2025 House Bill 4743

Recreation: state parks; recreation passport requirement; exempt veterans.

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending section 74116 (MCL 324.74116), as amended by 2016 PA 1.

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House Bill No. 4743 amends Michigan law to allow honorably discharged resident veterans free entry to state parks by displaying a special identifier on their vehicle, expanding exemptions to the recreation passport fee.

Introduced in the House

July 22, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Jason Woolford (R-50) and 14 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Ron Robinson (R-58), Nancy DeBoer (R-86), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Bill Schuette (R-95), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Timothy Beson (R-96), Rylee Linting (R-27), John Roth (R-104), Brian BeGole (R-71), Tim Kelly (R-93), William Bruck (R-30) and Jaime Greene (R-65)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism