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 1115 (MCL 436.1105 and 436.2115), section 105 as amended by 2025 PA 66 and section 1115 as amended by 2010 PA 213, and by adding section 604.
House Bills 4823–4825 of 2025 update Michigan’s liquor laws to regulate nonalcoholic beer and expand tasting room, festival, licensing, and promotional provisions; clarify brand definitions and distribution rules; and create a refundable recycling tax credit for beverage container distributors, with all three bills tied to the enactment of related legislation.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported with substitute H-3
Referred to the Committee on Rules
Reported with substitute H-3
Substitute H-3 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 99 to 4 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs
Discharged from committee
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-1
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 6, line 25, by striking out all of enacting section 1 and inserting:
“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4007.
(b) House Bill No. 4823.”.
The amendment was withdrawn
1. Amend page 7, following line 21, by inserting:
“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4007
(b) House Bill No. 4823.”.
The amendment was withdrawn
Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Substitute S-1 concurred in 102 to 4 (details)
