2025 House Bill 5304

Natural resources: soil and erosion; beach nourishment permit program; provide for.

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending sections 30106b, 30311b, and 32515a (MCL 324.30106b, 324.30311b, and 324.32515a), sections 30106b and 32515a as added by 2013 PA 87 and section 30311b as added by 2009 PA 120, and by adding sections 1306 and 33709.

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AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bill No. 5304 amends Michigan’s environmental laws to require the use of suitable dredged materials for beach nourishment, establishes a royalty-funded Beach Nourishment Fund, and creates a grant program to support local shoreline restoration projects.

Introduced in the House

Dec. 2, 2025

Introduced by Rep. John Roth (R-104) and 18 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Rylee Linting (R-27), Karl Bohnak (R-109), Nancy DeBoer (R-86), Curtis VanderWall (R-102), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Mike Harris (R-52), Joey Andrews (D-38), Jasper Martus (D-69), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Will Snyder (D-87), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Morgan Foreman (D-33), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Timothy Beson (R-96) and Kathy Schmaltz (R-46)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism