2025 House Bill 5434

Transportation: carriers; tax on motor carriers for electric fuel; provide for.

A bill to amend 1980 PA 119, entitled “Motor carrier fuel tax act,” by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 2a, 5, 8, 9, and 10 (MCL 207.211, 207.212, 207.212a, 207.215, 207.218, 207.219, and 207.220), section 1 as amended by 2024 PA 219 and sections 2, 2a, 5, 8, 9, and 10 as amended by 2015 PA 178.

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House Bills 5433, 5434, and 5435 modernize Michigan’s fuel and use tax framework by clarifying tax definitions and charges, exempting electric vehicle charging from use tax when already subject to fuel taxes, and expanding the Motor Carrier and Motor Fuel Tax Acts to include electricity and alternative fuels for commercial vehicles, ensuring all fuel types contribute to infrastructure funding through new licensing, tax structures, and updated administrative procedures, contingent on related legislation being enacted.

Introduced in the House

Dec. 23, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Pat Outman (R-91)

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure