2025 Senate Bill 394

Natural resources: gas and oil; ownership and conveyance rights associated with pore space; establish.

A bill to establish the ownership of and conveyance rights associated with subsurface pore space.

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Senate Bills 394-396 establish that ownership of subsurface pore space in Michigan belongs to the surface property owner unless previously severed, sets out rules for conveyance and use of these rights for the development of carbon sequestration projects.

Introduced in the Senate

June 10, 2025

Introduced by Sen. John Cherry (D-27)

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment