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 303, 526, 607, 609b, 903b, and 1025 (MCL 436.1303, 436.1526, 436.1607, 436.1609b, 436.1903b, and 436.2025), section 303 as amended by 2018 PA 154, section 526 as amended by 2020 PA 111, section 607 as amended by 2018 PA 417, section 609b as added by 2016 PA 81, section 903b as added by 2016 PA 434, and section 1025 as amended by 2019 PA 131, and by adding sections 412, 609k, and 804.
Senate Bills 512–514 of 2025 update Michigan’s liquor laws by expanding definitions, permitting the sale of nonalcoholic beer in tasting rooms, revising the craft beverage council’s structure and grant programs, clarifying festival and promotional rules, and reinforcing the three-tier distribution system; clarifying and expanding definitions of branding and brand extensions for alcoholic beverages, preserving existing distribution rights, and requiring specific wholesaler appointments for multi-branded products, contingent on the passage of a related bill; and creating a refundable tax credit for beverage container distributors starting in 2026 to encourage recycling and environmental sustainability, with all measures dependent on related legislative actions.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-4
Substitute S-4 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 97 to 8 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
