2025 Senate Bill 604 / 2026 Public Act 72

Liquor: authorized distribution agents; authorized distribution agent fees; increase.

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 section 205 (MCL 436.1205), as amended by 2022 PA 142.

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Senate Bill No. 604 amends Michigan's liquor control code to update the requirements and financial arrangements for authorized distribution agents and vendors of spirits, including fixed and CPI-adjusted per-case payments, delivery procedures, and reporting obligations.

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 9, 2025

Introduced by Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-5) and Michael Webber (R-9)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Feb. 19, 2026

Reported without amendment

Feb. 24, 2026

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

March 3, 2026

Reported without amendment

March 4, 2026

Passed in the Senate 30 to 6 (details)

Received in the House

March 5, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

July 2, 2026

Discharged from committee

Substitute H-1 offered by Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-60)

The substitute passed by voice vote

July 3, 2026

Passed in the House 100 to 8 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

July 3, 2026

Substitute H-1 concurred in 30 to 6 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 27, 2026