2025 Senate Bill 699

Land use: farmland and open space; expenditures for administrative costs in the agriculture preservation fund; modify.

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending section 36202 (MCL 324.36202), as amended by 2016 PA 265.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Senate Bill No. 699 increases the annual administrative spending cap for Michigan's Agricultural Preservation Fund and clarifies fund management, thereby enhancing support for farmland preservation efforts.

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 5, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sue Shink (D-14)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture

Nov. 6, 2025

Reported without amendment

Nov. 12, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 2, 2025

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Dec. 2, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture