2025 Senate Bill 699 / Public Act 74

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

An act to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” 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

Dec. 11, 2025

Reported without amendment

Dec. 16, 2025

Passed in the House 103 to 3 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Dec. 18, 2025

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 23, 2025