2025 Senate Bill 721 / 2026 Public Act 34

Economic development: commercial redevelopment; commercial redevelopment act; modify.

An act to amend 1978 PA 255, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of commercial redevelopment districts in local governmental units; to provide for the exemption from certain taxes; to levy and collect a specific tax upon the owners of certain facilities; to provide for the disposition of the tax; to provide for the obtaining and transferring of an exemption certificate and to prescribe the contents of those certificates; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state tax commission and certain officers of local governmental units; and to provide remedies and penalties,” by amending sections 9, 12a, 16, and 18 (MCL 207.659, 207.662a, 207.666, and 207.668), section 9 as amended by 1993 PA 340, section 12a as added by 2008 PA 227, and section 18 as amended by 2020 PA 218.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Senate Bills 721 and 722 update and extend Michigan’s Commercial Redevelopment and Commercial Rehabilitation Acts through 2035 by clarifying eligibility and tax exemptions, permitting amended applications, increasing allowable state education tax exclusions, adjusting reporting timelines, and strengthening property tax incentive processes to support economic development, commercial rehabilitation, and community revitalization.

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 2, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-7)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Dec. 9, 2025

Reported without amendment

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 22 to 13 (details)

Received in the House

Dec. 10, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Finance

July 2, 2026

Discharged from committee

July 3, 2026

Passed in the House 96 to 12 (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

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 22, 2026