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Yes: 215 • No: 13
MichiganHB 44932025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Food: licensing; licensure exemptions; modify. Amends sec. 4105 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.4105). Last Action: assigned PA 43'25
Sponsored By: Jamie Thompson (Republican)
Became Law
Food: licensingFood: processorsDisabilities: deaf, deafblind, hard of hearingState agencies (existing): agriculture and rural development
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
No license for pop-up and limited retail
Temporary booths are exempt if they do no food prep, use only disposable items, and serve only non‑hazardous food or drinks. Retailers are exempt if they sell only prepackaged, non‑hazardous foods and only a small, incidental amount of food. Mobile vendors like ice cream trucks are exempt if they sell only prepackaged, single‑serve frozen desserts. Member‑only trade shows run by nonprofit food trade groups are exempt if any on‑site prep is only for advertising, display, promotion, or sampling and the public is not admitted.
Simpler rules for farms and co-ops
Small farms and co-ops face fewer licenses for unprocessed foods. You are exempt if you sell only whole, uncut fruits and vegetables directly to consumers. Grower co-ops and producers selling only their own unprocessed goods are exempt. Producer-owned sites that only store, grade, sort, pack, wash, trim, or refrigerate uncut produce are exempt if most product is their own and none needs time/temperature control for safety. Nonprofit consumer co-ops that provide regulated products only for members’ own use are also exempt.
Emergency meal sites can operate unlicensed
Feeding operations set up because of an emergency or disaster do not need a food‑establishment license. This helps get meals out faster during crises.
State can still require a license
Even if an exemption seems to apply, the state director can require you to get a food‑establishment license. The director decides when your activities amount to running a food establishment.
Fishing guides can serve lunch
Commercial fishing guide services can serve lunch without a license if the group is 12 clients or fewer. The meal must be on or next to the water while clients are fishing, and the service is for a fee.
Honey and maple syrup sales exempt
If you make honey or maple syrup in Michigan, your own retail outlet is exempt when you sell only prepackaged products and your processing site is licensed. Both the outlet and the processing site are exempt if your gross sales are at or below the cottage food sales limit in section 4102(5). When both are exempt, you must use a label like the cottage food label in section 4102(3).
No duplicate license for covered businesses
If your business is licensed under one of the listed Michigan food laws, you are exempt here for activities covered by that other license. The state can still step in if it decides your operation functions as a food establishment beyond that scope.
Off-site sales use your main license
If a licensed kitchen prepares the food and your employees transport and serve it with no on‑site prep, a fixed temporary serving spot counts as part of your licensed place. If your employees bring prepackaged food from a licensed site to a farmers’ market, fair, or festival, that stall also counts as an extension and needs no separate license.
Vending machines: simple rules and one license
Vending machines that sell only bottled or canned soft drinks, packaged nonperishables, or bulk gum, nuts, and panned candies are exempt. If your licensed in‑state establishment’s employees stock and maintain the machines, those locations are covered by that license. If your supplying establishment is in another state, one Michigan vending location must hold its own food‑establishment license; the rest can be treated as extensions. Operators running locations under 1978 PA 260 do not need a separate license under this law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jamie Thompson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 12/18/2025
PASSED
Yes: 29 • No: 6 • Other: 2
House vote • 12/18/2025
roll call
Yes: 85 • No: 3 • Other: 22
House vote • 6/24/2025
passed; given immediate effect
Yes: 101 • No: 4 • Other: 5
Actions Timeline
assigned PA 43'25
12/31/2025Housefiled with Secretary of State 12/23/2025 11:38 AM
12/31/2025Houseapproved by the Governor 12/23/2025 10:08 AM
12/31/2025Housepresented to the Governor 12/22/2025 01:50 PM
12/23/2025Housebill ordered enrolled
12/18/2025Housefull title agreed to
12/18/2025Houseroll call Roll Call #374 Yeas 85 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 22
12/18/2025HouseSenate substitute (S-3) concurred in
12/18/2025rule suspended
12/18/2025Houselaid over one day under the rules
12/18/2025Housereturned from Senate with substitute (S-3) with full title
12/18/2025HouseRETURNED TO HOUSE
12/18/2025HouseINSERTED FULL TITLE
12/18/2025SenatePASSED ROLL CALL # 362 YEAS 29 NAYS 6 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0
12/18/2025SenatePLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
12/18/2025SenateRULES SUSPENDED
12/18/2025SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
12/18/2025SenateSUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
12/18/2025SenateREPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
12/18/2025SenateRULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
12/18/2025SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
12/18/2025SenateDISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
12/18/2025SenateREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS
6/26/2025SenatePASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
6/26/2025Housetransmitted
6/24/2025House
Bill Text
Public Act
12/23/2025
As Passed by the House
12/18/2025
As Passed by the Senate
12/18/2025
House Concurred
12/18/2025
Introduced
5/14/2025
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