All Roll Calls
Yes: 137 • No: 4
MichiganSB 00932025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Food: processors; maple syrup and honey producers; designate as limited food processors. Amends sec. 4105 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.4105). Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0042'25
Sponsored By: Sam Singh (Democratic)
Became Law
Food: processorsState agencies (existing): agriculture and rural development
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Director can still require licenses
The director can decide your operation is a food establishment and require a license. This applies even if you think an exemption fits. If the director makes that call, you must get the right license category.
No license for private or emergency food
Private trade‑association events that are closed to the public and do only limited food prep for display, ads, or samples do not need a license. Consumers or nonprofit consumer co‑ops can share regulated‑source food only for their own use without a license. Feeding operations set up because of an emergency or disaster do not need a license.
Easier rules for uncut produce sales
You do not need a license if you sell only whole, uncut fruits or vegetables directly to shoppers. Nonprofit grower co‑ops can sell only unprocessed products made by their members without a license. Producer‑owned facilities that handle only uncut produce are exempt if they only store, grade, sort, pack, wash, trim, and refrigerate; the produce mainly comes from their own farm, and it is not a time/temperature‑control‑for‑safety food.
Fishing guides can serve simple lunches
A paid fishing guide can serve lunch without a food license when the group is 12 clients or fewer. The meal must be on or next to the water and part of the guided fishing activity.
No duplicate license for some businesses
If your business is already licensed under certain Michigan laws and you stay within that license’s scope, you do not need another food‑establishment license under this law. Examples include the Grain Dealers Act and Michigan’s Grade A and Manufacturing Milk laws.
No license for low-risk sellers
Temporary vendors do not need a license if they do no food prep, use only disposable items, and serve only non‑hazardous foods or drinks. Retail outlets are exempt if they sell only prepackaged, non‑hazardous foods and food is only an incidental part of the business. Mobile vendors, like ice cream trucks, are exempt if they sell only prepackaged, single‑serve frozen desserts.
Small honey and maple producers exempt
If you produce prepackaged honey or maple syrup in Michigan and your sales stay at or below the cottage‑food gross‑sales limit in section 4102(5), your producer‑run retail outlet and your processing facility do not need a separate food‑establishment license. If both the retail outlet and the facility are exempt, your product must have a label like the cottage‑food label required by section 4102(3).
Temporary locations count as extensions
If a licensed kitchen prepares food and your employees serve it at a fixed temporary spot with no on-site prep, that spot does not need its own license. When your employees sell prepackaged foods at farmers’ markets, fairs, or festivals, those sales spots also count as extensions and do not need separate licenses.
Vending machines: fewer licenses, one exception
You do not need a license for machines that only dispense bottled or canned soft drinks, other packaged nonperishables, or bulk gum, nuts, and panned candies. If your licensed staff stock and maintain vending spots, those locations count as extensions and do not need separate licenses. But if your supplying establishment is outside Michigan, you must license at least one vending location in Michigan; the rest can be treated as extensions.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Sam Singh
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 12/16/2025
passed; given immediate effect
Yes: 101 • No: 4 • Other: 5
Senate vote • 4/17/2025
PASSED
Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
ASSIGNED PA 0042'25
12/23/2025SenateFILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2025 11:36 AM
12/23/2025SenateAPPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2025 10:06 AM
12/23/2025SenatePRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2025 2:34 PM
12/23/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
12/18/2025SenateFULL TITLE AGREED TO
12/18/2025Senatereturned to Senate
12/18/2025Housemotion withdrawn
12/18/2025Housepostponed for the day
12/17/2025Housemotion to reconsider passage
12/17/2025Houseinserted full title
12/16/2025Housepassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #345 Yeas 101 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 5
12/16/2025Houseread a third time
12/16/2025Houseplaced on immediate passage
12/16/2025Houseplaced on third reading
12/16/2025Houseread a second time
12/16/2025Housereferred to second reading
12/11/2025Housereported with recommendation without amendment
12/11/2025Housereferred to Committee on Agriculture
4/17/2025Houseread a first time
4/17/2025Housereceived on 04/17/2025
4/17/2025HousePASSED ROLL CALL # 49 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
4/17/2025SenatePLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
4/16/2025SenateREPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
4/16/2025SenateREFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
3/19/2025Senate
Bill Text
Public Act
12/23/2025
As Passed by the House
12/16/2025
As Passed by the Senate
4/17/2025
Introduced
2/20/2025
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