HB 4881 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Occupations: individual licensing and registration; reference to wholesale potato dealers licensing; update. Amends sec. 4105 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.4105). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4882'25

HB 4881 updates Michigan's Food Law by modifying Section 4105 to correctly reference "wholesale potato dealers licensing" within the list of exempt food businesses. This change specifically affects potato dealers who previously operated under an outdated reference in the law. The bill updates the legal citation to align with current licensing requirements for potato dealers, ensuring they are properly included in the existing exemption list for food establishment licensing. This is a technical correction to the law's wording, not a substantive policy change to exemptions.
Tags: Licensing
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
House Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Governor
Introduced Sep 11, 2025 Last action Dec 16, 2025
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House Introduced Bill As Passed by the House · 5 edits · Dec 11, 2025
MODERATE
This bill amends Michigan's Food Law to update and clarify exemptions from food establishment licensure requirements. The changes add new exemptions for certain food operations and modify existing ones, while also correcting grammatical errors and formatting issues from the original draft.
Scope change
The bill expands exemptions from licensure requirements to include additional categories of food operations and clarifies existing exemptions with more precise language.
ELIGIBILITY

Added new exemption categories for retail food establishments selling only prepackaged non-potentially-hazardous foods and mobile food establishments serving only prepackaged frozen desserts.

Modified the exemption for commercial fishing guide services to clarify that they serve lunch to parties of up to 12 clients while pursuing fish.

Updated the exemption for food warehouses and processors to clarify ownership and operational requirements for facilities handling uncut fruits and vegetables.

Clarified the exemption for vending machine locations by specifying that if a food establishment is located in another state, at least one vending machine location in Michigan must be separately licensed.

REQUIREMENT

Corrected grammatical errors and inconsistent language throughout the bill, such as changing 'operating operates' to 'operates' and removing duplicate words like 'The The' and 'shall must'.

Floor votes · House Dec 11, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS
upper
Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
upper
Dec 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #323 Yeas 98 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 9
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Committee
referred to second reading
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation without amendment
lower
Oct 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
recommendation concurred in
lower
Oct 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules
lower
Sep 11, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Agriculture
lower
Sep 11, 2025
Introduced
introduced by Representative Rep. Jerry Neyer
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors