| 2017-2018 Session | House Committee on Agriculture | |||
| Friday, December 28, 2018 | ||||
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Meetings | Status |
| HB 4070 referred 1/24/2017 |
Kesto | Property; condemnation; requirement that state agencies evaluate government actions that may result in takings; expand to include department of agriculture and rural development, and require agency that fails to review takings assessment to pay court costs and attorney fees. | 3/08/2017 3/15/17 |
Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 3/15/2017 |
| HB 4167 referred 2/7/2017 |
Frederick | Vehicles; trucks; length limit; increase truck and trailer combinations transporting agricultural drainage tubing to 75 feet. | 3/08/2017 3/15/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 3/15/2017 |
| HB 4186 referred 2/9/2017 |
Alexander | Animals; animal shelters; certain definition of animal; revise. | 02/15/2017 2/22/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 2/22/2017 |
| HB 4266 referred 2/23/2017 |
Kelly | Land use; zoning and growth management; household agriculture; authorize in residential zones. | ||
| HB 4438 referred 3/30/2017 |
Barrett | Environmental protection; sewage; exemption from domestic septage law; provide for portable toilets for farm laborers. | 5/24/2017 6/14/2018 | Reported with recommendation as amended on 6/14/2017 |
| HB 4561 referred 5/2/2017 |
Lauwers | Sales tax; exemptions; exemption for certain agricultural equipment; clarify. | 5/17/2017 5/24/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2017 |
| HB 4562 referred 5/2/2017 |
VanderWall | Agriculture; other; agricultural disaster loan origination program act; recodify and update reference to sales tax exemption. | 5/17/2017 5/24/2017 |
Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2017 |
| HB 4563 referred 5/2/2017 |
Rendon | State financing and management; funds; reference to sales tax exemption for certain agriculture equipment; revise. | 5/17/2017 5/24/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2017 |
| HB 4564 referred 5/2/2017 |
Barrett | Use tax; exemptions; exemption for certain agricultural equipment; clarify. | 5/17/2017 5/24/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2017 |
| HB 4611 referred 5/11/2017 |
Lauwers | Gaming; horse racing; third party facilitator licenses; provide for. | 5/17/2017 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 5/17/2017 |
| HB 4811 referred 7/12/2017 |
Victory | Agriculture; other; certain food processing standards; modify compliance with federal regulations, and modify certain licensing requirements and fees. | 9/20/2017 9/27/2017 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 9/27/2017 |
| HB 4812 referred 7/12/2017 |
Victory | Agriculture; other; certain feed standards; modify compliance with federal regulations. | 9/20/2017 9/27/2017 | Reported with recommendationon 9/27/2017 |
| HB 4940 referred 9/13/2017 |
Canfield | Agriculture; associations and commissions; dry bean act; modify apportionment of districts and create a member at large. | 9/27/2017 10/11/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 10/11/2017 |
| HB 5185 referred 10/26/2017 |
Hertel | Environmental protection; water pollution; application of manure or fertilizer to frozen or snow-covered soil; prohibit. | ||
| HB 5227 referred 11/8/2017 |
Victory | Agriculture; regulation; seed potato standards for distributing, growing, and planting; require to comply with the national harmonization program. | 12/06/2017, 12/13/2017 | Substitute (H-1) adopted Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-1) |
| HB 5281 referred 11/28/2017 |
Lucido | Animals; service animals; basic obedience training certification program for assistance animals; create. | ||
| HB 5356 referred 12/13/2017 |
Lucido | Animals; service animals; notation on a dog license indicating service animal, emotional support animal, or therapy animal; provide for. | ||
| HB 5357 referred 12/13/2017 |
Lucido | Animals; service animals; requirements for identification card and patch; revise to include basic obedience program certificate of completion or its equivalent. | ||
| HB 5724 referred 3/15/2018 |
Inman | Food; other; posted notice when a food service establishment uses latex gloves in food handling and preparation; require. | ||
| HB 5770 referred 4/10/2018 |
Barrett | Agriculture; animals; second perimeter fence around privately owned cervidae facilities; require, and require update of applicable operational standards. | ||
| HB 5771 referred 4/10/2018 |
Albert | Agriculture; animals; transfer or relocation of live cervidae into the state of Michigan; prohibit. | ||
| HB 5772 referred 4/10/2018 |
Lower | Natural resources; hunting; fund designated to chronic wasting disease; provide through donations when purchasing a hunting license. | ||
| HB 5778 referred 4/10/2018 |
Albert | Agriculture; animals; large carnivore act; amend to allow for breeding of large carnivores in certain situations. | 04/11/2018, 05/23/2018 | Substitute (H-3) adopted on 05/23/2018. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-3) on 05/23/2018. |
| HB 5903 referred 5/1/2018 |
Cochran | Natural resources; other; pollinator stewardship program and pollinator protection fund; create. | ||
| HB 5904 referred 5/1/2018 |
Maturen | Agriculture; other; pollinator health advisory council; create. | ||
| HB 5916 referred 5/1/2018 |
Vaupel | Animals; pet shops; regulation of pet shops in the sale of dogs; clarify. | 05/02/2018, 05/16/2018 | Substitute (H-2) adopted on 05/16/2018. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-2) on 05/16/2018. |
| HB 5917 referred 5/1/2018 |
Vaupel | Local government; ordinances; local government enacting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, resolution, or rule regulating a qualified pet shop; prohibit. | 05/02/2018, 05/16/2018. | Amended on 05/16/2018. Reported with recommendation, as amended, as subsitute (H-2) on 05/16/2018. |
| HB 5947 referred 5/8/2018 |
Barrett | Agriculture; agribusiness; exclusion of commercial weddings or similar events in agricultural zones; prohibit. | ||
| HB 6029 referred 5/17/2018 |
Hammoud | Crimes; animals; appointment of a pro bono lawyer or law student to act as an animal advocate in animal cruelty and welfare cases; allow. | ||
| HB 6030 referred 5/17/2018 |
Rabhi | Animals; cats; onychectomy and flexor tendonectomy procedures on cats and other animals; require veterinarians to provide certain informational materials to owners. | ||
| HB 6031 referred 5/17/2018 |
Sneller | Animals; care and treatment; devocalization procedure on an animal; prohibit, except for a therapeutic purpose. | ||
| HB 6032 referred 5/17/2018 |
Ellison | Crimes; animals; ownership, possession, breeding, sale, and importing of nonhuman primates; prohibit with certain exceptions and provide penalty. | ||
| HB 6033 referred 5/17/2018 |
Liberati | Animals; birds; issuance of carrier pigeon permits; require compliance with local ordinances and regulations and prohibit the enactment of local ordinances that prohibit the keeping of carrier pigeons. | ||
| HB 6034 referred 5/17/2018 |
Gay-Dagnogo | Crimes; animals; penalties for performing or allowing a devocalization procedure to be performed if no therapeutic purpose; provide for. | ||
| HB 6050 referred 5/17/2018 |
Lauwers | Agriculture; animals; large carnivore act; amend to allow for breeding of black bears under certain conditions. | 05/23/2018, 06/06/2018 | Amended on 06/06/2018. Reported with recommendation, as amended, as subsitute (H-1) on 06/06/2018. |
| HB 6119 referred 6/6/2018 |
Wittenberg | Food; other; posting of basis upon which food items are represented to be halal or kosher; require, and prohibit the sale of food items that do not conform to the posting. | ||
| HB 6120 referred 6/6/2018 |
Hammoud | Crimes; other; sale of food items represented to be halal or kosher that do not conform to a posted basis for that representation; prohibit. | ||
| HB 6122 referred 6/6/2018 |
Barrett | Environmental protection; solid waste; soil from sugar beet production; increase allowable moisture level. | 9/26/18. 10/3/18 | Amended on 10/3/18. Reported with recommendation. as amended, as substitute (H-1). |
| HB 6182 referred 6/12/2018 |
Ellison | Animals; exotic; facilities holding large carnivores; exempt certain persons from certain obligations and restrictions under large carnivore act. | ||
| HB 6205 referred 6/12/2018 |
Lauwers | Animals; other; animal industry act; modify. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Substitute (H-1) adopted on 11/28/18. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-1) on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6206 referred 6/12/2018 |
Howell | Animals; other; definition of livestock and reference to animal industry act in wildlife depredation act; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6207 referred 6/12/2018 |
Victory | Animals; other; definition of livestock in agricultural commodities marketing act; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6208 referred 6/12/2018 |
Alexander | Animals; other; reference to animal industry act in act governing the licensing of livestock dealers; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6209 referred 6/12/2018 |
Vaupel | Animals; other; definition of livestock in Michigan penal code; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6210 referred 6/12/2018 |
Vaupel | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for violations of animal industry act; modify citation. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6211 referred 6/12/2018 |
Wentworth | Animals; other; definition of livestock in wolf-dog cross act; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6212 referred 6/12/2018 |
Calley | Animals; other; reference to animal industry act in act governing ferrets; modify citation. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6213 referred 6/12/2018 |
Barrett | Animals; other; reference to animal industry act in general property tax act; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6214 referred 6/12/2018 |
Frederick | Animals; other; definition of livestock in large carnivore act; modify citations. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6216 referred 6/12/2018 |
Cole | Animals; other; reference to animal industry act in Michigan aquaculture act; modify citation. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6330 referred 9/6/2018 |
Lauwers | Agriculture; industrial hemp; licensing and oversight program for industrial hemp; establish. | 9/26/18, 10/3/18 | Substitute (H-1) adopted on 9/26/18. Substitute (H-2) adopted on 10/3/18. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-2). |
| HB 6331 referred 9/6/2018 |
Johnson | Controlled substances; marihuana; definitions of industrial hemp and marihuana; modify. | 9/26/18, 10/3/18 | Substitute (H-1) adopted on 9/26/18. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). |
| HB 6380 referred 9/25/2018 |
Lauwers | Marihuana; facilities; industrial hemp; exclude from definition of marihuana plant and require the department to promulgate certain rules. | 9/26/18, 10/3/18 | Substitute (H-2) adopted on 10/3/18. Reported with recommendation, as substitute (H-2). |
| HB 6393 referred 9/26/2018 |
Alexander | Food; milk; grade A milk law; update. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6394 referred 9/26/2018 |
Alexander | Food; milk; manufacturing milk law of 2001; amend to incorporate by reference 21 CFR part 117. | 10/3/18, 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| HB 6601 referred 12/11/2018 |
Vaupel | Agriculture; animals; Michigan equine commission; create. | ||
| SB 122 referred 2/7/2018 |
O'Brien | Food; restaurants; outdoor seating areas at restaurants; allow dogs to be present. | ||
| SB 375 referred 10/4/2017 |
Booher | Energy; conservation and efficiency; methane digesters; make eligible for property assessed clean energy financing. | 11/01/17 12/06/2017 | Reported with recommendation on 12/06/2017 |
| SB 579 referred 11/29/2018 |
Proos | Liquor; other; mark-up on spirits; revise based on distiller's production amount. | 12/11/18 | Amendments adopted on 12/11/18. Reported with recommendation, as amended, as substitute (H-1) on 12/11/18. |
| SB 981 referred 6/12/2018 |
Hune | Occupations; inspectors; carnival-amusement ride inspector qualifications; revise. | 11/28/18 | Reported with recommendation on 11/28/18. |
| SB 1034 referred 12/6/2018 |
Booher | Property tax; exemptions; exemption for qualified forest property; modify. | 12/11/18 | Reported with recommendation on 12/11/18. |
| SB 1130 referred 12/6/2018 |
Stamas | Economic development; renaissance zones; agricultural processing facility requirements; modify. | 12/11/18 | Reported with recommendation on 12/11/18. |
| SB 1179 referred 12/18/2018 |
Schmidt | Food; service establishments; local government restaurant grading system for food service establishments; prohibit. | ||
| HR 259 referred 2/28/2018 |
Marino | A resolution to memorialize the Detroit Zoological Society to locate the proposed Great Lakes Nature Center at Lake St. Clair Metropark. | ||
| HR 326 referred 5/1/2018 |
Cochran | A resolution to encourage Michigan homeowners and landowners to plant native plants that support bee populations and create habitats for all pollinators. | ||
| HR 465 referred 12/11/2018 |
Gay-Dagnogo | A resolution to memorialize Congress and the administration to recognize industrial hemp as a valuable agricultural commodity and to take certain steps to remove barriers in order to encourage the commercial production of this crop. |