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MI HB4783
Bill
Status
8/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karl Bohnak
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AI Summary
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Creates exclusive authority for a new "UP Commission" (Upper Peninsula Natural Resources Commission) to regulate sport fishing in Upper Peninsula waters, including Lake Superior, St. Marys River, and all inland bodies of water in the Upper Peninsula
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Defines "waters of the Upper Peninsula" as a new term encompassing Lake Superior, the St. Marys River, and any inland lake, stream, river, pond, or other body of water located in the Upper Peninsula
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Transfers regulatory powers from the statewide Natural Resources Commission to the UP Commission for Upper Peninsula waters, including authority over fishing methods, gear restrictions, spear/bow fishing, and net fishing
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Reduces the population threshold for counties requiring designated trout stream restrictions from 750,000 to 500,000 residents
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Contains tie-bar provisions requiring House Bills 4784, 4785, and 4786 to also be enacted for this bill to take effect
Legislative Description
Natural resources: other; authority to make decisions regarding fish in the Upper Peninsula; grant to the Upper Peninsula natural resources commission. Amends secs. 48701, 48703 & 48703a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.48701 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4785'25, HB 4784'25, HB 4786'25
Natural resources: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/21/2025
8/21/2025