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MI HB4784
Bill
Status
8/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Markkanen
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "UP Commission" (Upper Peninsula Natural Resources Commission) with authority to designate wildlife species as game and establish open hunting seasons specifically for the Upper Peninsula
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Transfers exclusive authority over game regulations that only impact the Upper Peninsula or have no significant impact outside the Upper Peninsula from the statewide Natural Resources Commission to the UP Commission
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Specifically grants the UP Commission authority to issue orders for moose hunting seasons, which were previously under the statewide commission
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Limits wolf hunting season authority to the Upper Peninsula only, changing from the previous statewide authorization
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Takes effect only if companion bills HB 4785, HB 4786, and HB 4783 are also enacted into law
Legislative Description
Natural resources: other; authority to make certain decisions regarding game in the Upper Peninsula; grant to the Upper Peninsula natural resources commission. Amends secs. 40110, 40110a, 40110b & 40113a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40110 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4785'25, HB 4786'25, HB 4783'25
Natural resources: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/21/2025
8/21/2025