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Act No. 47
Public Acts of 2025
Approved by the Governor
December 23, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 23, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 2025
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
Introduced by Reps. Greene, Johnsen, Woolford, Frisbie, DeSana, Alexander, Witwer, Steele and
Wortz
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4401
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state;
to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to
regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters,
and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain state and local agencies and official s; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and
donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts,” by amending section 43525c (MCL 324.43525c), as amended by 2021 PA 6.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 43525c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual 18 years of age or older shall not
hunt pheasants without a current annual pheasant hunting license issued by this state. The annual pheasant
hunting license requirement is in addition to the requirements for a base license. The fee for the pheasant hunting
license is $25.00. The following individuals are not required to obtain an annual pheasant hunting license under
this section:
(a) An individual only hunting pheasants at a game bird hunting preserve licensed under part 417.
(b) An individual hunting pheasants on private land, except for individuals hunting on land enrolled in the
hunting access program.
(c) An individual hunting pheasants on public land in the Upper Peninsula.
(d) An individual who holds a lifetime small game license, lifetime sportsperson’s license, or a comprehensive
lifetime hunting and fishing license issued under section 44102.
(2) If issued as a stamp, a pheasant hunting license must be affixed to the base license of the individual and
signed across the face of the stamp by the individual to whom it is issued.
(3) A collector may purchase a pheasant hunting license, if it is issued as a stamp, without being required to
place it on a base license, sign across its face, or provide proof of competency under section 43520(2). However, a
license described in this subsection is not valid for hunting pheasants.
(4) Except as provided in sections 43541 and 43555, the department shall deposit the fee collected for each
pheasant hunting license in the pheasant subaccount of the game and fish protection account for the purposes
stated in subsection (5).
(5) The pheasant subaccount is created in the game and fish protection account. The state treasurer may
receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the subaccount. The state treasurer shall direct the
investment of the subaccount. The st ate treasurer shall credit to the subaccount interest and earnings from
subaccount investments. Money in the subaccount at the close of the fiscal year remains in the subaccount and
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does not lapse to the game and fish protection account or the general fund. The department is the administrator
of the subaccount for auditing purposes. The department shall expend money from the subaccount, on
appropriation, only for costs associated with the purchase and release of live pheasants on state -owned land
suitable for pheasants.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor