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HB4709 • 2026

Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit. Amends title of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232) & adds sec. 55.

Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit. Amends title of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232) & adds sec. 55.

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Sponsor
Jay DeBoyer (District 63), David Martin (District 68), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), Angela Rigas (District 79), Mike Hoadley (District 99), John Roth (District 104), Bill Schuette (District 95), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Matt Maddock (District 51), Timothy Beson (District 96), Matt Bierlein (District 97), Tom Kunse (District 100), Donni Steele (District 54), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Gregory Markkanen (District 110), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Karl Bohnak (District 109), David Prestin (District 108), Mike Harris (District 52), Gregory Alexander (District 98), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34), Jennifer Wortz (District 35), Joseph Fox (District 101), Nancy DeBoer (District 86), Mark Tisdel (District 55), Thomas Kuhn (District 57), Rachelle Smit (District 43), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Ken Borton (District 105), Jerry Neyer (District 92), Pat Outman (District 91), Parker Fairbairn (District 107), Tim Kelly (District 93), Gina Johnsen (District 78), Brian BeGole (District 71), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Ron Robinson (District 58), Brad Paquette (District 37), Bryan Posthumus (District 90), Joseph Aragona (District 60), Pauline Wendzel (District 39), Greg VanWoerkom (District 88), Steve Carra (District 36), Jaime Greene (District 65), Joseph Pavlov (District 64), James DeSana (District 29), Rylee Linting (District 27), Curtis VanderWall (District 102), Jason Woolford (District 50), Ann Bollin (District 49), Sarah Lightner (District 45), Phil Green (District 67), Bradley Slagh (District 85)
Last action
2025-10-21
Official status
re-referred to Committee on Energy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit. Amends title of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232) & adds sec. 55.

Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

  • Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit.
  • Amends title of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232) & adds sec.
  • 55.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-21 HJ 100 Pg. 1650

    rule suspended

  2. 2025-10-21 HJ 100 Pg. 1650

    motion to discharge committee approved

  3. 2025-10-21 HJ 100 Pg. 1650

    placed on second reading

  4. 2025-10-21 HJ 100 Pg. 1650

    re-referred to Committee on Energy

  5. 2025-07-24 HJ 67 Pg. 813

    rule suspended

  6. 2025-07-24 HJ 67 Pg. 813

    motion to discharge committee approved

  7. 2025-07-24 HJ 67 Pg. 813

    placed on second reading

  8. 2025-07-24 HJ 67 Pg. 814

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

  9. 2025-07-15 HJ 64 Pg. 789

    bill electronically reproduced 07/01/2025

  10. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 777

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jay DeBoyer

  11. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 777

    read a first time

  12. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 777

    referred to Committee on Energy

Official Summary Text

Energy: alternative sources; construction of wind turbines in the Great Lakes; prohibit. Amends title of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232) & adds sec. 55.