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SB 685

Michigan SenatePassed

Summary

SB 685, “Land use: farmland and open space; eligibility for tax credit; grandfather farmland subject to multiple legal arrangements before certain date. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 36109b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0699'25”, was introduced in the Senate on Oct 30, 2025 by Sen. Sue Shink (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Dec 23, 2025: Assigned Pa 0068'25 With Immediate Effect.


Record

Text

SB 685 has 4 co-sponsors and 4 roll calls.

sb685/chaptered.txt
Act
No. 68
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 Senators Shink, Singh, Daley, Lauwers and
Cherry
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 685
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 officials; 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,� (MCL 324.101 to
324.90106) by adding section 36109b.
The People of the State of
Michigan enact:
Sec. 36109b. The owner of farmland and related buildings subject to a
conservation easement described in section 2141 and to a development rights
agreement under section 36104, a purchase of development rights or agricultural
conservation easement under section 36111b, or an agricultural conservation
easement under section 36206 may claim a credit under section 36109 if the
conservation easement described in section 2141 and the development rights
agreement, purchase of development rights, or agricultural conservation
easement were executed before January 1, 2025.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not
take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill
No. 686.
(b) Senate Bill
No. 687.
(c) Senate Bill
No. 688.
(d) Senate Bill
No. 689.
(e) Senate Bill
No. 690.
(f) Senate Bill No.
699.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Governor

Land use: farmland and open space; eligibility for tax credit; grandfather farmland subject to multiple legal arrangements before certain date. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 36109b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0688'25, SB 0690'25, SB 0686'25, SB 0689'25, SB 0687'25, SB 0699'25

Sponsors

Sen. Sue Shink (D) sponsors SB 685, and 4 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

SB 685 went before 2 committees: Natural Resources And Agriculture and Agriculture.

Natural Resources And Agriculture
Natural Resources And Agriculture
Referred to · Oct 30, 2025
Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred to · Dec 2, 2025 · 15 Bills

History

SB 685 has taken 29 actions since Oct 30, 2025, the latest on Dec 23, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 23, 2025
Senate
Presented To Governor 12/19/2025 2:50 Pm
Dec 23, 2025
Senate
Approved By Governor 12/23/2025 10:58 Am
Dec 23, 2025
Senate
Filed With Secretary Of State 12/23/2025 12:28 Pm
Dec 23, 2025
Senate
Assigned Pa 0068'25 With Immediate Effect
Dec 18, 2025
Senate
Given Immediate Effect

Votes

SB 685 went to 4 roll calls across both chambers, the latest on Dec 16, 2025 at 1023.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Dec 16, 2025
House
House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call #328
102
3
Dec 11, 2025
House
Reported With Recommendation Without Amendment
7
0
Dec 2, 2025
Senate
Senate Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 306
37
0
Nov 12, 2025
Senate
Reported Favorably Without Amendment 11/6/2025
5
0

Source: legislature.mi.gov · legiscan.com