republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2025-2026/sb-685.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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	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	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2025-2026	SB 685	Michigan SB 685 (2025-2026)	bill	Land use: farmland and open space	enacted	Sue Shink	7	29	2	2025-10-30	2025-12-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8b5cc7e3-b02f-425d-a05c-d374276466e1	https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0685	4c4139465bb7ce1aeaa90e542d5970be36e9f7c0ae686fb9e2bcde320e521493	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan SB 685 (2025-2026) — 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

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute (S-1) (committee substitute) — source
6. Substitute (S-1) - 2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Substitute (S-1) - 3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSED ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #328 Yeas 102 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — 102–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sue Shink — primary (person)
• Dan Lauwers — cosponsor (person)
• John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Singh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-10-30 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SUE SHINK introduction
• 2025-10-30 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE referral-committee
• 2025-11-12 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 11/6/2025 committee-passage
• 2025-11-12 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2025-12-02 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) committee-passage
• 2025-12-02 SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
• 2025-12-02 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
• 2025-12-02 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2025-12-02 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
• 2025-12-02 PASSED ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2025-12-02 received on 12/02/2025 introduction
• 2025-12-02 read a first time reading-1
• 2025-12-02 referred to Committee on Agriculture referral-committee
• 2025-12-11 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2025-12-11 referred to second reading
• 2025-12-16 read a second time reading-2
• 2025-12-16 placed on third reading
• 2025-12-16 placed on immediate passage
• 2025-12-16 read a third time reading-3
• 2025-12-16 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #328 Yeas 102 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 passage
• 2025-12-16 inserted full title
• 2025-12-16 returned to Senate
• 2025-12-18 GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2025-12-18 FULL TITLE AGREED TO
• 2025-12-18 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2025-12-23 PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2025 2:50 PM executive-receipt
• 2025-12-23 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2025 10:58 AM executive-signature
• 2025-12-23 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2025 12:28 PM
• 2025-12-23 ASSIGNED PA 0068'25 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b5cc7e3-b02f-425d-a05c-d374276466e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).