Michigan · 2025-2026
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
Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-bill/8b5cc7e3-b02f-425d-a05c-d374276466e1 CC0-1.0
Issue tags AI-classified
Classified by a local model from the bill's text; confidence shown. GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Sponsors + 4 cosponsors
- Sue Shink Democratic lead
- Dan Lauwers Republican
- John Cherry Democratic
- Kevin Daley Republican
- Sam Singh Democratic
Roll-call votes on this bill
| Motion / question | Chamber | Stage | Roll | Outcome | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #328 Yeas 102 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not… | lower | — | 31e72be7-6d95-423a-906a-8feb2109ac51 | pass | 101 | 3 | 0 | Dec 16, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/31e72be7-6d95-423a-906a-8feb2109ac51 CC0-1.0 |
| PASSED ROLL CALL # 306 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 | upper | — | 1f32cba9-1c90-4fda-995d-ed39f0bb4378 | pass | 37 | 0 | 0 | Dec 2, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1f32cba9-1c90-4fda-995d-ed39f0bb4378 CC0-1.0 |