Bill > HB4880

This bill amends the existing law regarding indemnity provisions in construction and design contracts, primarily focusing on landscape architects and other professional service providers. The bill clarifies and updates language related to liability and indemnification in contracts involving public entities and design professionals. Specifically, it modifies provisions that prevent public entities from requiring architects, engineers, landscape architects, and contractors to defend or indemnify the public entity beyond their proportional degree of fault. The bill updates terminology, removes gendered language, and explicitly includes landscape architects among the professionals protected by these provisions. It defines a "public entity" broadly to include various governmental bodies and agencies, while specifically excluding institutions of higher education. The legislation aims to ensure fairness in contract provisions by preventing overly broad indemnification requirements and protecting design and construction professionals from assuming disproportionate liability. Importantly, the bill will only take effect if a related House Bill (No. 4879) is also enacted into law, creating a dependent implementation mechanism.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4880