Bill > HB5093

This bill modifies several sections of Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, primarily focusing on fishing and hunting licenses. The key provisions include: changing the resident combination hunt and fish license fee from $75 to $78, replacing "all-species" fishing licenses with "general" fishing licenses, introducing a new $5 hatchery stamp for specific high-value fish species, establishing a $28 resident and $78 nonresident general fishing license, creating tiered senior citizen fishing license discounts that will gradually reduce from 60% to 20% by 2030, modifying 24-hour fishing license fees (raising resident fees from $10 to $12 and nonresident fees to $17), and allowing hatchery stamp holders to use unlimited rods when fishing on the Great Lakes. The bill also includes provisions for allocating fishing license fees to the fisheries division, with a potential future reduction in allocation percentages, and establishes a process for the fisheries division chief to recommend license fee adjustments due to inflation. The changes will take effect on April 1, 2026, and are contingent on the passage of a related House Bill.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-5093