Bill Text: MI SB1201 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Agriculture: other; Michigan animal agriculture alliance; establish. Amends 1988 PA 466 (MCL 287.701 - 287.746) by adding sec. 35.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-10-14 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB1201 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-SB1201-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 1201
A bill to amend 1988 PA 466, entitled
"Animal industry act,"
(MCL 287.701 to 287.746) by adding section 35.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 35. (1) The Michigan alliance for animal agriculture, in consultation with the department, shall establish and implement an animal research grant program.
(2) The Michigan alliance for animal agriculture, in consultation with the department, Michigan State University, and animal industry representatives, shall operate the animal research grant program.
(3) The animal research fund is created within the state treasury.
(4) The Michigan alliance for animal agriculture, in consultation with the department, Michigan State University, and animal industry representatives, shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for the purpose of providing grants under the animal research grant program.
(5) The legislature shall annually appropriate not less than $3,000,000.00 to the animal research fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year will remain in the fund and will not lapse to the general fund.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Animal industry representatives" means individuals working, or representing producers, in the animal agriculture industry.
(b) "Fund" means the animal research fund.
(c) "Michigan alliance for animal agriculture" means the partnership between the department, Michigan State University, and the animal agriculture industry focused on the advancement of the Michigan animal agriculture economy.
