Natural resources: other; wildlife feeding; allow under certain conditions, the official text

Act No. 86

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 27, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 27, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Reps. Borton, Fairbairn, DeSana,
Markkanen, Rigas, Beson, Maddock, Kelly, Prestin, Bohnak, Alexander, Slagh,
Mueller, Roth, Cavitt, Thompson, Linting, Schuette, Kunse, Robinson, Harris,
Carra, Aragona, Hoadley, Bierlein, Mentzer, Bruck, Meerman, Wortz, Tisdel,
DeBoer, Johnsen, Outman, Wozniak, Jenkins-Arno, Frisbie, Neyer, DeBoyer,
VanderWall, Fox, Hall, BeGole, Pavlov, St. Germaine, Smit and Posthumus

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4350

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451,
entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state;
to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment
and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain
substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters,
and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt
and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local
agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and
donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section
40111a (MCL 324.40111a), as amended by 2015 PA 265.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec. 40111a. (1) The commission, after consultation with the commission of agriculture
and rural development, shall issue in the manner provided in section 40113a an
order concerning deer and elk feeding in this state. Notwithstanding the order,
an individual may engage in wildlife and bird feeding if both of the following
conditions are met:

(a)
The feed is located within 300 feet of a residence.

(b)
The quantity of feed placed, scattered, or distributed within 300 feet of that
residence, together with any feed previously placed, scattered, or distributed
within 300 feet of that residence and still present, is not more than 2
gallons.

(2)
Any feeding order issued under this section must comply with any United States
Department of Agriculture standards or memorandum of understanding between
state and federal agencies pertaining to the control of infectious diseases.

(3)
As used in this section, “wildlife and bird feeding”
means depositing, distributing, or tending feed in an area frequented by birds and other wildlife to prevent them from
starving or for recreational viewing. Wildlife and
bird feeding does not include any of the following:

(a) Baiting to take game
as provided by an order of the commission under section 40113a.

(b) The scattering of
feed solely as the result of normal logging practices or normal agricultural
practices.

(c) The storage or use of
feed for agricultural purposes if 1 or more of the following apply:

(i) The area is occupied by livestock actively
consuming the feed on a daily basis.

(ii) The feed is covered to deter wild,
free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed or is
being used on a daily basis.

(iii) The feed is in a storage facility or is stored in a
manner that is consistent with normal agricultural practices.

This act is ordered to take
immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor