Construction: other; exclusion of temporary locking devices or systems installed in child care centers; update under the fire prevention code, the official text

Act
No. 61

Public
Acts of 2025

Approved
by the Governor

December
23, 2025

Filed
with the Secretary of State

December
23, 2025

EFFECTIVE
DATE:  Sine Die

(91st day after final adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session)

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2025

Introduced by Senators Hauck, Moss, McMorrow and Bayer

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 97

AN ACT to amend 1941 PA 207,
entitled “An act to provide for the prevention of fires and the protection of
persons and property from exposure to the dangers of fire or explosion; to
authorize the investigation of fires and the discovery of crime or other
offenses in relation thereto; to require the razing, repair, or alteration of
buildings, and the clearing and improvement of premises which constitute a fire
hazard or a menace to the peace, security, or safety of persons or property; to
control the construction, use, and occupancy of buildings and premises in
relation to safety, including fire safety; to provide for the certification of
fire inspectors and the delegation of certain powers to those certified fire
inspectors; to provide for the regulation of the storage and transportation of
hazardous material; to provide for the issuance of certificates; to prohibit
the use of certain fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents; to provide
immunity from liability for certain persons; to provide for the administration
and enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties; to provide for the
promulgation of rules; to provide for the assessment of fees; and to repeal
acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 22 (MCL 29.22), as amended by 2020
PA 154.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec.
22. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person that violates this
act, or that maintains a fire hazard in violation of this act or a rule promulgated
under this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, the owner of a firm or
vehicle operated in this state that is operated in violation of this act or a
rule promulgated under this act must pay a civil fine of $200.00, if the
violation creates a fire hazard or a likelihood that hazardous material will be
released. Each civil fine collected must be deposited in the general fund of
this state.

(2) A member of the board who intentionally violates section
3b(6) is subject to the penalties prescribed under the open meetings act, 1976
PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

(3) If the board arbitrarily and capriciously violates
section 3b(9) the board is subject to the penalties prescribed in the freedom
of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(4) A labeled fire door assembly with a temporary door
locking device or system that is installed in accordance with section 4i of the
Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL
125.1504i, or section 1d of 1937 PA 306, MCL 388.851d, does not violate this
act.

Enacting
section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following
bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 96.

(b) Senate Bill No. 98.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor