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HB 4125

Higher education: education programs; nuclear and hydrogen education grant program; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127'25, HB 4129'25, HB 4126'25, HB 4128'25, HB 4124'25

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Greg Alexander and 11 co-sponsors

Creates a state grant program to fund nuclear and hydrogen education and scholarships, linking degrees to 3-year post-graduation work at Michigan facilities.

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Bill Summary · HB 4125

Summary — HB 4125 (103rd Legislature)

Title: Nuclear and Hydrogen Education Grant Program Act
Introduced: Feb–Mar 2025 (Rep. Mike McFall, primary sponsor)
Status: Referred to Committee on Energy and Environment; bill is tiebared with HB 4124, HB 4126–4129 (bill takes effect only if those are enacted)

Purpose

Establish a state-administered grant program to encourage Michigan postsecondary institutions to create or expand degree- or credential-bearing education and training programs that support the nuclear and hydrogen energy industries, and to provide student scholarships tied to employment in those industries.

Key provisions

  • Creates the "Nuclear and Hydrogen Education Grant Program" within the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO).
  • Authorizes competitive grants (awarded from a new restricted fund created by companion HB 4126) to any Michigan degree- or certificate-granting public or private college, junior/community college, or vocational/technical school that seeks to establish or expand a "qualified education program."
  • Defines a "qualified education program" as one that:
    • Leads to a degree or credential supporting the nuclear industry, the hydrogen industry, or both (including skilled craft or engineering programs supporting design, construction, operation, or maintenance of electricity-generating facilities powered by nuclear or hydrogen energy); and
    • Offers (or makes available) a scholarship program that provides direct grants or tax credits, or both, to students who commit in good faith to at least 3 years of employment at a Michigan nuclear- or hydrogen-powered electricity-generating facility after graduation.
  • Requires LEO to promulgate rules and establish application, award, and administrative procedures under the Administrative Procedures Act.
  • Grants are funded from the Nuclear and Hydrogen Education Grant Program Fund (HB 4126). The fund is a restricted fund; interest and earnings are credited to it and balances do not lapse to the general fund. Expenditures from the fund require legislative appropriation.
  • The act is conditional: it does not take effect unless HB 4124 and HB 4126–4129 are also enacted.

Who is affected / likely impacts

  • Eligible postsecondary institutions may receive grants to start or expand nuclear/hydrogen-focused programs; participation is voluntary.
  • Students in those programs could receive scholarships/tax credits in exchange for a 3-year employment commitment at qualifying Michigan facilities.
  • Michigan electricity-generating facilities (nuclear/hydrogen) stand to benefit from a pipeline of trained workers.
  • LEO will incur administrative and rulemaking costs (ongoing costs indeterminate and depend on program size/utilization).
  • The bill does not itself specify a revenue source for the Fund.

Fiscal note

  • LEO administrative costs likely increase (indeterminate).
  • HB 4126 establishes the fund but does not identify dedicated revenue; grant awards would be made only upon appropriation from that fund.
  • No mandatory fiscal impact on colleges/universities (they are not required to participate).

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Tied to passage of multiple companion bills — the program cannot take effect unless all tied bills are enacted.
  • As of the latest available entries, the bill has been introduced and referred to committee; subsequent legislative action will determine enactment and funding.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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