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HB 4744

State: symbol; Vernors; designate as the official state beverage. Creates new act.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Jason Woolford

Designates Vernors as Michigan's official state beverage; symbolic designation with no regulatory effect, effective 90 days after enactment.

bill electronically reproduced 07/22/2025
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Bill Summary · HB 4744

Summary — HB 4744 (2025)

Title: State: symbol; Vernors; designate as the official state beverage. Creates new act.

Purpose

HB 4744 designates Vernors (the soft drink historically associated with Michigan) as the official state beverage. The bill is purely symbolic and creates a one‑section statutory designation.

Key provisions

  • Sec. 1: “Vernors is the official beverage of this state.”
  • Enacting provision: the act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

No other regulatory, fiscal, or administrative provisions are included. The bill does not create new duties, penalties, appropriations, or regulatory changes.

Sponsor

  • Introduced by Rep. Jason Woolford (Rep. Woolford is listed as the introducer in the July 22, 2025 reproduction).

Legislative timeline and status (as recorded)

  • Filed/Introduced: March 13, 2025 (filed)
  • Committee consideration and public hearing occurred April–May 2025; reported favorably without amendment.
  • House readings: 1st reading April 3, 2025; 2nd reading May 14, 2025; 3rd reading and passage May 15, 2025 (record votes and statements recorded).
  • Reported engrossed and received from the House May 15, 2025.
  • Bill text was electronically reproduced July 22, 2025 and referred to the Committee on Government Operations on that date (document reproductions sometimes reflect clerical processing after earlier legislative action).

Note: The legislative record indicates the bill passed on May 15, 2025. Depending on subsequent actions not shown here (e.g., concurrence by the other chamber, governor’s signature), the effective date would be 90 days after enactment into law.

Who is affected / potential impact

  • Direct impact: None on regulatory obligations or state programs. The designation is ceremonial/symbolic.
  • Indirect impacts: Potential promotional or marketing benefits for Vernors and associated businesses; cultural recognition for Michigan’s beverage heritage; possible use in tourism and state branding materials.
  • Fiscal impact: None apparent from the bill text.

Additional notes

  • The bill consists of a single statutory sentence and is intended as an official state symbol designation.
  • Because it is symbolic, implementation requires no state administrative action beyond the usual updating of lists of official symbols if maintained.

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

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