Crude Oil and Petroleum Act Definitions

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-08-26 — Natural resources: gas and oil; ownership and conveyance rights associated with pore space; establish. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6247’26, HB 6248’26: cross-connection with pore-space-ownership: Both address the statutory framework for oil and gas resources; the pore space act would sit alongside crude-oil/petroleum definitions and may be tie-barred to related petroleum-act amendments. (novelty: 3)
2026-08-26 — Natural resources: gas and oil; definitions in the crude oil and petroleum act; update. Amends sec. 1 of 1929 PA 16 (MCL 483.1). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6247’26, HB 6249’26: A House bill (introduced) would amend Sec. 1 of 1929 PA 16 (MCL 483.1) to update definitions in the Crude Oil and Petroleum Act; effective only if tie-barred HB 6247’26 and HB 6249’26 also pass. (novelty: 2)