Transportation: motor fuel tax; areas requiring certain vapor pressure; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 10d of 1984 PA 44 (MCL 290.643 & 290.650d).
Key claim: A House bill would change which parts of Michigan must sell gasoline that meets special vapor-pressure (volatility) limits used to control evaporative air pollution.
Abstract
(HB6281 · 103rd Legislature) Transportation: motor fuel tax; areas requiring certain vapor pressure; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 10d of 1984 PA 44 (MCL 290.643 & 290.650d). Sponsor: Rep. Jerry Neyer ® + 18 co-sponsors In committee: H Transportation And Infrastructure Latest action (2026-09-01): Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/27/2026
Why this matters
Vapor-pressure (Reid) limits on summer gasoline are a core air-quality tool for cutting evaporative VOC emissions that form ground-level ozone, and today they apply only to specified Michigan counties — typically Southeast Michigan nonattainment areas. Redrawing that map changes which retailers and refiners must supply the more expensive low-volatility blend, affecting fuel prices at the pump and smog-forming emissions in the areas added or removed.