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HB 4034MICHIGANSession 2025-2026State Billpassed both

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Michigan House Bill 4034 Revises Trust Perpetuities Rules to Align with Personal Property Act

Original title: Probate: trusts; uniform statutory rule against perpetuities; revise to reflect limitation of the personal property trust perpetuities act to certain property.

Last action · April 29, 2025: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETYSponsors: Douglas Wozniak and 4 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Michigan House Bill 4034 amends sections 3, 5, and 6 of the uniform statutory to clarify the creation time for trust property interests and adjust the perpetuities time period to 360 years when certain s are exercised under the personal property trust perpetuities act.

Why it matters

Changes how long certain trust property interests and powers of appointment can legally endure when subjected to s under Michigan trust law.

Background

The Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities governs how long certain property interests can remain contingent before vesting. context
House Bill 4034 is part of Michigan's ongoing legislative updates to estate and trust management statutes. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Trust beneficiaries

Trust beneficiaries experience changes in how long nonvested property interests and powers of appointment can be maintained under statutory perpetuities rules.

Directly affected

Fiduciaries and trustees

Fiduciaries and trustees must manage trust assets and administer property in accordance with the updated creation timelines and 360-year evaluation periods.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What time period is used when evaluating certain second power exercises under the bill?

A period of 360 years is used instead of 90 years when determining whether section 2(1)(b), (2)(b), or (3)(b) is satisfied or whether to reform a disposition.

Does this bill change rules for trusts created before December 27, 1988?

It maintains judicial provisions allowing a court to reform dispositions for interests created before December 27, 1988, upon the petition of an interested person if determined in a judicial proceeding to violate prior rules against perpetuities.

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Procedural history

15 actions

Apr 29, 2025SenateCommittee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Apr 29, 2025SenateFloor
PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Apr 23, 2025House
transmitted
Apr 23, 2025House
title amended
Apr 23, 2025HouseFloor
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #66 Yeas 106 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 4
Apr 23, 2025HouseFloor
read a third time

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Apr 22, 2025House
placed on third reading
Apr 22, 2025HouseFloor
substitute (H-2) adopted
Apr 22, 2025HouseFloor
read a second time
Apr 16, 2025House
referred to second reading
Apr 16, 2025HouseCommittee
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)
Jan 29, 2025House
bill electronically reproduced 01/28/2025
Jan 28, 2025HouseCommittee
referred to Committee on Judiciary
Jan 28, 2025HouseIntroduced
read a first time
Jan 28, 2025HouseIntroduced
introduced by Representative Rep. Douglas Wozniak

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Alignment with Personal Property Trust Perpetuities Act

The amendments integrate the uniform statutory rule against perpetuities more closely with the framework established by the 2008 personal property trust perpetuities act by introducing a 360-year rule for second powers.

Connected Entities

Timothy Beson, Joseph Aragona, Brian BeGole and 2 more

PersonTimothy Beson“Cosponsor of House Bill 4034”Map →

PersonJoseph Aragona“Cosponsor of House Bill 4034”Map →

PersonBrian BeGole“Cosponsor of House Bill 4034”Map →

PersonGina Johnsen“Cosponsor of House Bill 4034”Map →

PersonDouglas Wozniak“Primary sponsor of House Bill 4034”Map →

Sources

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legislature.mi.gov

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