2023 House Bill 4494

Environmental protection: sewage; "nonflushable" warning label for wipes; require.

A bill to prohibit the sale, offering for sale, and distribution for sale of certain disposable wipes without a warning label; to require that certain wipes be marketed as nonflushable; and to prohibit certain acts and provide civil sanctions.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Bill requiring non-flushable disposable wipes to be labeled “non-flushable” or instruct users not to flush the wipes.

Introduced in the House

May 2, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Thomas Kuhn (R-57) and 9 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Mark Tisdel (R-55), Donni Steele (R-54), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Jaime Greene (R-65), Robert Bezotte (R-50), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Mike Harris (R-52) and Jay DeBoyer (R-63)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation