Lansing, MI – State Representative Bronna Kahle said that she will reintroduce a modified version of her plan to protect Michigan’s family farmers from state rules and fees following the governor’s veto of her original plan.
Under current law, if a fatality happens on a family farm and the family does not report it to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration within eight hours, the family faces a $5,000 fine.
Kahle was alerted about the issue by a family farm located in Blissfield Township, after owner Keith Eisenmann died in an accident on his own farm in 2019.
Kahle’s legislation would have exempted family farm owners from reporting requirements in instances like the Eisenmann’s and would reduce the fine by 95 percent. The reintroduced version of the legislation would still accomplish that, but will include slightly modified language.
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