LANSING, MI (June 10, 2025) – Michigan State Director Amanda Fisher of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the state and nation’s leading small business advocacy organization expressed her disappoint over the passage of Senate Bill 134 which would makes changes to the Michigan Consumer Protection Act.

“These changes will remove certain protections for more than eighty business trades and professions already regulated under various state licensing laws and opens them up to frivolous and harmful lawsuits. The vast majority of these businesses are small businesses.”

“These businesses are already regulated and overseen by state and federal agencies, whose job is, in part, to protect consumers.  These agencies can levy fines, require changes to businesses practices, and even order a business closed. Given the regulation and oversight that already exist, those benefiting most from SB 134 are trial lawyers, not consumers.”