1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Please vote yes on HB9901 and restore the Endangered Species Act's definition of "harm" before more species lose the habitat protections they depend on to survive. The Trump administration's rule, published at 91 Fed. Reg. 43300 on July 14, 2026, gutted a definition that had been on the books for decades and upheld by the Supreme Court in Babbitt v. Sweet Home. Stripping it out was a gift to developers, timber companies, and extractive industries — not a legitimate legal correction. Species that are already teetering on the edge of extinction cannot afford to wait while corporations profit from destroying their habitat. The prior definition of "harm" — covering significant habitat modification that kills or injures listed wildlife — was the legal backbone of meaningful ESA enforcement. Without it, federal agencies lose the authority to stop the kind of land destruction that pushes species past the point of no return. Our public lands and the wildlife on them are not commodities. HB9901 doesn't create new bureaucracy or spend a dollar — it simply nullifies a rule that never should have been issued. Pass it.