Most large-scale egg producers to whom the law would apply have been working toward cage-free operations for up to a decade.

Many expect egg prices to be on the rise once again in Michigan as the state's cage-free egg law is set to take effect on Tuesday.The new law requires all eggs sold in the state to be from cage-free chickens.

Michigan is preparing for a new law requiring cage-free eggs by December 31, 2024, potentially raising prices.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new Michigan law requiring stores to sell only cage-free eggs is now in effect.

In 2019, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II signed a revised Animal Industry Act including the Michigan Cage-Free Egg Law, requiring cage-free environments by Dec. 31, 2024. (Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was on a trade mission to Israel at the time.) A 2009 act called for larger cages by the end of 2019, but the new law prohibits cages.