| 2009-2010 Session | House Committee on Great Lakes and Environment | |||
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | ||||
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Meetings | Status |
| HB 4031 referred 1/22/2009 |
Geiss | Environmental protection; hazardous waste; aboveground gasoline and diesel storage tanks; require remediation and removal of within 3 years of dormancy. | 1/21/2010 | Reported with recommendation on 1/21/2010 |
| HB 4153 referred 2/4/2009 |
Stamas | Natural resources; wetlands; permit program; surrender federal delegation. | ||
| HB 4199 referred 3/18/2009 |
Lahti | Watercraft; other; fine for launching a boat with an aquatic plant attached; provide for. | 3/19/2009 3/26/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 3/26/2009 |
| HB 4215 referred 2/10/2009 |
Miller | State; buildings; requirement for recycling receptacles for beverage containers in state-owned buildings; provide for. | 6/4/2009 | |
| HB 4216 referred 2/10/2009 |
Miller | Environmental protection; recycling; recycling containers for beverage containers; require at state-sponsored events. | 6/4/2009 | |
| HB 4237 referred 2/10/2009 |
Angerer | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of returning nonreturnable containers; enact. | 5/14/2009 | Reported with recommendation as amended 5/14/2009 |
| HB 4277 referred 2/17/2009 |
Byrnes | Environmental protection; solid waste; placement of mercury in landfills or incinerators; prohibit except for under limited circumstances and require labeling of mercury-added products. | 3/26/2009 4/02/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/2/2009 |
| HB 4278 referred 2/17/2009 |
Valentine | Environmental protection; prohibited products; mercury-added products sold in Michigan; revise definition and require labeling of. | 3/26/2009 4/02/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/2/2009 |
| HB 4279 referred 2/17/2009 |
Ebli | Environmental protection; prohibited products; mercury-added novelty or button-cell battery; prohibit sale of. | 3/26/2009 4/2/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 4/2/2009 |
| HB 4280 referred 2/17/2009 |
Ebli | Environmental protection; prohibited products; sale or distribution of elemental mercury; regulate. | 3/26/2009 4/02/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 4/2/2009 |
| HB 4281 referred 2/17/2009 |
Warren | Environmental protection; prohibited products; phasing out of the sale of mercury-added products in the state of Michigan; provide for with a waiver to be granted under certain circumstances. | 3/26/2009 4/2/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/02/2009 |
| HB 4371 referred 2/19/2009 |
Warren | Environmental protection; solid waste; plan contents; revise, and require recycling reports. | ||
| HB 4402 referred 2/24/2009 |
Scripps | Trade; consumer goods and services; certain sales or use of human lice treatments containing lindane; prohibit. | 3/05/2009 3/12/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 3/12/2009 |
| HB 4472 referred 2/26/2009 |
Roberts | Environmental protection; permits; water discharge permits; require inspections. | ||
| HB 4522 referred 3/10/2009 |
Meadows | Environmental protection; toxic substances or products; bisphenol A in children's products; prohibit. | ||
| HB 4542 referred 3/10/2009 |
Pearce | Natural resources; wetlands; permit program; surrender federal delegation. | ||
| HB 4562 referred 3/11/2009 |
Hansen | Environmental protection; water pollution; application of oil field brine to county roads; reduce permit fee. | ||
| HB 4579 referred 3/12/2009 |
Warren | Natural resources; nonnative species; restricted and prohibited species lists; authorize departments of agriculture and natural resources to revise, and make sanctions applicable to additional species. | 3/19/2009 3/26/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 3/26/2009 |
| HB 4677 referred 3/24/2009 |
Warren | Natural resources; other; state park, boating access site, and forest recreation passport fees; provide for distribution of revenue. | 4/01/2009 4/20/2009 5/7/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 5/7/2009 |
| HB 4678 referred 3/24/2009 |
Meekhof | Natural resources; other; state park, boating access site, and forest recreation passport; create. | 4/01/2009 4/30/2009 5/7/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 5/7/2009 |
| HB 4699 referred 3/25/2009 |
Kennedy | Environmental protection; toxic substances or products; manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain products containing decabromodiphenyl ethers (deca-BDEs); prohibit. | 12/10/2009 12/17/2009 1/21/2010 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 1/21/2010 |
| HB 4763 referred 4/2/2009 |
Nerat | Health; children; children's safe products act; create short title and allow for promulgation of rules. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/3009 | Reported out with recommendation on 4/30/2009 |
| HB 4764 referred 4/2/2009 |
Geiss | Health; other; children's safe product act; add definitions. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 4/30/3009 |
| HB 4765 referred 4/2/2009 |
Warren | Health; children; children's safe products act; require department to establish list of chemicals of concern. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 4/30/3009 |
| HB 4766 referred 4/2/2009 |
Segal | Health; children; children's safe products act; require manufacturers and distributors to report certain information. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/30/2009 |
| HB 4767 referred 4/2/2009 |
Haase | Health; children; children's safe products act; allow departments to participate in interstate activities. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 4/30/2009 |
| HB 4768 referred 4/2/2009 |
McDowell | Health; children; children's safe products act; require report to the legislature. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 4/30/2009 |
| HB 4769 referred 4/2/2009 |
Slavens | Health; children; children's safe products act; allow department to initiate enforcement actions upon violation and request attorney general to enjoin the sale of children's products. | 4/22/2009 4/23/2009 4/30/2009 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/30/2009 |
| HB 4898 referred 5/6/2009 |
Stamas | Environmental protection; other; NREPA programs; require peer review or benchmark analysis. | ||
| HB 4902 referred 5/7/2009 |
Agema | Environmental protection; other; stratified random sampling process; establish for inspections under NREPA. | ||
| HB 4903 referred 5/7/2009 |
Agema | Environmental protection; cleanups; clean-up standards; provide for. | ||
| HB 4908 referred 5/12/2009 |
Bolger | Environmental protection; permits; private sector review of certain environmental permits; establish. | ||
| HB 5045 referred 6/4/2009 |
Horn | Civil rights; equal protection; whistleblower protection for communications with elected officials regarding actions of state agencies; provide for. | ||
| HB 5049 referred 6/9/2009 |
Kennedy | Environmental protection; landfills; solid waste transfer facilities; clarify conditions for exemption from construction permit and operating license requirements. | ||
| HB 5055 referred 6/9/2009 |
Bennett | Natural resources; inland lakes; permit conditions for marinas and other mooring structures; provide for. | 9/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 9/10/2009 |
| HB 5081 referred 6/11/2009 |
Tlaib | Environmental protection; litter; littering informants; create reward program for. | ||
| HB 5082 referred 6/11/2009 |
Tlaib | Environmental protection; litter; civil infraction fines; direct portion of to littering informant reward fund. | ||
| HB 5111 referred 6/17/2009 |
Slavens | Natural resources; gas and oil; restrictions on drilling of oil and gas wells in residential areas; provide for. | ||
| HB 5269 referred 8/19/2009 |
Tlaib | Natural resources; mining; blasting standards; establish for certain mining operations. | ||
| HB 5270 referred 8/19/2009 |
Tlaib | Natural resources; mining; false blasting record; establish sentencing guidelines. | ||
| HB 5271 referred 8/19/2009 |
Tlaib | Education; facilities; certain activities to determine and eliminate environmental hazards before building a school or acquiring a site for a school; require. | ||
| HB 5272 referred 8/19/2009 |
Tlaib | Insurance; property and casualty; environmental contamination insurance; require for industrial property and provide for escrow of proceeds. | ||
| HB 5319 referred 9/9/2009 |
Scripps | Natural resources; other; public trust resources; protect. | ||
| HB 5368 referred 9/15/2009 |
Terry Brown | Agriculture; fertilizer; phosphorus fertilizer; restrict use of on turf. | 9/17/2009 11/12/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 11/12/2009 |
| HB 5369 referred 9/15/2009 |
Valentine | Agriculture; fertilizer; use of phosphorus fertilizer; restrict. | 9/17/2009 11/12/2009 | |
| HB 5383 referred 9/17/2009 |
Gonzales | Environmental protection; air pollution; low carbon fuel standards; provide for. | ||
| HB 5463 referred 9/23/2009 |
Scripps | Natural resources; wetlands; program revisions; provide for. | 9/24/2009 9/25/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-3 on 9/25/2009 |
| HB 5558 referred 10/28/2009 |
Scripps | Environmental protection; landfills; solid waste; establish disposal charge. | 10/29/2009 | Reported with recommendation with amendments on 10.29/2009 |
| HB 5559 referred 10/28/2009 |
Roberts | Environmental protection; funding; surcharge on solid waste entering landfills; earmark. | 10/29/2009 11/12/2009 | |
| HB 5580 referred 11/10/2009 |
Warren | Advertising; billboards; moratorium on construction of new digital billboards, and conversion of existing billboards to digital; establish. | ||
| HB 5640 referred 12/2/2009 |
Warren | Energy; alternative sources; financing by loans from local units of government; authorize and provide for issuance of bonds. | ||
| HB 5664 referred 12/8/2009 |
Sheltrown | Natural resources; Great Lakes; expedited process to obtain a temporary use permit for structures located on the Great Lakes bottomlands; provide for. | ||
| HB 5706 referred 12/16/2009 |
Warren | Environmental protection; pollution prevention; use and sale of coal tar-based sealant products; prohibit. | ||
| HB 5751 referred 1/19/2010 |
Donigan | Environmental protection; water pollution; incentives for development of green infrastructure relating to storm water management systems; provide for. | ||
| HB 5752 referred 1/19/2010 |
Meekhof | Natural resources; other; state park, boating access site, and forest recreation passport; create. | 1/21/2010 | Reported with recommendation on 1/21/2010 |
| SB 13 referred 6/17/2009 |
Hardiman | Administrative procedure; rules; state office of administrative hearings and rules; require policy posting of revisions and assessment of impact on the rules in the private sector. | ||
| SB 34 referred 11/4/2009 |
Richardville | Natural resources; funding; waterways account; provide for allowable expenditures. | ||
| SB 194 referred 5/7/2009 |
Richardville | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of returning nonreturnable containers; enact. | ||
| SB 280 referred 3/25/2009 |
Van Woerkom | Natural resources; nonnative species; restricted and prohibited species lists; revise. | 5/14/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 5/14/2009 |
| SB 388 referred 11/12/2009 |
Birkholz | Natural resources; other; state park permit fees; extend sunset. | 12/03/09 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 12/03/09 |
| SB 389 referred 11/12/2009 |
Basham | Natural resources; other; state park, boating access site, and forest recreation passport; create. | 12/03/09 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 12/03/09 |
| SB 431 referred 6/17/2009 |
Kuipers | Administrative procedure; rules; cost benefit analysis regarding departmental rule change; require as part of the request for rule-making and limit scope of certain rules. | ||
| SB 434 referred 6/17/2009 |
Gilbert | Administrative procedure; rules; use of certain orders, bulletins, and guidelines; establish limit and provide for regulatory flexibility for small businesses. | ||
| SB 435 referred 6/17/2009 |
Pappageorge | Administrative procedure; rules; review of existing and new rules; provide for on a periodic basis. | ||
| SB 436 referred 6/18/2009 |
Gilbert | Environmental protection; permits; private sector review of certain environmental permits; establish. | ||
| SB 438 referred 6/17/2009 |
Richardville | Environmental protection; other; stratified random sampling process; establish for inspections under NREPA. | ||
| SB 439 referred 6/17/2009 |
Kahn | Environmental protection; other; NREPA programs; require peer review or benchmark analysis. | ||
| SB 589 referred 9/9/2009 |
Kahn | Highways; signs; existing sign structures; allow interim permits. | ||
| SB 785 referred 9/24/2009 |
Birkholz | Natural resources; wetlands; state wetland program; revise. | 9/24/2009 9/25/2009 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 9/25/2009 |
| SB 904 referred 12/10/2009 |
Garcia | Environmental protection; other; designation of a school as a "green school"; revise criteria. | ||
| HJR MM referred 10/28/2009 |
Kennedy | Environmental protection; funding; surcharge on solid waste disposal; designate uses of funds. | 10/29/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 10/29/2009 |
| HR 31 referred 2/25/2009 |
Liss | A resolution to encourage the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Public Service Commission to promote Project Safe Passage. | 3/05/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 3/05/2009 |
| HR 46 referred 3/12/2009 |
Warren | A resolution to encourage the citizens of the state of Michigan to participation in Earth Hour 2009. | 3/19/2009 3/26/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 3/26/2009 |
| HR 74 referred 4/22/2009 |
Warren | A resolution to memorialize Congress to rewrite the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). | 4/23/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 4/23/3009 |
| HR 125 referred 7/15/2009 |
Bennett | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to appropriate $475 million for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. | 9/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation 9/10/2009 |
| HR 126 referred 7/15/2009 |
Warren | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to enact the American Clean Energy and Security Act. | 9/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation 9/10/2009 |
| HR 151 referred 9/9/2009 |
Mayes | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to increase funding available for beach water quality monitoring. | ||
| HR 174 referred 10/22/2009 |
Miller | A resolution to urge the Dow Chemical Company to clean up environmental contamination at the now defunct chemical plant in Bhopal, India. | ||
| HR 186 referred 12/2/2009 |
Elsenheimer | A resolution to urge the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take immediate actions to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and to develop long-term strategies to address this problem. | 12/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 12/10/2009 |
| HR 189 referred 12/9/2009 |
McMillin | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to investigate the integrity of climate change science and require greater public transparency in this research. | ||
| HCR 18 referred 4/23/2009 |
Kurtz | A concurrent resolution to urge Congress to enact a waiver or exclusion for youth motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and snowmobiles from the lead requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and to encourage the Consumer Product Safety Commission to exclude those products under their regulatory authority. | ||
| HCR 28 referred 9/9/2009 |
Warren | A concurrent resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to appropriate $475 million for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. | 9/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation 9/10/2009 |
| HCR 33 referred 12/2/2009 |
Warren | A concurrent resolution to urge immediate actions to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and the development of long-term strategies to address this problem. | 12/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 12/10/2009 |
| HCR 38 referred 1/14/2010 |
Schuitmaker | A concurrent resolution to urge the Obama administration to reconsider its opposition to Michigan's lawsuit that would prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. | ||
| SCR 10 referred 3/31/2009 |
Brown | A concurrent resolution to urge Congress to enact a waiver or exclusion for youth motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles from the lead requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and to encourage the Consumer Product Safety Commission to exclude those products under their regulatory authority. | ||
| SCR 28 referred 12/3/2009 |
Birkholz | A concurrent resolution to urge the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take immediate actions to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and to develop long-term strategies to address this problem. | 12/10/2009 | Reported with recommendation on 12/10/2009 |