2005 Senate Bill 850

Senate Roll Call 677: The amendment was not adopted

To also tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 850, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 850 would repeal the riparian water use doctrine of Michigan law, which establishes that a property owner has a property right to the use of groundwater drawn from beneath his or her land, as long as this does not interfere with another person’s use of groundwater.

16 Yeas / 19 Nays
Republican (2 Yeas / 19 Nays)
Democrat (14 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (3)