2019 Senate Bill 137 / Public Act 57

Appropriations: Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 28, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Jon Bumstead (R-34)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (formerly the Department of Environmental Quality). This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 7, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 15, 2019

Amendment offered by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-13)

To add $12.5 million for public and private lead service line replacement, and support of local education efforts.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-11)

To add $2 million to assist Southfield residents with failing septic systems to get onto a city sewer system.

The amendment failed 16 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2019. This would appropriate $598.2 million in gross spending. Of this, $160.9 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

May 15, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 19, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Passed in the House 57 to 52 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate as just a "shell" or "placeholder" budget with no actual appropriations. This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the Senate

June 20, 2019

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

Sept. 24, 2019

Received

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy budget. This would appropriate $616.1 million, of which $120 million is new money for "drinking water protection and innovation initiatives," and $175.2 million is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 108 to 1 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 29, 2019

Received in the Senate

Oct. 2, 2019