2023 House Bill 4826 / 2024 Public Act 9

Environmental protection: other; environmental rules review committee; eliminate.

An act to amend 1969 PA 306, entitled “An act to provide for the effect, processing, promulgation, publication, and inspection of state agency rules, determinations, and other matters; to provide for the printing, publishing, and distribution of certain publications; to provide for state agency administrative procedures and contested cases and appeals from contested cases in licensing and other matters; to create and establish certain committees and offices; to provide for declaratory judgments as to rules; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending sections 33, 39a, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, and 48 (MCL 24.233, 24.239a, 24.241, 24.242, 24.243, 24.244, 24.247, and 24.248), as amended by 2018 PA 267; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Repeals the Environmental Rules Review Committee.

Introduced in the House

June 15, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Sharon MacDonell (D-56) and 13 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Noah Arbit (D-20), Rachel Hood (D-81), Carol Glanville (D-84), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Natalie Price (D-5), Brenda Carter (D-53), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Jason Morgan (D-23) and Erin Byrnes (D-15)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation

Oct. 26, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 9, 2023

Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 9, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture

Feb. 1, 2024

Reported from the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Feb. 6, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Feb. 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

Feb. 20, 2024

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Webber (R-9)

1. Amend page 9, following line 26, by inserting:

“Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4824.

(b) House Bill No. 4825.

Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution C of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 20 to 17 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Feb. 27, 2024