2024 House Bill 5916

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain excess discharges into waters of the state; modify.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 13c of chapter XVII (MCL 777.13c), as amended by 2015 PA 226.

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House Bills 5916 and 5918 amends environmental protection laws to enforce stricter notification and penalty measures for waste discharges into watersheds, establishing a fund to support affected counties through collected fines.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 11, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Jay DeBoyer (R-63) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Jaime Greene (R-65), Joseph Aragona (R-60), David Martin (R-68) and Doug Wozniak (R-59)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations