SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
| 2015-2016 Session |
Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Status |
| HB 4604 Referred 9/24/2015 |
Brett Roberts | Natural resources; soil and erosion; soil erosion and sedimentation permit process; provide exemption for certain agricultural practices. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 12/9/2015 |
| HB 5395 Referred 3/17/2016 |
Johnson | Environmental protection; sewage; grant program for sewage collection and treatment systems; expand options for certain systems at risk of failure. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 4/20/2016 |
| HB 5599 Referred 6/7/2016 |
LaFontaine | Environmental protection; underground storage tanks; cleanups and financial responsibility; modify requirements. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 11/30/2016 |
| HB 5702 Referred 12/1/2016 2:43:00 PM |
Bumstead | Natural resources; wildlife; issuance of permits to prevent or control damage, disease, or nuisance caused by animals; provide for. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/8/2016 |
| SB 0014 Referred 1/20/2015 |
Pavlov | Environmental protection; radioactive waste; storage of certain radioactive waste in Michigan; prohibit, and require study of impacts of repository located anywhere near great lakes shoreline. | |
| SB 0016 Referred 1/20/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; funding; Michigan natural resources trust fund; modify allowable expenditures. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Natural Resources on 3/2/2016 |
| SB 0039 Referred 1/27/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; land acquisition; caps on DNR land purchases; suspend if legislature has approved most recent 5-year strategic plan update and payments in lieu of taxes have been made. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 9/21/2016 |
| SB 0040 Referred 1/27/2015 |
Booher | Natural resources; funding; land exchange facilitation fund; authorize to be used for certain taxes and assessments on state land. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 9/21/2016 |
| SB 0078 Referred 2/4/2015 |
Young | Environmental protection; pollution prevention; containment of petroleum coke piles; require. | |
| SB 0104 Referred 2/12/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; nonnative species; local ordinances for prevention or treatment of aquatic invasive species; authorize adoption of. | |
| SB 0185 Referred 3/5/2015 |
MacGregor | Environmental protection; water pollution; disposal of water-softening residuals through certain permitted facilities; authorize. | |
| SB 0192 Referred 3/10/2015 |
Pavlov | Natural resources; mining; inland lakes and streams permit requirement; exempt certain mining operations. | |
| SB 0193 Referred 3/10/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; mining; inland lakes and streams permit; modify requirements for renewal of certain mining operations. | |
| SB 0199 Referred 3/12/2015 |
Warren | Trade; containers; beverages and beverage containers subject to bottle deposit; expand. | |
| SB 0206 Referred 3/12/2015 |
Booher | Natural resources; funding; Michigan natural resources trust fund; clarify criteria for eligible expenditures. | |
| SB 0217 Referred 3/18/2015 |
Booher | Property tax; classification; reference to qualified forest in qualified agriculture definition; remove. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 4/15/2015 |
| SB 0277 Referred 4/16/2015 |
Hopgood | Environmental protection; landfills; disposal of certain radioactive waste in landfills; regulate. | |
| SB 0301 Referred 4/28/2015 |
Warren | Environmental protection; recycling; consumer electronic waste; expand to include cellular telephones and tablet computers. | |
| SB 0348 Referred 5/21/2015 |
Ananich | Environmental protection; landfills; mining, including reclamation activities, in landfills; prohibit. | |
| SB 0363 Referred 6/3/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; Great Lakes; payment for occupying waters or bottomlands; reduce, or waive in certain circumstances. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 10/21/2015 |
| SB 0371 Referred 6/4/2015 |
Bieda | Natural resources; wildlife; ivory, ivory product, rhinoceros horn, or rhinoceros horn product; prohibit importation, sale, purchase, barter, or possession with intent to sell. | |
| SB 0400 Referred 6/16/2015 |
Schmidt | Environmental protection; hazardous waste; liquid industrial waste programs; modify. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 10/7/2015 |
| SB 0401 Referred 6/16/2015 |
Stamas | Environmental protection; hazardous waste; references to liquid industrial waste; change to liquid industrial by-product in hazardous materials transportation act. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 10/7/2015 |
| SB 0402 Referred 6/16/2015 |
Schuitmaker | Environmental protection; hazardous waste; false statement concerning liquid industrial by-product; modify description affected document. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 10/7/2015 |
| SB 0439 Referred 9/9/2015 |
Nofs | Environmental protection; air pollution; state greenhouse gas plan; require submission to legislature a specified period before submission to federal government. | |
| SB 0465 Referred 9/9/2015 |
Shirkey | Environmental protection; air pollution; greenhouse gas plan; require the department of environmental quality to submit to legislature and provide for legislative disapproval. | |
| SB 0507 Referred 9/24/2015 |
Green | Environmental protection; recycling; registration and reporting requirements; establish for recyclers of material from residential and commercial waste. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/2/2015 |
| SB 0591 Referred 10/29/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; mining; small native copper mining operations; establish separate regulatory program for. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/2/2015 |
| SB 0651 Referred 12/9/2015 |
Booher | Taxation; specific tax; transitional qualified forest property specific tax for properties previously enrolled in commercial forest program; create, and provide for transition into the qualified forest program. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 2/3/2016 |
| SB 0652 Referred 12/9/2015 |
Booher | Property tax; exemptions; exemption for transitional qualified forest property; create. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 2/3/2016 |
| SB 0653 Referred 12/9/2015 |
Casperson | Natural resources; forests; withdrawal of properties enrolled in commercial forest program; permit without penalty for transitional qualified forest property. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 2/3/2016 |
| SB 0669 Referred 12/15/2015 |
Green | Environmental protection; other; noise control; establish. | |
| SB 0717 Referred 1/21/2016 |
Casperson | Environmental protection; cleanups; underground storage tanks; provide for alternative mechanisms to protect against exposure to environmental contamination. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 3/16/2016 |
| SB 0903 Referred 4/20/2016 |
Casperson | Natural resources; gas and oil; process for approval of unit operations; modify. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/11/2016 |
| SB 0916 Referred 4/26/2016 |
O'Brien | Environmental protection; other; designation of "green" colleges and universities; provide for based on environmental sustainability criteria. | |
| SB 0922 Referred 4/28/2016 |
Emmons | Environmental protection; recycling; electronic waste; revise manufacturer, recycler, and collector program and reporting requirements. | |
| SB 0950 Referred 5/4/2016 |
Stamas | Water; quality; provision of alternative water supplies under certain circumstances when department of health and human services issues a drinking water advisory; require. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 10/19/2016 |
| SB 1051 Referred 9/12/2016 4:20:52 PM |
Green | Environmental protection; underground storage tanks; tank fee; eliminate. | DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED on 9/21/2016 |
| SB 1079 Referred 9/20/2016 12:05:01 PM |
Pavlov | Environmental protection; solid waste; total authorized term for research, development, and demonstration project permit; increase. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 10/19/2016 |
| SB 1093 Referred 9/21/2016 1:40:35 PM |
Kowall | Natural resources; nonnative species; permitted species list; extend period for development. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 11/30/2016 |
| SB 1126 Referred 10/20/2016 3:36:52 PM |
Casperson | Natural resources; Great Lakes; property owners receiving fee for payment for breakwater occupying waters or bottomlands; revise. | |
| SB 1181 Referred 11/29/2016 12:15:24 PM |
Ananich | Environmental protection; other; environmental justice concerns; provide for. | |
| SCR 0011 Referred 4/28/2015 |
Warren | A concurrent resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to restore Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to $300 million for fiscal year 2016. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/16/2015 |
| SCR 0013 Referred 5/13/2015 |
Shirkey | A concurrent resolution to memorialize the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to abandon the promulgation of currently proposed carbon emission reduction regulations that would lead to an unnecessary and drastic increase in the cost of electricity for the people of the state of Michigan. | |
| SCR 0014 Referred 5/15/2015 |
Pavlov | A concurrent resolution to oppose the United States Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to study or commission a study that could lead to regulations on grills and barbecues. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/16/2015 |
| SCR 0017 Referred 10/21/2015 |
Warren | A concurrent resolution to urge the Governor to reject the request by the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, to divert water from the Great Lakes. | |
| SCR 0021 Referred 12/8/2015 |
Schmidt | A concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of consumer products containing plastic microbeads. | |
| SJR C Referred 1/20/2015 |
Casperson | Constitutional amendments; state; Michigan natural resources trust fund; modify allowable expenditures. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Natural Resources on 3/2/2016 |
| SR 0007 Referred 1/27/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to support scientifically-based state management of gray wolves and to call for legislative action by the U.S. Congress and an appeal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in an effort to remove the Western Great Lakes gray wolf population from the endangered and threatened species list. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 1/28/2015 |
| SR 0012 Referred 2/12/2015 |
Proos | A resolution to support the recommendations of the Chicago Area Waterway System Advisory Committee to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 1/22/2016 |
| SR 0022 Referred 3/12/2015 |
Schmidt | A resolution to encourage the Chicago Area Waterway System Advisory Committee to fully consider all options to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp and to move as quickly as possible to determine the best long-term solution. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 4/15/2015 |
| SR 0023 Referred 3/12/2015 |
Pavlov | A resolution to call on the Obama Administration and the Congress of the United States to direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fully support efforts to determine the best long-term solution for preventing Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and to move decisively to implement a solution. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 4/15/2015 |
| SR 0025 Referred 3/19/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to pass legislation that authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to implement measures at the Brandon Road lock and dam to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 4/15/2015 |
| SR 0027 Referred 3/24/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution designating September 6, 2015, as Michigan Mining Day. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/26/2015 |
| SR 0028 Referred 3/24/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to express support for the renewed growth of mining in Michigan. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/26/2015 |
| SR 0042 Referred 4/28/2015 |
Warren | A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to restore Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to $300 million for fiscal year 2016. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/16/2015 |
| SR 0053 Referred 5/13/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to memorialize the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to abandon the promulgation of currently proposed carbon emission reduction regulations that would lead to an unnecessary and drastic increase in the cost of electricity for the people of the state of Michigan. | |
| SR 0056 Referred 5/15/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to oppose the United States Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to study or commission a study that could lead to regulations on grills and barbecues. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/16/2015 |
| SR 0057 Referred 5/19/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to call on the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Michigan State Waterways Commission to promptly review and provide assistance to repair damage and prevent future flooding along Lakeshore Boulevard in Marquette, Michigan. | |
| SR 0064 Referred 5/27/2015 |
Hopgood | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to do all it can to oppose the construction of an underground nuclear waste repository in Ontario, Canada, and to urge Canadian officials to find alternatives to Ontario Power Generation’s proposal to bury nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. | |
| SR 0079 Referred 7/1/2015 |
Casperson | A resolution to encourage the United States Forest Service to issue the owners of privately held hunting camps on leased acres within the Ottawa National Forest special use authorization under the Recreation Residence Program. | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 9/16/2015 |
| SR 0107 Referred 10/21/2015 |
Warren | A resolution to urge the Governor to reject the request by the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, to divert water from the Great Lakes. | DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED on 5/26/2016 |
| SR 0120 Referred 12/3/2015 |
Bieda | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that prohibits the sale of cleaning products and personal care products containing plastic microbeads. | |
| SR 0123 Referred 12/9/2015 |
Pavlov | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of consumer products containing plastic microbeads. | |
| SR 0173 Referred 5/11/2016 |
Proos | A resolution to oppose the requested diversion of water from Lake Michigan by the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin. | DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED on 5/26/2016 |