| 2011-2012 Session | House Committee on Energy and Technology | |||
| Friday, December 21, 2012 | ||||
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Meetings | Status |
| HB 4107 referred 1/18/2011 |
Pettalia | Energy; other; coal generation plant permit applications to be acted upon within 6 months or be automatically approved; establish. | ||
| HB 4235 referred 2/10/2011 |
Brown | Environmental protection; air pollution; impact study on a Michigan low-carbon fuel standard; provide for. | ||
| HB 4265 referred 2/16/2011 |
Opsommer | Environmental protection; landfills; yard waste ban waiver; provide for facilities with methane capture. | 2/22/2011 3/01/2011 3/6/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-3 on 3/6/2012 |
| HB 4266 referred 2/16/2011 |
Horn | Environmental protection; landfills; yard waste ban waiver; provide for facilities with methane capture. | 2/22/2011 3/02/2011 3/06/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 3/06/2012 |
| HB 4314 referred 2/22/2011 |
Horn | Communications; telecommunications; certain Michigan telecommunications act provisions; modify. | 3/01/2011 3/08/11 3/22/2011 4/12/2011 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 4/12/2011 |
| HB 4398 referred 3/9/2011 |
Geiss | Environmental protection; hazardous waste; aboveground gasoline and diesel storage tanks; require remediation and removal after 3 years of dormancy. | ||
| HB 4399 referred 3/9/2011 |
Geiss | Environmental protection; air pollution; geological carbon sequestration; authorize. | ||
| HB 4400 referred 3/9/2011 |
Geiss | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for false statement regarding carbon sequestration; enact. | ||
| HB 4401 referred 3/9/2011 |
Geiss | Environmental protection; air pollution; geological carbon sequestration; regulate. | ||
| HB 4499 referred 3/24/2011 |
Franz | Natural resources; Great Lakes; off-shore wind development; prohibit. | ||
| HB 4683 referred 5/25/2011 |
Opsommer | Communications; telecommunications; requirement for installation of equipment and software to provide specific location information of a 9-1-1 call; modify. | 6/14/2011 6/21/2011 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 6/21/2011. |
| HB 4687 referred 5/31/2011 |
Meadows | Public utilities; other; exempting certain entities from 10% customer choice cap; provide for. | ||
| HB 4815 referred 6/23/2011 |
McMillin | Environmental protection; prohibited products; incandescent lightbulb manufactured in Michigan; provide for labeling of. | 9/13/2011 9/27/2011 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 9/27/2011 |
| HB 4823 referred 6/28/2011 |
LeBlanc | Trade; antitrust; gasoline without ethanol for use in watercraft; require that certain wholesalers and fuel terminals make available to marinas. | ||
| HB 5008 referred 9/27/2011 |
Lipton | Public utilities; public service commission; low-income and energy efficiency fund; create. | ||
| HB 5149 referred 11/3/2011 |
Irwin | Natural resources; gas and oil; exemptions of oil and gas operations; eliminate from water withdrawal statute. | ||
| HB 5150 referred 11/3/2011 |
Dillon | Natural resources; gas and oil; hydraulic fracturing; prohibit under certain circumstances. | ||
| HB 5151 referred 11/3/2011 |
Meadows | Natural resources; gas and oil; hydraulic fracturing; provide for study and funding of the study. | ||
| HB 5190 referred 11/30/2011 |
Horn | Public utilities; rates; collection for low-income and energy efficiency fund; eliminate. | 12/6/2011 | Reported out with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 12/6/2011 |
| HB 5342 referred 2/2/2012 |
Haines | Communications; other; authorized use of Michigan public safety communications system; expand. | 2/07/2012 2/21/2012 5/08/2012 | |
| HB 5411 referred 2/16/2012 |
McMillin | Public utilities; consumer services; electric utilities' use of advanced meters; provide for certain requirements and prohibitions. | ||
| HB 5439 referred 2/28/2012 |
Opsommer | Energy; electricity; use of advanced meters; regulate. | ||
| HB 5447 referred 2/29/2012 |
Franz | Energy; alternative sources; renewable energy and energy optimization standards; repeal. | ||
| HB 5468 referred 3/13/2012 |
Nesbitt | Communications; telecommunications; collection of 9-1-1 surcharge on prepaid wireless communication devices; modify. | 3/20/2012 5/01/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 5/01/2012 |
| HB 5469 referred 3/13/2012 |
McMillin | Transportation; other; labeling percentage of ethanol in gasoline; require. | ||
| HB 5503 referred 3/21/2012 |
Shirkey | Public utilities; electric utilities; cap on electric choice; modify. | ||
| HB 5523 referred 3/29/2012 |
Nesbitt | Civil rights; privacy; access information for social networking account of employees and students; prohibit employers and education institutions from requiring disclosure. | 5/29/2012 6/05/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-3 on 6/5/2012 |
| HB 5561 referred 4/24/2012 |
LeBlanc | Communications; telecommunications; annual audit of PSAPs and secondary PSAPs; require. | ||
| HB 5565 referred 4/24/2012 |
Brown | Natural resources; gas and oil; hydraulic fracturing treatments; require authorization from the department of environmental quality. | ||
| HB 5586 referred 5/1/2012 |
Franz | Energy; conservation; energy optimization standards; allow providers under certain size to opt out. | ||
| HB 5623 referred 5/10/2012 |
Opsommer | Civil rights; privacy; information for accessing social networking account; prohibit employers from requiring disclosure. | ||
| HB 5727 referred 6/6/2012 |
Haveman | State financing and management; purchasing; energy-based performance contracting for governmental energy use; require. | 9/11/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 9/11/2012 |
| HB 5733 referred 6/13/2012 |
Horn | Public utilities; electric utilities; electric customers' ability to choose an alternative electric supplier; modify. | ||
| HB 5745 referred 6/14/2012 |
Olumba | Public utilities; rates; jurisdiction over rates for certain municipally owned water and sewer systems; grant to public service commission. | ||
| HB 5746 referred 6/14/2012 |
Olumba | Public utilities; water utilities; jurisdiction over rates for certain municipally owned water and sewer systems; grant to public service commission. | ||
| HB 5760 referred 6/14/2012 |
Olumba | Energy; alternative sources; renewable portfolio standard; increase to 30% by 2025. | ||
| HB 5880 referred 9/11/2012 |
Opsommer | Public utilities; consumer services; provision regarding customer reporting of meter reading for energy usage; modify. | ||
| HB 5889 referred 9/12/2012 |
Price | Public utilities; electric utilities; electric utilities applying for a financing order to finance all new water and pollution control facilities required by any environmental protection agency rule or regulation; require. | ||
| HB 5952 referred 9/27/2012 |
Nesbitt | Communications; telecommunications; 9-1-1 surcharge on prepaid wireless communication devices; modify remittance process. | 11/08/2012 | Reported with recommendation on 11/08/2012 |
| HB 5974 referred 10/17/2012 |
McMillin | Public utilities; electric utilities; option for utility customer to enroll with an alternative energy provider; allow for without restrictions. | ||
| HB 6045 referred 11/28/2012 |
Ananich | Energy; conservation; energy efficiency and renewable energy; create grant and loan program for. | ||
| HB 6083 referred 12/6/2012 |
Nesbitt | Taxation; severance; tax on production of oil and gas produced by enhanced recovery projects; reduce. | ||
| SB 499 referred 2/1/2012 |
Casperson | Recreation; trails; rail trails; authorize installation of telecommunication facilities under certain circumstances. | 2/14/2012 2/21/2012 3/06/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 3/06/3012 |
| SB 763 referred 6/7/2012 |
Jansen | Counties; boards and commissions; powers of a county department of public works; expand to include acquiring or establishing renewable energy systems. | 11/27/2012 | |
| SB 864 referred 12/7/2011 |
Walker | Public utilities; public service commission; vulnerable household warmth fund; create and authorize the payment of certain individual's heating bills. | Discharged from Committee 12/14/2011 | |
| SB 1064 referred 4/24/2012 |
Kowall | Land use; zoning and growth management; wireless communications equipment; regulate special land use approval. | 5/01/2012 | Reported with recommendation on 5/01/2012 |
| SB 1083 referred 11/29/2012 |
Nofs | Public utilities; consumer services; underground facility damage prevention and safety act; create. | ||
| SB 1084 referred 11/29/2012 |
Nofs | Torts; governmental immunity; underground facility damage prevention; define as proprietary function. | ||
| SB 1134 referred 5/31/2012 |
Nofs | Public utilities; other; creation and funding of the low-income energy assistance fund; provide for. | ||
| SB 1135 referred 5/31/2012 |
Caswell | Human services; services or financial assistance; program to provide energy assistance for low-income households; create. | 11/27/2012 12/12/2012 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-3 on 12/12/2012 |
| SB 1291 referred 9/27/2012 |
Hildenbrand | Occupations; alarm systems; regulation of internet protocol-enabled security, monitoring, and control services providers; provide for. | 11/08/2012 11/27/2012 12/04/12 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-4 on 12/4/2012 |
| SB 1292 referred 9/27/2012 |
Hildenbrand | Occupations; alarm systems; wireless security, monitoring, and control services providers; exclude from private security business and security alarm act. | 11/08/2012 11/27/2012 12/04/12 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-2 on 12/4/2012 |
| HR 19 referred 2/9/2011 |
Nesbitt | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to take immediate steps to impose a moratorium on greenhouse gas, air quality, and other regulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency. | 2/15/2011 2/22/2011 | Reported with recommendation on 2/22/2011 |
| HR 34 referred 2/24/2011 |
Darany | A resolution to urge the President and Congress of the United States to maintain federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. | ||
| HR 40 referred 3/2/2011 |
Brown | A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to safeguard the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Air Act to fight harmful emissions as directed by the United States Supreme Court and to protect American citizens from the damaging health effects of pollution. | ||
| HR 45 referred 3/15/2011 |
Price | A resolution to urge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a rehearing and modify its December 16, 2010 order approving the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's cost allocation proposal to socialize transmissions costs. | ||
| HR 83 referred 5/11/2011 |
Damrow | A resolution to memorialize Congress and the President to pursue all measures to provide relief from escalating gasoline prices, including increasing domestic oil drilling. | ||
| HR 87 referred 5/12/2011 |
LaFontaine | A resolution to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to allow proven bioreactor technologies, which can use liquid wastes to enhance methane generation at active and closed landfills, to move from Research, Development and Demonstration Project status to designation as full-scale permitted operations to support waste-to-energy facilities. | ||
| HR 124 referred 9/8/2011 |
Barnett | A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact legislation, S. 911, to unite our nation with a single, interoperable public safety network in order to protect the public and the lives of our first responders. | ||
| HR 134 referred 9/27/2011 |
Nesbitt | A resolution to urge the Governor to expedite Michigan's withdrawal from the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. | ||
| HR 136 referred 9/28/2011 |
Nesbitt | A resolution to memorialize the President and the United States Congress to support the continued and increased importation of oil derived from Canadian oil sands and to urge the United States Secretary of State to approve the TransCanada Keystone Coast Expansion pipeline project. | 10/11/11 | Reported out 10/11/11 |
| HR 218 referred 3/22/2012 |
Shaughnessy | A resolution to memorialize Congress to fund the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University to its full scheduled appropriation level. | 4/17/2012 | Reported with recommendation on 4/17/2012 |
| HR 297 referred 7/18/2012 |
Smiley | A resolution to urge the Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Attorney General to work with the appropriate federal authorities and employ all available resources to investigate alleged price fixing and collusion among natural gas developers, and vigorously pursue damages to which the State of Michigan and impacted citizens are entitled. | ||
| HR 302 referred 7/18/2012 |
Segal | A resolution to urge the Governor to formulate a comprehensive plan for improved pipeline oversight in Michigan. | ||
| HR 330 referred 11/28/2012 |
Horn | A resolution to declare December 6, 2012, as Utility Workers Safety Awareness Day in the state of Michigan. | 12/04/2012 | Reported with recommendation on 12/04/2012 |
| HCR 4 referred 2/10/2011 |
Nesbitt | A concurrent resolution to urge the United States Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do everything necessary to allow the Yucca Mountain repository to begin accepting high-level nuclear waste. | 2/15/2011 2/22/2011 | Reported with recommendation on 2/22/2011 |
| HCR 9 referred 3/15/2011 |
Price | A concurrent resolution to urge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a rehearing and modify its December 16, 2010 order approving the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's cost allocation proposal to share transmission costs. | 5/3/2011 | Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-1 on 5/3/2011 |
| HCR 48 referred 2/2/2012 |
McMillin | A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress not to enact the Stop Online Piracy Act or the Protect Intellectual Property Act. | ||
| HCR 51 referred 3/22/2012 |
Bauer | A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to fund the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University to its full scheduled appropriation level. | 4/17/2012 | Reported with recommendation on 4/17/2012 |
| HCR 58 referred 7/18/2012 |
Slavens | A concurrent resolution to urge the Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Attorney General to work with the appropriate federal authorities and employ all available resources to investigate alleged price fixing and collusion among natural gas developers, and vigorously pursue damages to which the State of Michigan and impacted citizens are entitled. | ||
| HCR 59 referred 7/18/2012 |
Segal | A concurrent resolution to urge the Governor to formulate a comprehensive plan for improved pipeline oversight in Michigan. | ||
| HCR 61 referred 9/19/2012 |
Kowall | A concurrent resolution to urge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny Trunkline Gas Company's proposal to abandon a vitally important natural gas pipeline in Michigan. | 11/08/2012 | |
| SCR 6 referred 3/1/2011 |
Green | A concurrent resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to take immediate steps to impose a moratorium on greenhouse gas, air quality, and other regulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency. | 5/17/2011 | Reported with recommendation 5/17/2011 |
| SCR 7 referred 2/24/2011 |
Proos | A concurrent resolution to urge the United States Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to fulfill their obligation to establish a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste. | 5/17/2011 | Reported with recommendation on 5/17/2011 |
| SCR 28 referred 3/22/2012 |
Jones | A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to fund the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University to its full scheduled appropriation level. | 4/17/2012 | Reported with recommendaiton on 4/17/2012 |