SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
| 2011-2012 Session |
Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Status |
| SB 27 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Hansen | Agriculture; animals; transfer of regulatory responsibility from department of natural resources and environment to department of agriculture; provide for. | 5/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 46 Referred 1/20/2011 |
Meekhof | Land use; zoning and growth management; production of ethanol on farms; authorize. | 3/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-7 |
| SB 72 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Anderson | Environmental protection; water pollution; CAFOs; require licensing of animal waste handlers and use of manifests. | |
| SB 122 Referred 2/9/2011 |
Hune | Environmental protection; groundwater contamination; incentives for verification under the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program (MAEAP); provide for. | 2/15/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 123 Referred 2/9/2011 |
Hune | Environmental protection; groundwater contamination; Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program (MAEAP); codify. | 2/15/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4212 Referred 2/23/2011 |
Daley | Environmental protection; groundwater contamination; Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program (MAEAP); codify. | 2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4213 Referred 2/23/2011 |
Outman | Environmental protection; groundwater contamination; incentives for verification under the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program (MAEAP); provide for. | |
| SB 144 Referred 2/15/2011 |
Green | State financing and management; funds; Michigan strategic fund 21st century investments; clarify certain definitions. | 3/1/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SCR 10 Referred 2/24/2011 |
Moolenaar | A concurrent resolution to approve a certain designated open space land application for property in Midland County. | 6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 208 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Hune | Agriculture; animals; cap on indemnification for disease eradication; eliminate. |
6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 11/9/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Agriculture |
| SB 209 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Hune | Animals; other; facilities accredited by the zoological association of America; exempt from wolf-dog cross act. | |
| SB 210 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Hune | Animals; other; facilities accredited by the zoological association of America; exempt from large carnivore act. | 7/13/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 307 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for sporting swine marketing act violations; enact. |
6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 1/17/2012-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Agriculture |
| SB 308 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Agriculture; animals; ability of registrant under privately owned cervidae producers marketing act to operate sporting swine estate; provide for. |
6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 11/9/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Agriculture |
| SB 309 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Agriculture; animals; certain sporting swine; exclude from regulation as game. |
6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 11/9/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Agriculture |
| SB 310 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Agriculture; animals; sporting swine livestock operations; regulate. |
6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 11/9/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Agriculture |
| HB 4503 Referred 7/13/2011 |
McBroom | Agriculture; animals; sporting swine livestock operations; regulate. | |
| HB 4504 Referred 7/13/2011 |
Tyler | Agriculture; animals; certain sporting swine; exclude from regulation as game. | |
| HB 4505 Referred 7/13/2011 |
Tyler | Agriculture; animals; ability of registrant under privately owned cervidae producers marketing act to operate sporting swine estate; provide for. | |
| HB 4506 Referred 7/13/2011 |
McBroom | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for sporting swine marketing act violations; enact. | |
| SB 330 Referred 4/14/2011 |
Hune | Food; cottage food operation; maximum sales exempted from licensing; increase. | |
| HB 4567 Referred 6/28/2011 |
Somerville | Agriculture; animals; equidae; provide for testing for equine infectious anemia. | 6/30/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| HB 4663 Referred 11/2/2011 |
Glardon | Agriculture; other; registration of farm names; repeal. | 3/13/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4666 Referred 6/15/2011 |
LaFontaine | Land use; farmland and open space; expiration or relinquishment of development rights agreement; modify lien payment. | 6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4699 Referred 7/13/2011 |
McBroom | Agriculture; animals; indemnity for sporting swine at sporting swine livestock operations; prohibit. | |
| SB 423 Referred 6/9/2011 |
Jones | Animals; other; methods of use for euthanizing animals; clarify. | |
| SB 424 Referred 6/9/2011 |
Bieda | Animals; other; euthanizing dogs and cats by class B dealers registered with the department of agriculture; require use of certain commercially prepared solution. | |
| SB 433 Referred 6/14/2011 |
Hune | Gaming; horse racing; Michigan agriculture equine industry development fund; provide for payment of breeders' awards to Michigan-bred thoroughbred horses racing out of state. | 10/4/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 434 Referred 6/14/2011 |
Hune | Gaming; horse racing; Michigan agriculture equine industry development fund; provide for supplement for winning purses of Michigan-bred thoroughbreds racing out of state. | |
| HB 4751 Referred 10/13/2011 |
Johnson | Agriculture; marketing; unfair practices of voluntary associations; revise responsibility of expense of proceedings. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 472 Referred 6/15/2011 |
Moolenaar | Land use; farmland and open space; open space easement exception; revise approving authority and allow waiver of certain tax benefits. | 6/21/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 550 Referred 6/30/2011 |
Hune | Gaming; horse racing; allocation of services fee fund under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act; require payment into the agriculture equine industry development fund. | |
| SB 588 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Jones | Agriculture; animals; certain class of swine; designate as an invasive species. | |
| SB 648 Referred 9/15/2011 |
Marleau | Agriculture; fertilizer; fertilizers; modify allowable uses of certain fertilizers. | |
| SB 703 Referred 9/27/2011 |
Hune | Animals; other; importation requirements for large carnivore; implement. | 10/4/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 725 Referred 10/5/2011 |
Moolenaar | Property tax; exemptions; qualified agricultural property; include property employing wildlife risk mitigation practices. | 11/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5130 Referred 2/16/2012 |
Denby | Food; service establishments; food services laws and regulations; modify. | 3/20/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| SR 94 Referred 11/2/2011 |
Emmons | A resolution to memorialize Congress and the United States Department of Labor to halt the implementation of proposed restrictions regarding youth employment on farms. | 11/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5206 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Rendon | Agriculture; products; administrative rules related to cherry assessments; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5207 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Kurtz | Agriculture; products; certain administrative rules; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5208 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Muxlow | Agriculture; products; administrative rule related to liquid measuring devices; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5209 Referred 2/8/2012 |
McBroom | Agriculture; products; administrative rules related to the Upper Peninsula state fair; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5210 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Outman | Agriculture; products; administrative rules related to the state apple commission; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5211 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Glardon | Agriculture; products; administrative rules related to grain dealers; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5212 Referred 2/8/2012 |
LaFontaine | Agriculture; products; certain administrative rules related to certain nursery stock; rescind. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 891 Referred 1/11/2012 |
Bieda | Animals; dogs; puppy protection act; create. | |
| SB 892 Referred 1/11/2012 |
Jones | Animals; dogs; commercial breeding kennels; regulate. | |
| SB 922 Referred 1/31/2012 |
Gleason | State agencies (existing); agriculture and rural development; the commission of agriculture and rural development; grant authority to appoint the director of the department of agriculture and rural development. | |
| SB 923 Referred 1/31/2012 |
Gleason | State agencies (existing); agriculture and rural development; commission of agriculture and rural development; grant authority to appoint director of the department of agriculture and rural development in executive organization act. | |
| HB 5363 Referred 6/12/2012 |
Brunner | Environmental protection; solid waste; soil from sugar beet production; exclude from solid waste definition. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 945 Referred 2/15/2012 |
Green | Environmental protection; solid waste; soil from sugar beet production; exclude from solid waste definition. | |
| SCR 27 Referred 2/15/2012 |
Proos | A concurrent resolution to encourage the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to work through the Pure Michigan campaign and with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to promote and brand Pure Michigan-grown foods. | 5/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 996 Referred 3/1/2012 |
Casperson | Agriculture; animals; indemnity clauses for livestock and domestic animals killed by wildlife; provide for. | 5/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 1074 Referred 4/18/2012 |
Hune | Recreation; fairs; annual state fair; authorize. | |
| SB 1075 Referred 4/18/2012 |
Hune | Gaming; horse racing; miscellaneous changes to the horse racing law of 1995; enact. | 5/1/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5546 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Daley | Gaming; horse racing; miscellaneous changes to the horse racing law of 1995; enact. | 12/4/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SR 140 Referred 4/24/2012 |
Proos | A resolution to memorialize the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to declare Southwest Michigan and all of Michigan's fruit-growing regions disaster areas in the wake of weather conditions that have devastated fruit-crop production and grape production in particular. | 5/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5595 Referred 5/24/2012 |
Brunner | Agriculture; weights and measures; uniform standards and regulations; modify. | 6/12/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5596 Referred 5/24/2012 |
Daley | Agriculture; weights and measures; uniform standards and regulations; modify. | 6/12/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SR 149 Referred 5/9/2012 |
Booher | A resolution to memorialize the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to monitor closely the conditions of Northwest and North Central Michigan's fruit crop to determine if disaster assistance is needed. | 5/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5717 Referred 6/7/2012 |
Franz | Agriculture; other; agricultural loan program for certain agricultural disasters; provide for. | 6/14/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| HB 5784 Referred 9/20/2012 |
Glardon | Agriculture; animals; livestock dealers act; modify. | 9/25/2012-REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations |
| SB 1236 Referred 8/15/2012 |
Casperson | Animals; other; reference to certain contact with large carnivore over 20 weeks of age; modify and make other general revisions. | 10/17/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| SB 1247 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Booher | Agriculture; animals; official identification on swine; require. | |
| SB 1248 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Casperson | Agriculture; animals; containment regulations for swine raised outside of an enclosed building; clarify. | |
| SB 1249 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Walker | Agriculture; animals; penalties for feral swine running at large; increase fines under certain circumstances. | |
| SB 1250 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Hune | Agriculture; animals; disease testing of swine under certain circumstances; require. | |
| HB 5852 Referred 12/5/2012 |
Daley | Transportation; other; motor fuel sold at a roadside retail location; regulate certain advertising requirements. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1355 Referred 11/8/2012 |
Kahn | Gaming; horse racing; advance deposit account wagering on horse races; allow. |