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HB4742 • 2026

Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions. Amends secs. 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs. 1301 - 1311 as subpt. 1; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 13 & repeals secs. 1313 - 1317 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1313 - 324.1317).

Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions. Amends secs. 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs. 1301 - 1311 as subpt. 1; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 13 & repeals secs. 1313 - 1317 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1313 - 324.1317).

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Sponsor
Donavan McKinney (District 11), Reggie Miller (District 31), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Natalie Price (District 6), Joey Andrews (District 38), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Mike McFall (District 14), Veronica Paiz (District 10), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Jason Morgan (District 23), Kristian Grant (District 82), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Julie Rogers (District 41), Brenda Carter (District 53), Helena Scott (District 8), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Mai Xiong (District 13), Matt Koleszar (District 22), Tyrone Carter (District 1), Stephanie Young (District 16), Tonya Phillips (District 7)
Last action
2025-07-23
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 07/22/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions. Amends secs. 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs. 1301 - 1311 as subpt. 1; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 13 & repeals secs. 1313 - 1317 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1313 - 324.1317).

Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions.
  • Amends secs.
  • 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs.
  • 1301 - 1311 as subpt.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-23 HJ 66 Pg. 797

    bill electronically reproduced 07/22/2025

  2. 2025-07-22 HJ 65 Pg. 795

    introduced by Representative Rep. Donavan McKinney

  3. 2025-07-22 HJ 65 Pg. 795

    read a first time

  4. 2025-07-22 HJ 65 Pg. 795

    referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism

Official Summary Text

Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions. Amends secs. 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs. 1301 - 1311 as subpt. 1; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 13 & repeals secs. 1313 - 1317 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1313 - 324.1317).