Administrative procedure: rules; definition of a rule; exclude cleanup criteria and target detection limits. Amends sec. 7 of 1969 PA 306 (MCL 24.207).
Senate Bill 607 amends Michigan's Administrative Procedures Act to clarify what counts as a formal "rule" by explicitly excluding cleanup criteria and target detection limits set by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. This change ensures that specific environmental standards used to determine when a site is clean enough for reuse are not subject to the same rulemaking procedures as other agency regulations. The bill directly affects the state environmental agency by removing these technical environmental thresholds from the definition of a rule, while leaving the rest of the act's definitions largely unchanged.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2023
Committee Review
Dec 2024
Senate Passage
Dec 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 24, 2023
Last action Dec 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Dec 13, 2024
How they voted
20–4
Passed
Total votes 24
Dec 13, 2024
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Dec 13, 2024
Committee
referred to Committee on Government Operations
lower
Dec 13, 2024
Introduced
received on 12/13/2024
lower
Dec 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 614 YEAS 20 NAYS 13 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0
upper
Dec 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Dec 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
upper
Oct 24, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
upper
Oct 24, 2023
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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