Introduced by Sen. Nancy Cassis (R) on September 15, 2009, to merge the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural Resources. This is part of a legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 806 to 824 which would amend various public acts so as to (re)combine the two departments.
Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 15, 2009.
Reported in the Senate on November 18, 2009, with the recommendation that the bill pass.