2025 House Bill 4427

Counties: employees and officers; brown alert for dangerous levels of sewage or E. coli; require.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled “Emergency management act,” (MCL 30.401 to 30.421) by adding section 10a.

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Requires county officials to notify emergency management coordinators of dangerous water contamination levels, prompting a 'Brown Alert' to inform residents within 12 hours.

Introduced in the House

May 6, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Alicia St. Germaine (R-62) and 22 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Ron Robinson (R-58), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Pat Outman (R-91), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), John Roth (R-104), Thomas Kuhn (R-57), Tom Kunse (R-100), Mike McFall (D-14), Bradley Slagh (R-85), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Mai Xiong (D-13), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Jamie Thompson (R-28), James DeSana (R-29), Jerry Neyer (R-92), Jennifer Wortz (R-35), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Angela Rigas (R-79), Timothy Beson (R-96) and Jaime Greene (R-65)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism

Oct. 1, 2025

Reported with substitute H-3

Oct. 29, 2025

Substitute H-3 concurred in by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Skaggs (D-80)

1. Amend page 1, line 4, after “coli” by striking out “due to a discharge of sewage from a combined sewer overflow event or a sanitary sewer overflow event,” and inserting a comma.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Oct. 30, 2025

Passed in the House 94 to 10 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 5, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Local Government