2025 Senate Bill 385

Administrative procedure: rules; definition of a rule; exclude cleanup criteria and target detection limits.

A bill to amend 1969 PA 306, entitled “Administrative procedures act of 1969,” by amending section 7 (MCL 24.207), as amended by 2022 PA 134.

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Senate Bills 385, 391 and 392 amend the Administrative Procedures Act to exclude environmental cleanup criteria and detection limits from the definition of 'rule,' allowing the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to set these standards without formal rulemaking, contingent on the passage of related bills.

Introduced in the Senate

June 10, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-3) and six co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Jeff Irwin (D-15), Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11), Rosemary Bayer (D-13) and Sue Shink (D-14)

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment