2025 Senate Bill 479

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.

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending sections 1301, 1305, 1307, and 1311 (MCL 324.1301, 324.1305, 324.1307, and 324.1311), section 1301 as amended by 2018 PA 451, section 1305 as amended by 2011 PA 246, section 1307 as amended by 2018 PA 631, and section 1311 as amended by 2018 PA 268, by designating sections 1301 to 1311 as subpart 1 and by adding subpart 2 to part 13; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

Official record

Introduced in the Senate

July 1, 2025

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

Co-sponsored by Sens. Jeff Irwin (D-15), Sue Shink (D-14), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Mary Cavanagh (D-6) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment