---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental protection; water pollution; certain waste collection or treatment facilities; exempt from certain permit requirements. Amends sec. 30103 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.30103)."
description: "Environmental protection; water pollution; certain waste collection or treatment facilities; exempt from certain permit requirements. Amends sec. 30103 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.30103)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Michigan SB 840 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental protection: water pollution", "Environmental protection: permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c31cf6-f8a2-4d5e-bff8-cdd651c89faa"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0840"
source_hash: "289377cdefe9674a45051af83e522723ae8131a7358c3214e061e587aa868533"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 840 (2017-2018) — Environmental protection; water pollution; certain waste collection or treatment facilities; exempt from certain permit requirements. Amends sec. 30103 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.30103).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBH-0840.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0840.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0163.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0840.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 176 YEAS 23 NAYS 11 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 285 Yeas 66 Nays 42 — **66–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 38 — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Casperson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR THOMAS CASPERSON `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 176 YEAS 23 NAYS 11 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/22/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 285 Yeas 66 Nays 42 `passage`
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 5/21/2018 @ 2:45 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 5/23/2018 @ 1:11 PM `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 5/23/2018 @ 2:44 PM
- **2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 163'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25c31cf6-f8a2-4d5e-bff8-cdd651c89faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).