---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: other; certain reporting requirements for environmental assurance advisory council and funding and standards for the MAEAP; modify, and extend water quality protection fee sunset. Amends secs. 8705, 8708, 8715 & 8716 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.8705 et seq.)."
description: "Agriculture: other; certain reporting requirements for environmental assurance advisory council and funding and standards for the MAEAP; modify, and extend water quality protection fee sunset. Amends secs. 8705, 8708, 8715 & 8716 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.8705 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "Michigan SB 494 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: fertilizer", "Agriculture: other", "Agriculture: pesticides", "Environmental protection: groundwater contamination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Daley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c342ea0-49d4-487c-8d5d-5c6628534cf9"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0494"
source_hash: "2bae168f4a7badd15c0cf8955361d6cadabb17c80e3751417c74304dab2473d1"
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 494 (2021-2022) — Agriculture: other; certain reporting requirements for environmental assurance advisory council and funding and standards for the MAEAP; modify, and extend water quality protection fee sunset. Amends secs. 8705, 8708, 8715 & 8716 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.8705 et seq.).

## 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0494.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0494.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2021-PA-0123.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0494.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 444 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 589 Yeas 100 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **100–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Daley — primary (person)
- Dan Lauwers — cosponsor (person)
- Ed McBroom — cosponsor (person)
- John Bizon — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Outman — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Victory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN DALEY `introduction`
- **2021-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2021-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2021-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
- **2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-11-04T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 444 YEAS 34 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** received on 11/10/2021 `introduction`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 589 Yeas 100 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/14/2021 09:36 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-29T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/16/2021 05:23 PM `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-29T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/17/2021 04:14 PM
- **2021-12-29T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0123'21 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c342ea0-49d4-487c-8d5d-5c6628534cf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).