---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental protection; permits; surface water and stormwater discharge, shoreland, bottomland, and inland lakes and streams fees; extend sunsets. Amends secs. 3118, 3120, 30104, 30109, 32312 & 32513 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.3118 et seq.)."
description: "Environmental protection; permits; surface water and stormwater discharge, shoreland, bottomland, and inland lakes and streams fees; extend sunsets. Amends secs. 3118, 3120, 30104, 30109, 32312 & 32513 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.3118 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Michigan SB 447 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental protection: permits", "Environmental protection: water pollution", "Law: sunset", "State agencies (existing): environmental quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-08-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b79bd3-f59f-4f0d-8d38-10f6cb11ad67"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0447"
source_hash: "56fcef57a041a438431b596134b302d9ca8c44600204c2484c6149d688b76e91"
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 447 (2019-2020) — Environmental protection; permits; surface water and stormwater discharge, shoreland, bottomland, and inland lakes and streams fees; extend sunsets. Amends secs. 3118, 3120, 30104, 30109, 32312 & 32513 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.3118 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/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBH-0447.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0447.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2019-PA-0084.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0447.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 184 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 221 Yeas 108 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-20T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CURTIS HERTEL, JR. `introduction`
- **2019-08-20T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 184 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** received on 08/29/2019 `introduction`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 221 Yeas 108 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2019-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 09/30/2019 09:16 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 09/30/2019 11:00 AM `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 09/30/2019 08:14 PM
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0084'19 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47b79bd3-f59f-4f0d-8d38-10f6cb11ad67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).