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In The Chair: Geiss
The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.
Senator Webber asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Webber’s statement is as follows:
I first want to thank the bill sponsor for working with me to address my concerns on the department’s broad rulemaking authority. My amendment would simply put guardrails on LARA’s rulemaking authority within the bill.
The following bill was read a third time:
Senate Bill No. 898, entitled
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending sections 19608a, 19608b, 19609, 19610, 19610a, 19611, 19612, 19613, 20108b, and 21506a (MCL 324.19608a, 324.19608b, 324.19609, 324.19610, 324.19610a, 324.19611, 324.19612, 324.19613, 324.20108b, and 324.21506a), section 19608a as amended and section 19608b as added by 2016 PA 473, sections 19609, 19610, 19611, and 19612 as amended and section 19610a as added by 2016 PA 475, section 19613 as added by 1998 PA 288, section 20108b as amended by 2016 PA 476, and section 21506a as amended by 2017 PA 134, and by adding part 192.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: