2017 House Bill 5095

Adopt Coast Guard ballast water discharge permit standards

Introduced in the House

Oct. 12, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R-81)

To adopt the U.S. Coast Guard standards for ballast water discharges from oceangoing vessels. Michigan adopted its own standards in 2006, which was before the Coast Guard finalized theirs in 2012.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade

Oct. 31, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 2, 2017

Amendment offered

To establish that if the director of the state Department of Environmental Quality determines that any future changes in the Coast Guard standards are less protective of Great Lakes waters, vessels would have to abide by the previous standards.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 66 to 42 (details)

Received in the Senate

Nov. 7, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Nov. 9, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)

To adopt the U.S. Coast Guard standards for ballast water discharges from oceangoing vessels. Michigan adopted its own standards in 2006, which was before the Coast Guard finalized theirs in 2012.

Dec. 13, 2017

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Mike Kowall (R-15)

The vote by which the bill was passed.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

June 12, 2018

Substitute offered by Sen. Michael Green (R-31)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that prescribes potentially more stringent ballast water discharge provisions.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Green (R-31)

To establish rules for a vessel using water from a public water system as ballast.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 26 to 10 (details)

To require oceangoing vessels to comply with a "Federal Aquatic Nuisance Rule" on ballast water discharges as a condition of using Michigan ports, unless the rule is weakened or other states in a Great Lakes Compact adopt more stringent rules, in which case those would apply instead. Michigan adopted its own standards in 2006, which was before the Coast Guard finalized theirs in 2012.

Received in the House

June 12, 2018

Amendment offered by Rep. Sam Singh (D-69)

To require ships to abide by more stringent ballast water restrictions.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 56 to 52 (details)

To require oceangoing vessels to comply with a "Federal Aquatic Nuisance Rule" on ballast water discharges as a condition of using Michigan ports, unless the rule is weakened or other states in a Great Lakes Compact adopt more stringent rules, in which case those would apply instead. Michigan adopted its own standards in 2006, which was before the Coast Guard finalized theirs in 2012.

June 29, 2018

Received

Sept. 5, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade