2019 House Bill 4241 / Public Act 59

Appropriations: Department of Natural Resources

Introduced in the House

Feb. 26, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Sue Allor (R-106)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Department of Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 16, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 13, 2019

Amendment offered by Rep. Sara Cambensy (D-109)

To increase from $43.6 million to $44.7 million the amount the department spends on law enforcement.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Beau LaFave (R-108)

To prohibit the DNR from operating aircraft below 1,000 feet in the Upper Peninsula during October and November, except for missing person searches.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Department of Natural Resources budget. This would appropriate $447.3 million in gross spending. Of this, $86.0 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the Senate

June 18, 2019

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

To "zero-out" all of the appropriations in the House-passed version of this budget, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the House

June 18, 2019

June 19, 2019

Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 17, 2019

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the Senate 23 to 15 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Department of Natural Resources budget. This would appropriate $439.7 million in gross spending, compared to $438.4 million enrolled the previous year (not counting some one-time and supplemental spending items added mid-year and not included in this new budget). Only $5.2 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 63 to 45 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 30, 2019

Received in the House

Oct. 2, 2019

Oct. 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations