2006 House Bill 5798 / Public Act 260

Revise meth lab clean up law

Introduced in the House

March 1, 2006

Introduced by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To transfer the responsibility for serving as the State's environmental health agency from the Department of Community Health (DCH) to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and require the two departments to create a methamphetamine lab cleanup guidance document that establishes and prescribes standard protocols and practices for clean ups.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 28, 2006

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

April 27, 2006

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises various details, but was subsequently superceded by another substitute with more changes.

The substitute failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

May 2, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

May 23, 2006

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 30, 2006

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

June 1, 2006

Amendment offered by Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R-24)

To add a provision establishing a process and procedures by which a property owner can get the property's cleanup status assessed, and get a certification that it has been cleaned up.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To transfer the responsibility for serving as the State's environmental health agency from the Department of Community Health (DCH) to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and require the two departments to create a methamphetamine lab cleanup guidance document that establishes and prescribes standard protocols and practices for clean ups. Also, to establish a process and procedures by which a property owner could get the property's cleanup status assessed, and get a certification that it has been cleaned up.

Received in the House

June 6, 2006

June 15, 2006

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

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

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

June 30, 2006