HB 5931 Summary

• Amends Michigan's "Lead Abatement and Renovation Act" to regulate lead-based paint activities, lead hazard control activities, and renovation activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities, with rules at least as protective as EPA standards under 40 CFR 745.

• Establishes certification requirements for individuals and firms performing lead abatement and renovation work, including specific disciplines (inspector, risk assessor, supervisor, project designer, abatement worker, renovator, dust sampling technician) with training hour requirements ranging from 8 to 32 hours.

• Creates accredited training program standards requiring qualified training managers, principal instructors, course testing, hands-on skills assessments, and quality control plans to ensure consistent training quality across disciplines.

• Requires property owners to register residential dwellings and child-occupied facilities with documented lead hazard abatement on a "lead information housing registry" maintained by the Department of Community Health.

• Establishes administrative penalties (up to $15,000 per violation) and criminal penalties (up to $100,000 and 6 months imprisonment for repeat violations) for unlicensed practitioners and violations of lead safety standards.